Chief of Staff, Alpaca

Salary not provided

+ Stock Options

SQL
Senior and Expert level
Remote in Canada, EU, UK, US
Alpaca

API for stock and crypto trading

Job no longer available

Alpaca

API for stock and crypto trading

201-500 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencyTradingSaaSAPI

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

+ Stock Options

SQL
Senior and Expert level
Remote in Canada, EU, UK, US

201-500 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencyTradingSaaSAPI

Company mission

To unlock asset management for the people by modularising the world’s asset management activities.

Role

Who you are

  • Curious and capable of learning complex systems/constructs through research, data, and observation
  • Ability to analyze, model scenarios, and synthesize data to draw insights, learning, and conclusions
  • Demonstrated strategic thinking, clarity in approach, and ability to get into the details
  • Experience working in software companies with knowledge of business functions, operating models, organization design, and business drivers
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with stellar presentation skills
  • Ability to work cross-functionally and up / down the ranks to align with stakeholders and drive outcomes
  • Meticulous with program management to drive accountability, with a penchant for prioritization
  • Experience in capital markets, management consulting, investment banking, or advanced degree in business (MBA)
  • Strong business acumen and financial literacy
  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments, with the ability to navigate ambiguity
  • High level of discretion and confidentiality

Desirable

  • FinTech experience is a plus, especially with broker dealer business
  • Startup experience and mindset for a fast paced, high growth environment
  • Comfort working with lots of data via SQL. Advanced analytics is a plus
  • US hours preferred

What the job involves

  • The Chief of Staff at Alpaca helps to shape the company’s growth through strategic initiatives around culture, productivity, and operations
  • Reporting to the SVP of Strategy, you will partner with the executive team and other leaders to align on priorities, surface risks, identify growth opportunities, and execute on key priorities
  • This is a critical role in supporting the company’s growth, and an opportunity for you to drive material impact
  • Drive corporate alignment and operational excellence by implementing policies and procedures around culture, hiring, collaboration, learning, and compensation
  • Foster a culture of learning and accountability by developing learning programs, instituting best practices, and tracking progress on OKRs
  • Facilitate effective communication across the organization through all-hands and other channels on matters of corporate strategy, culture, and departmental updates
  • Lead and manage cross-functional projects to deliver results for key initiatives by collaborating with stakeholders and proactive project management
  • Analyze operational data to surface insights and recommendations for the leadership team to make sound decisions
  • Prepare reports and presentations for the company, leadership, and the Board of Directors as needed
  • Ad-hoc duties and responsibilities as assigned
  • Increased business autonomy across time zones
  • Improved employee sentiment and productivity

Our take

Alpaca offers a developer-first API for stock trading. It enables companies to offer short-stock trading both worldwide and competitively commission-free across various programming languages. Within one year of launch Alpaca facilitated over $1 billion in transactions.

This is impressive, but not surprising. Fintech apps that facilitate stock trading on a level previously inaccessible to retail investors are on the rise. Alpaca puts this software within reach of companies who may previously have lacked the ability or the tech to do so. However, competition is growing, both from existing competitors like Interactive Brokers and Robinhood and robustly funded startups like Galileo and DriveWealth.

Alpaca now has the funding, including a round of convertible debt financing, available to scale its offering to larger businesses, and is looking further afield to work with international customers to earn income from foreign exchange fees. Whilst competition is strong in stock-trading APIs, casting their net wide could win Alpaca a head start.

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

25% female employees

-24% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

Oct 2023

$15m

CONVERTIBLE

Aug 2021

$50m

SERIES B

Total funding: $86.9m

Company benefits

  • Competitive Salary & Stock Options
  • Benefits: Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision. In Canada, this includes supplemental health care. Internationally, this includes a stipend value to offset medical costs
  • New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
  • Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
  • Work with awesome people, clients and partners from around the world

Company HQ

Downtown, San Mateo, CA

Articles

Leadership

Former Database Kernel Architect at pivotal Inc and contributor at PostgreSQL Global development Group. Graduated from Keio University.

Co-founder of Ikkyo Technology and former Forex Trader. Former Vice-President at Nomura.

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