Chief of Staff, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Adaptive Security · New York, NY · 3 wk ago
On-siteMarketing$81/hrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Attend key meetings on behalf of or alongside the CPO, take ownership of follow ups, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks
- Own strategic projects end to end… examples include improving our R&D recruiting process, analyzing global R&D spend for optimization opportunities, and researching new markets we're considering entering
- Build models, dashboards, and analyses that help the CPO make faster and better decisions
- Draft communications, memos, and presentations for internal and external audiences
- Identify process gaps across the R&D org and drive improvements without being asked
- Serve as connective tissue between the CPO and the broader team, ensuring context flows in both directions
Qualifications
- Degree from a top university with a strong academic record
- 2-6 years of experience in consulting, private equity, venture capital, or a fast-moving startup
- Extremely hardworking and accountable. You do what you say you'll do, and you do it fast.
- Analytically strong and comfortable with numbers. You can build a model, structure a dataset, and present findings clearly.
- AI-native. You're either already using AI heavily in your work and personal life, or you're highly motivated to make it a core part of how you operate here.
- A strong communicator in writing and in person
- A self-starter who can be handed a messy problem with minimal context and find your way to a clear output
- Someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and has a bias toward action
- Comfortable being always on. This role moves at the speed of a startup. There will be late nights and weekends
- Genuinely ambitious. You want to have a big impact and you're willing to put in the work to make that happen. This isn't just a job to you.