Chief of Staff to the CEOSan Francisco, CA
Posted
- Work style
- Onsite
- Salary
- $120k–$350k
- Stage
- Stealth
- Industry
- AI
- Visa sponsorship
- Limited
- Employment
- Full-time
The opportunity
Work side by side with the CEO of a well-funded AI research lab in San Francisco. You take on everything that doesn't need the CEO personally, see it through, then use AI to automate it so it runs on its own. A front-row seat to building a company from zero.
A small, senior and well-funded AI research lab in San Francisco, working on cost optimization. The company is still in stealth, so finalists learn more as the process moves forward.
What you will do
- Keep the CEO's week running: calendar, inbox triage, meeting prep, follow-ups and action items, so nothing the CEO commits to slips
- Run day-to-day company operations: vendors, tools, payroll and contractor admin, bookkeeping handoffs, legal paperwork, travel and office logistics
- Support fundraising and customer work by keeping the CRM and data rooms tidy, managing follow-ups and scheduling, and keeping decks and documents current
- Help hiring move with sourcing support, scheduling, candidate communication and onboarding
- Turn recurring work into AI-driven workflows with agents, scripts or no-code tools, so the same tasks take less of your time each month
- Write the weekly team and investor updates, keep a decision log, and keep the company's single source of truth current
- Expect the focus to shift with whatever the company needs most that week
What you bring
- Around 3 or more years in operations, chief of staff, founder's associate, program management or a founding-team role at a fast-moving company
- A track record of running things end to end, including the final details
- A personal system for tasks and follow-ups that you're happy to walk us through
- Comfort starting from a goal and some context, then coming back with a plan and a recommendation
- Hands-on use of AI tools in your own work, and enough comfort to write small scripts or connect APIs (you don't need to be an engineer)
- Experience handling confidential information with care
- Candid, early feedback, shared with good judgment
- Willingness to work in person in San Francisco on an intensive schedule, roughly 9am to 9pm six days a week with one full day off (relocating is welcome)
Nice to have
- Startup or founding-team experience
- Exposure to fundraising, finance or legal operations
- Experience building internal tools or automations
Pay and benefits
$120k–$350ka year, full-time
- Salary range: $120,000 to $350,000 per year. This is the range the client expects to pay in good faith. The final amount depends on experience and other job-related factors.
- Competitive salary plus meaningful early-stage equity
- A paid one-week trial, with travel and accommodation covered
- Close work with the CEO, and experience that opens doors to future founder, COO or GM roles
Where you will work
The team is based in San Francisco, CA, and works onsite. We can talk about what that looks like for you.
This role has limited visa sponsorship. We will confirm what is possible for your situation.
Why is the company hidden? Our clients hire quietly. V6 shares the name once we have spoken and you are ready.
How we hire
- ApplyTwo minutes. A resume or pasted text, plus a few lines on why you fit.
- V6 screenA practitioner reviews your application, and we call when there's a match.
- Intro call30 to 60 minutes with the CEO about your story and the role
- Work sampleA paid, 30-minute remote exercise on prioritizing and automating one process with AI
- Shadow dayA day in San Francisco sitting in on real meetings
- ReferencesThree, including a former manager
- Paid trialOne week on-site, converting to a full-time offer
Interview steps are set by the client and may change. V6 does not control the client's process, but we advocate for every candidate at each stage.
About this listing
V6 posts this role on behalf of a client company, which makes the hiring decision. Role details, salary range and benefits come from the client and may change or close without notice. A listing is not an offer of employment, and applying does not create an employment, agency or contractual relationship with V6 or the client. Candidates never pay V6 any fee.
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