Chief of Staff

About the role

This role translates strategic direction into coordinated execution across teams. It delivers structured research and materials to support leadership and external stakeholders.

Marketing teams grow awareness and demand for a company's products. They write copy, run campaigns, manage channels, and measure results. The work spans content, paid ads, email, events, and search. Marketing roles combine creativity with data and constant testing. Marketing teams usually run experiments every week and keep the work that performs. Most companies hire specialists in channels such as paid search, email, or content.

Key facts

What you'll do

Structured research outputs clarify market opportunities and competitive positioning. Research is organized to inform decisions about vendors, customers, and market mapping.

Materials are prepared for financing, board, and customer audiences to support high-stakes reviews. High-stakes materials align with review cycles and decision needs.

Execution across workstreams is monitored through trackers, dashboards, SOPs, and follow-up systems. Projects stay on track as ownership drives execution and keeps details.

Managed coordination supports progress across these partners.

Requirements

The posting states a bachelor's degree requirement. Candidates bring a minimum of 3 years of experience from Chief of Staff, founder's office, or strategy and operations backgrounds. Consulting, banking, investing, or startup operations are typical environments for this experience.

Experience in fast-paced technology, AI, robotics, or hardware contexts is required to understand product and operational realities.

Ambiguous problems are structured and trade-offs are evaluated through sharp analytical judgment. Evidence-based frameworks and leadership review sharpen options.

Multiple workstreams are managed while stakeholders are coordinated. Details are held and projects are driven to closure through disciplined follow-up.

Research, drafting, analysis, and reporting workflows are compressed using AI tools by default. These tools accelerate high-quality output for research and communication.

Executives, investors, and customers act on clear, concise materials that are produced for decisions.

Nice to have

Fundraising, board materials, due diligence, or investor relations experience is present. Legal, finance, accounting, tax, insurance, or C-corp governance backgrounds are familiar.

Founders, early startup operators, or high-growth role histories are common. Applied work demonstrates genuine excitement about robotics and physical AI.

Skills & tools

Coordination and documentation underpin technology company execution.

Practical notes

The role is based in the Fremont Office and operates on a full-time basis. Typical interview steps

Marketing interviews often include a portfolio review, a campaign exercise, and analytics questions. Candidates may be asked to plan a launch, write a brief, or improve a funnel. Some loops include a presentation. Results from past campaigns carry the most weight. Interviewers ask about specific campaigns you ran and what the numbers said. Preparing a short case of one campaign with its results is strong preparation.

Good to know

Robotics and physical AI integrate hardware and software to automate real-world tasks. AI tools accelerate research, drafting, and analysis in technical and business workflows. Fast-paced technology companies depend on cross-team coordination and clear documentation.

Questions to ask

Worth asking in any interview: how the team measures success, who the role works with daily, what the onboarding looks like, and what the company is trying to achieve this year. Asking what past hires did well is a strong final question. Keep the list short and pick the questions that matter most to you.

Career growth

Marketing careers move from associate to manager, director, and VP levels. Specializations include growth, brand, product marketing, and content. Generalists often start, then specialize as they advance. Measured impact on pipeline and revenue drives progression. Marketing careers reward measurable results and adaptability. Channel experience plus business sense usually beats a general resume.

About the company

We are an early-stage robotics startup working on building multi-purpose mobile robots that can do complex manipulation tasks. We are looking for a creative, skilled, and motivated research scientists to join our founding team in advancing robot manipulation capabilities.