Job Chief of Staff en Remote

About Us

Coiled is a commercial company that helps data professionals more effectively use the open-source Python data stack. Our core product, also called Coiled, helps users with cloud deployments of the parallel computing library Dask from small to massive scales so they can process their data quickly and affordably.

Our team has historically been highly technical and geared toward engineering. Users love the Coiled product, and we recently hired a sales team to accelerate go-to-market. As a result, Coiled’s operational needs are changing quickly.

About the Opportunity

Coiled is seeking a Chief of Staff who will report to the VP of Finance and Operations. This role requires a strong entrepreneurial mindset, comfort getting into the weeds, and excitement about cross-functional work that sets the organization up for success. You should be ready to wear many hats in People Operations, Finance, Marketing, and more. 

We’re looking for a hungry, highly analytical, and detail-oriented generalist who is comfortable context-switching when the business requires it. You may have spent time in multiple functions, you enjoy project managing, and most of all you like getting shit done. 

The Job

Here’s what we have in mind:

Collaborate with the leadership team: Any project or problem on Coiled’s plate is automatically on your plate. This means you’ll solve some of the highest-impact issues for the business. You’ll highlight areas where the business needs resourcing or process, own implementation, and be a sounding board for leadership. 

Own core company operations, including:

- Team-wide meetings and events (e.g., All Hands, off-sites, marketing events)

- People operations, including recruiting, onboarding, performance 

- Implementing new tools and processes across functions as we grow

Run a function: If a business area needs attention (e.g., marketing, sales, HR), you’ll step in and tackle it. You might work on employee onboarding one week and dig into sales operations the next. 

Who We’re Looking For

You’re excited to roll up your sleeves and dig into operations from the ground-up. 

You find a way to make things happen. You’re scrappy and efficient when faced with limited resources. 

You’re highly organized, process-driven, and detail-oriented, but you are thoughtful about applying processes where they are impactful and avoid wasting time where they aren’t. You enjoy problem-solving in the chaotic nature of early-stage start-ups. 

Empathy. You seek out opportunities to relate to others across the company because connection matters to you and because it contributes to higher-impact work. 

You’ve worked in an operational role at a Seed, Series A, or Series B startup (and ideally across functions).

You’re comfortable working in an early stage context (low bureaucracy, high uncertainty), and are an open-minded thinker. 

Cultural Caveats

We’re a dynamic early stage startup. We hold some strong opinions that you should probably know going in.

Early stage: We believe in critical thinking, open discussion, and failing fast.

Fully remote, with offsites: We live in different cities across the US and Europe. We don’t care where you live as long as the time zones work well. We expect you to travel to meet in person every few months. We think better as a group when physically together.

Independent action with fuzzy roles: Everyone at Coiled is busy with company execution, so we expect you to self-manage well.  This includes identifying priorities, communicating and engaging with the team, executing well, taking feedback, and course-correcting.  In the course of all this you’ll likely do tasks outside of your stated role.  Hopefully you’re excited by that openness!

We fire people: The company moves quickly and sometimes excellent teammates stop being a good fit.  In these cases we separate.  You should only join us if you have some risk tolerance.

We find that this culture creates an environment that is intellectually stimulating, impact-oriented, and honest with itself (we avoid standard startup hype).  If the cultural caveats above resonate with you then we’re excited to meet you, regardless of your match for the position stated above.

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