This past week, I sat down with The Information for its piece, “How to Hire—and deploy—a Great Chief of Staff.” Below are a few excerpts, including a shoutout to Ali Rohde Jobs! I also got to highlight some of my favorite CoS resources, like the Chief of Staff Network’s annual compensation survey. Full piece here.
Think about your pain points and how the addition of a chief of staff might ease them, said Outset Capital partner Ali Rohde. A former chief of staff at Silicon Valley AI startups Imbue and Sourceress, Rohde has become a go-to adviser for founders looking to hire for the role. Ask yourself, said Rohde, if this person were to start tomorrow, what are the first three projects you’d assign? Maybe you’re behind on financial forecasting or your board notes are a mess—whatever makes you say, in Rohde’s words, “Holy crap, I need help with this.”
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Need to go outside to hire? “This is a process that’s really driven by word of mouth,” said Rohde. Share the posting with colleagues, friends and advisers and place it with chief-of-staff online communities and job boards, like Rohde’s alirohdejobs.substack.com.
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Before extending an offer, take the prospective hire out to breakfast or lunch; meeting in a more social setting will give you a sense of your personal chemistry—or lack of it. “Think about the kind of person you work best with, whether that’s a super-high-EQ type or a gets-shit-done hustler, whatever type makes you feel good to be around,” Rohde said.
As always, if you have a relevant job you’d want to share, let me know. And now, onto the jobs - Ali
Chief of Staff roles:
Chief of Staff, Poggio (Analytics, Seed, backed by Accel), SF / NYC / Remote
Chief of Staff , Blueground (PropTech, Series C), Remote
Chief of Staff, SnapMagic (Hardware, Seed, backed by YC), SF / Hybrid
Chief of Staff, Stable (Productivity, Seed, backed by YC), SF / NYC / Remote
Chief of Staff / Generalist, ClientUp (FinTech, Early-stage), Remote
Junior Chief of Staff, EnsembleAI (AI, Pre-seed), Remote
Junior Chief of Staff / Operations Manager, Gitcoin (Web3, Early-stage), Remote
Chief of Staff, SchoolAI (EdTech, Private), Salt Lake City, UT
BizOps roles:
Team Manager, Interpretability, Anthropic (AI, Series D, backed by Google), SF / NYC / Seattle, WA / Hybrid
Business Operations Manager, MatX (AI, Seed, backed by SV Angel, Homebrew, Outset Capital), Mountain View, CA
Operations Associate, Medra (AI, Seed, backed by Neo, Nat Friedman, Lux, Outset Capital), SF
Senior Treasury Operations Analyst, Altruist (FinTech, Series D, backed by Insight Partners), Dallas, TX
Medicaid Deputy Director, MACPAC (Government), Washington, DC / Hybrid
Operations Associate - Scribe Launch, Athelas (Healthcare, backed by Sequoia), Mountain View, CA
Senior Manager, Corporate Development; Strategy & Business Operations, Carta (FinTech, Series G, backed by a16z), SF
Recruiter, Charge Robotics (Robotics, Seed, backed by YC), Oakland, CA
Operations Associate (Core), Operations Associate Analyst, Chief (Communities, Series B, backed by General Catalyst), NYC
Business Operations and Strategy Associate, Coinbase (Web3, Public), Remote
Business Operations Intern, Explo (Data, Series A, backed by Craft Ventures), NYC
Operations Lead, Leaves & Evaluations, Lyra Health (Healthcare, Series F, backed by Greylock), Remote
Senior Manager, Business Operations, MinIO (Cloud Storage, Series B, backed by Index), SF / Remote
Business Strategy & Operations Manager, Motive (Logistics, Series F, backed by Index), Remote
Director of Strategy & Operations (Population Health), VP of Strategy & Operations (Population Health), Pair Team (Healthcare, Series A, backed by Kleiner Perkins), Remote
VP of Finance, Qualio (Biotechnology, Series B), Remote
Senior Finance Manager, Reebelo (E-commerce, Series A), San Mateo, CA / Hybrid
Operations & Logistics Lead, Stable (Productivity, Seed, backed by YC), SF / NYC / Remote
Operations Coordinator, Sunbit (FinTech, Series D), Los Angeles, CA
Senior Analyst Practice Operations, Thirty Madison (Healthcare, Series C, backed by First Round), Remote
Associate, Business Operations, Wealthsimple (FinTech, Private Equity), Remote
VC roles:
Investment Associate - AI and Enterprise, Pear VC, SF
Associate, Coinbase Ventures, Remote
Managing Partner, M12, SF
Investor, Afore Capital, SF
Investor - Vice President, Tola Capital, SF / NYC
Associate, Wischoff Ventures, NYC
Biotech Accelerator Investment Associate, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA
Investor, Energy Impact Partners, NYC
Analyst - Technology Investment Team, Hercules Capital, Boston, MA / San Mateo, CA
Deal Flow Associate, Microventures, Austin, TX
Associate, Mozilla Ventures, Remote
Seed Investor - Software and AI, Peak XV Partners, SF / Hybrid
Associate, Plus Capital, Venice, CA
Summer Analyst, Corporate Venture Capital Fund, Thomson Reuters Corporate Venture Capital, NYC / Hybrid