Chief of Staff

LENS Inc. • Los Angeles, CA

7d • Remote

About The Position

As the Chief of Staff, you seek transformational change. You do not accept the status quo that accidents are an accepted inevitability, or that they just happen. Instead, you believe when the root cause of an accident can be known in advance, the accident can and should be prevented. You work with fellow Preventers that share this core belief, using LENS to prevent accidents and save lives.
This role blends public-sector fluency, operational leadership, and tech-forward strategic thinking.

Requirements

• Experience in government, public policy, or government relations.
• Experience working with executives - prior work supporting leaders, elected & appointed officials, and C-suite executives.
• Ability to be travel ready and willingness to travel up to 90% of the time with the CEO.
• Exceptional writing, briefing, and communication ability.
• Ability to relentlessly prioritize and manage sensitive situations with speed, clarity, and sound judgment.
• Being a senior management member, working alongside other senior operators to advance a meaningful, mission-driven cause.

Nice To Haves

• The mission. Every accident prevented and every life saved deserves to be celebrated. You identify, understand, and share these moments as the reason more and more people are lending their voice and energy to the mission.
• High-judgement decision making: You make sound calls quickly in ambiguous, sensitive, or fast-moving situations, and you know when to pause for a second look before we commit. You keep pace with a fast-moving CEO while shifting between high level engagements in a single day.
• Policy Fluency: You have a strong understanding of processes across different areas of government, including legislative cycles, and how policy connects with emerging technology.
• Executive Presence: You are a confident communicator who can represent the CEO and the organization with calm, clarity and composure.
• Relationship intelligence: You are skilled at listening deeply, understanding relationships, and building long-term relationships.
• We focus to supercharge our creative impact. You constantly suggest what focus areas will give lead to the CEO’s time and energy advancing the mission the fastest.
• Begin with the end in mind. Before scheduling a meeting, drafting a brief, or preparing the CEO for an engagement, you proactively try to contribute to the outcome.
• Invest the most time where it makes the most progress. You evaluate every initiative by moments that create the most mission impact.
• You operate with championship excellence. You help build shared rhythm, constant communication, and collaboration across the CEO’s office. You elevate other team member’s intuition, anticipate each other's moves, and execute as a unified team committed to preventing accidents and saving lives.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, brief, and accompany the CEO to meetings with Congress, federal agencies, and government leaders, ensuring the company’s mission, technology, and priorities are presented with clarity, trust, and precision.
• Manage talking points, follow up actions, and rapid response adjustments as opportunities emerge.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with congressional staff, agency officials, advocacy, groups, and industry partners.
• Track legislative developments and anticipate shifts that will impact our mission acceleration.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CEO, synthesizing information, identifying risks, and ensuring decisions are grounded in policy and operations.
• Maintain momentum through fast-moving, ambiguous, or sensitive situations.
• Build briefing materials, meeting summaries, stakeholder maps, and scenario plans for all government-facing engagements.
• Ensure the CEO is prepared for every room and every pivot.
• Translate government priorities into internal action plans the company can execute against.
• Maintain shared rhythm across teams so momentum is never lost between external engagements and internal execution.

Benefits

• LENS is an equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed