Chief of Staff, Co-CEO

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the Co-CEO and Executive Team to drive strategic initiatives forward.
• Champion and translate high-level goals set by the Co-CEO into clear action plans by defined scope, owners, and timelines.
• Translate customer insights from the Co-CEO's conversations into structured asks and follow up.
• Maintain a single source of truth on top-priority initiatives so the Executive Team has visibility.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and ensure consistent follow-through on key initiatives.
• Work cross-functionally across GTM, Partnerships, Product, Research, Engineering, Finance, and others to shape opportunities for execution.
• Develop a deep, functional and technical understanding of our products and future roadmap, with a keen sense of where Runway sits in the market.

Requirements

• 4+ years of overall experience across some combination of investment banking, consulting, finance, or strategy & operations at early-stage startups.
• Motivated by the opportunity to build new systems in a high-growth environment, with a focus on quality, scale, and automation.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to surface issues early and keeping the right people informed before being prompted.
• Executive presence and communication, with the ability to hold your own with a studio chief, a CTO, and a Runway research lead in the same week.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities with expansive ownership.
• A strong bias towards action and belief that no task is too small for you.
• High technical aptitude for understanding complex technologies, tools, systems, and issues.
• New York based preferred.