Chief of Staff to the CEO, Dropbox

$149.6-253k

Salary range dependent on candidate location. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

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1001+ employees

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$149.6-253k

Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

1001+ employees

B2CB2BData storageEnterpriseCloud Computing

Company mission

Dropbox's mission is to design a more enlightened way of working.

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Company

Role

Who you are

5–7 years of experience (combination of top-tier consulting firm or investment bank followed by a strategy/product/business operations role at a tech company)
Experience in strategic planning and other company operating rhythms
Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking skills
Strong communicator and collaborator with employees of all levels and departments
Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder dynamics at executive levels
Experience utilizing AI-driven tools to improve operational efficiency and strategic decision-making
Ability to travel regularly with the CEO, sometimes on short notice

Desirable

Experience in a product role at a tech company

What the job involves

We’re looking for a proactive and highly strategic Chief of Staff to partner closely with Dropbox’s co-founder and CEO, Drew Houston, and the executive leadership team
This role offers a unique opportunity to significantly impact strategic decision-making and operational efficiency at the highest level
You will serve as a critical liaison, advisor, and facilitator, ensuring strategic priorities are clearly defined, communicated, and executed
Drive strategic execution by managing CEO-driven initiatives, ensuring alignment and follow-through across the organization
Optimize and prioritize the CEO’s agenda, ensuring strategic utilization of executive time
Facilitate critical internal and external communications, executive meetings, board preparation, and high-level strategic planning sessions
Act as a primary point of contact and strategic advisor, supporting CEO decision-making with data-driven insights and analytics
Leverage advanced AI and automation tools to streamline executive processes, improve decision-making speed, and enhance strategic outcomes
Foster cross-functional collaboration, aligning diverse teams toward common strategic objectives
Provide cohesion for executive leadership team, ensuring priorities are balanced across CEO and other executive demands
Manage processes and rhythms for CEO in partnership with Executive Assistant and other members of Office of the CEO team
Regularly accompany the CEO on essential business travel, ensuring seamless execution of priorities on the road

Our take

Dropbox started by helping people bring together their files in one central place. The contents of these folders are synchronised to Dropbox's servers along with other computers and devices where the user has installed Dropbox, keeping the same files up-to-date across all devices.

Nowadays, there are lots of competing companies in cloud storage, and some with better distribution (e.g. Google and Apple). This explains why Dropbox is making a big push to reinvent itself after a fairly disappointing run since its IPO in 2018. The new Dropbox turns folders into "Spaces", which are collaboration hubs for teams, complete with comment streams, artificial intelligence tools and integrations into services such as Slack.

The company continues to build out its offerings through acquisitions, such as that of Formswift, bolstering its end-to-end agreement workflow capabilities. Indeed, It's very clear that Dropbox is trying to make a big move from being just a storage company. This seems to be a necessary move given the competitive nature of the industry it is operating within.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

3% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.4)

Trustpilot (1.3)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Jan 2014

$350m

SERIES C

Oct 2011

$250m

SERIES B

Total funding: $607.3m

Company benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
We offer a generous company contribution toward individual medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including contributions toward dependent premiums
Keep sharing and collaborating with friends and family even when you’re not at work with free Dropbox space for your whole crew
Take the vacation you’ve always dreamed of with up to four consecutive weeks of paid time off
Celebrate common holidays without your paycheck taking the hit with 11 company paid holidays
Each Dropboxer has access to 32 hours of paid volunteer time off each year that they can use to support the causes close to their hearts
We regularly offer panels and seminars featuring the best minds in tech, talent, diversity, and beyond that any Dropboxer can attend from the comfort of their home
No two Dropboxers are the same, and their benefits shouldn’t be either. Our Perks allowance empowers employees to customize their benefits in line with what really matters to them
Start building a successful 401K retirement plan with our dollar for dollar contribution match, up to $1,500 per quarter to a maximum of $6,000 per calendar year

Company HQ

Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Arash Ferdowsi

(CTO)

Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university

Drew Houston

(CEO)

Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university

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