# Chief of Staff

**Company:** [Quindar](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/quindar)
**Location:** Denver, CO
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $170k – $210k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Business Operations, Strategic Planning, Executive Communication, Financial Metrics, Operating Metrics, Project Management, National Security, Fundraising, Artificial Intelligence, Leadership Cadence
**Posted:** 2026-08-31

> Chief of Staff will drive CEO priorities, prepare executive communications, manage leadership cadence, and lead ambiguous, high-priority cross-functional initiatives. The role requires strong judgment, communication, analytical, and operational skills, plus familiarity with national security programs.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Translate CEO priorities into clear actions, owners, deadlines, and decisions.
- Keep critical initiatives moving and surface blockers requiring CEO involvement.
- Advise the CEO on strategic and organizational issues.
- Prepare presentations, briefing materials, talking points, and decision memos for board, investor, customer, and partner engagements.
- Support company-wide and executive communications by turning complex topics into concise narratives, recommendations, and decisions.
- Coordinate preparation for high-stakes meetings, including those related to U.S. national security.
- Prepare leadership meeting agendas covering priorities, risks, changes, and required decisions.
- Track decisions, actions, owners, and deadlines; ensure follow-through.
- Partner with Business Operations on company metrics, planning, and operating processes.
- Own urgent or strategic special projects without a natural owner.
- Structure ambiguous problems and drive them through resolution.
- Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across Growth, Product, Engineering, Programs, and Operations.
- Support major captures, partnerships, executive hiring, AI adoption, fundraising, and critical customer situations.

## Requirements
- Understanding of national security programs and initiatives.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong operational ability and the capacity to take ambiguous problems from idea through execution.
- High ownership, urgency, and a bias toward closing loops.
- Excellent judgment and ability to work independently with senior executives.
- Strong analytical skills and comfort with business, financial, and operating metrics.
- Ability to move fluidly between strategy and detailed execution.
- Comfortable influencing without formal authority.
- Must satisfy applicable U.S. Government export-control authorization requirements, including eligible U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, refugee or asylee status, or other required authorization.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary range: $170,000–$210,000.
- Unlimited PTO with a requirement to take 15 days off.
- Most U.S. federal holidays observed.
- Quarterly health and wellness benefits.
- Comprehensive health insurance with 100% employee coverage.
- 4% 401(k) matching.
- Annual four-day company offsite.

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