Chief of Staff

Senseye•Austin, TX

2d•$125,000•Onsite

About The Position

Senseye is a NeuroTechnology Company in Austin, TX on the cusp of revolutionizing Mental Health. Over the past 6 years we have invested millions of dollars in R&D to build our platform allowing us to measure cognitive activity via the eye through mobile phones. Through multiple iterations and use cases we are now focused on building the world's first Objective Mental Health Diagnostics on top of our core technology. Our first diagnostic is for PTSD and is entering clinical trials now, followed soon by additional indications for Anxiety and Depression. As the world struggles with a mental health crisis, it is not hyperbolic to suggest that an objective diagnostic platform, that gives clinicians a safe and objective accurate approach to identifying and monitoring mental health disease, will redefine how mental health services are provided and will enable access to treatment for hundreds of millions of sufferers. The Senseye platform has the potential to be the technology that drives this change. The Chief of Staff role at Senseye is an intensive, growth position for someone who wants a front-row seat to building a company that matters. This role reports directly to the CEO, with a dotted line to the SVP, Strategy & Operations. You will operate across both agendas, supporting the CEO's day-to-day and long-horizon priorities while executing on the strategic and operational initiatives owned by the SVP. You will be the connective tissue that keeps both moving. You will be deeply embedded in how decisions get made, how priorities get resourced, and how the company presents itself to investors, partners, and the world. This is a high-trust, high-expectation role with a defined two-year arc. People who do it well leave with a dramatically expanded operating range.

Requirements

3–5 years of experience in consulting, startups, venture, biotech, healthcare, or high-growth environments
Demonstrated ability to drive complex, cross-functional work forward in ambiguous conditions
Outstanding written and verbal communication — you can write a board memo and a CEO email in the same afternoon, and both are excellent
Strong analytical thinking and the ability to structure a problem before diving into it
High emotional intelligence — you read rooms well, manage up effectively, and know when to push and when to step back
Experience working directly with senior leadership and external stakeholders, including investors or board members
Comfort operating across multiple agendas without losing track of either
Willingness to work occasional late nights and weekends when the moment calls for it
A genuine desire to commit fully to a two-year, career-defining experience

Nice To Haves

experience in biotech, health tech, regulated environments, digital therapeutics, or venture-backed startups.
Familiarity with clinical trial environments or FDA-regulated product development is a meaningful plus.

Responsibilities

Acting as a force multiplier across the CEO and SVP, Strategy & Operations — anticipating what's needed, owning what's stuck, and creating leverage so both leaders can spend their time on the highest-value work only they can do.
Leverage for the CEO Driving cross-functional priorities from initiation to completion, across both the CEO and SVP, Strategy & Operations portfolios
Synthesizing inputs across the company — reading widely across meetings, Slack, docs, and customer/partner conversations, and surfacing the signal that needs to reach leadership
Owning the packaging and coordination of strategic work product — turning rough leadership thinking into clear documents, decisions, and next steps
Driving decision-making forward — building lightweight decision memos, mapping options and tradeoffs, and chasing the inputs needed to unblock leadership choices
Attending executive and leadership team meetings — synthesizing decisions, capturing follow-ups, and making sure nothing falls through
This role will require significant amounts of travel, often last minute, including some travel in small, general aviation aircraft
Strategic execution Leading special projects end-to-end, from scoping to handoff, with minimal direction
Running quarter start and close-out activities, including supporting on company-wide goal development
Supporting on investor-facing deliverables, including kicking off and finalizing processes around investor newsletters and board materials, with direction from leadership
Building, editing, and refining materials for strategic partners
Communications and operating rhythms Running daily and weekly operating rhythms with the CEO to prioritize, unblock, and stay ahead of what's coming
Stewarding the leadership operating rhythm — auditing recurring meetings, agendas, and reporting cadences for signal-to-noise; killing or reshaping what's not earning its place
Drafting internal and external communications on behalf of the CEO — all-hands talking points, leadership updates, customer/partner correspondence, and follow-ups from external meetings
Organizing executive offsites, all-hands, and company-wide moments
Helping translate Senseye's values into how the company actually operates — through rituals, recognition, and team norms
You will be expected to operate with judgment, discretion, and urgency — and to make the people above and around you meaningfully more effective.

Benefits

The freedom and trust to define your role as we design, build, and ship our products
Competitive salary and stock option plan
Flexible paid time off (vacation, sick leave, and public holidays)
Flexible schedules
Company health care plan
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Short and long term disability insurance
Life insurance policy
401k
Commuter benefits for parking, public transit, carshares, etc.
Mothers' room
Fully stocked kitchen
Opportunities for continuing education