Exa
Technology
ChiefofStaff
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“Chief of Staff at Exa. Skills: Company strategy, Business operations. Support company strategy development. Own critical business communications”
Industry & Context.
Visa sponsorship
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Killer operator, Track record of getting things done, Balancing speed and attention to detail, Excited to wear many hats, Care about the problem of finding high quality information
Nice to Have
Engineering background
What You'll Do.
Support company strategy development
Own critical business communications
Prepare board meeting decks
Run point on special projects
Plan and measure company KPIs
Conduct research to inform leadership decisions
How You'll Work.
Communication Scope
Business communications
Full Job Description
Exa is an applied AI lab building a search engine unlike the world has ever seen. We build massive-scale infra to crawl the entire web, train state-of-the-art embedding models to process it, and design super high performant vector databases to retrieve over it. We now power search for Cursor, Cognition, HubSpot, and over 400,000 developers and have raised $350m from Lightspeed, Benchmark, and a16z. Our ultimate goal is to build perfect search over all the world's information, far beyond Google. If you care about defining how the new AI world consumes knowledge, this is the place for you. We're looking for a Chief of Staff to be the right hand operator of our founders, doing what is most important for the company. You’d manage everything from company strategy to financial modeling to legal correspondence to recruiting engineers. You'll work with us everyday to make sure the company is moving as fast as we can toward a very important goal. WHO YOU ARE - A killer operator with a track record of getting things done well and fast - Always available for wild projects - Balances speed and attention to detail, knowing when each matters most - Excited to wear many hats - recruiting, sales, marketing, finance, legal, and more - Care about the problem of finding high quality information and why it matters for the world - Bonus: some engineering background WHAT YOU’LL DO - Support company strategy development - Own critical business communications - Prepare board meeting decks - Run point on special projects that don't fit neatly into any one team - Plan and measure company KPIs (e.g., financial modeling, product goals) - Conduct research to inform leadership decisions LOGISTICS - Location: This is an in-person opportunity in San Francisco. - Visas: We're happy to sponsor international candidates (e.g., STEM OPT, OPT, H1B, O1, E3). While we cannot guarantee your visa, we have historically been successful in sponsoring candidates from all over the world. If you receive
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