Chief of Staff to the CEO, Altana
$160-265k
Competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
Office located in Brooklyn, NY
Supply chain visibility platform
Be an early applicant
Supply chain visibility platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$160-265k
Competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
Office located in Brooklyn, NY
201-500 employees
Company mission
Altana AI's mission is to improve global commerce.
Role
Who you are
- Federal Government Expertise: Significant experience working within, or very close to, the U.S. Federal Government. You must possess a sophisticated "playbook" for how to navigate and get things done within federal agencies and the broader public sector arena
- Internal Operations Leadership: Proven track record in highly cross-functional roles such as Business Operations, Chief of Staff, or Revenue/Marketing Operations. You have experience building systems for scale
- Professional Services Background: Background in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, or Venture Capital is highly preferred
- Strategic Maturity: Experience operating at a senior level, with the confidence to challenge senior executives and the humility to handle menial tasks if they accelerate the company
What the job involves
- We are seeking a high-leverage Chief of Staff (CoS) to serve as a strategic partner and extension of our CEO. This is a high accountability role designed for a leader who can operate elbow-to-elbow with our executive team while remaining unafraid to get deep into the weeds of execution
- The primary mission of the CoS is to drive must-win initiatives and ensure organizational scalability as we navigate complex environments. You will be the architect of our operating system. Designing the cadences, decision forums, and accountability mechanisms that allow Altana to run on systems rather than just personalities
- Executive & Board Governance: Own the Executive Team management process, including drafting agendas, managing 1:1 follow-ups, gathering feedback, and holding leaders accountable to commitments
- Government Affairs & Ecosystem Strategy: Act as a key liaison in our external efforts, leveraging a deep understanding of federal government structures to drive strategic business development and community work
- Company-Wide Planning: Lead the translation of high-level strategy into actionable goals and OKRs. You will own the alignment, tracking, and measurement of these metrics across the company
- De-bottlenecking Execution: Identify areas where the organization is experiencing execution lag and intervene to resolve friction, acting as a "functional pinch-hitter" when temporary capacity gaps arise
- Initiative Ownership: Take full ownership of 1–2 high-priority, cross-functional initiatives at a time—specifically those that lack a natural home within existing departments
- CEO Leverage: Serve as the primary filter for the CEO’s time, distinguishing signal from noise and ruthlessly prioritizing the few initiatives that truly move the needle
Our take
Altana’s platform provides a shared source of truth for the global supply chain. The idea is that this will help businesses and governing powers optimize global commerce which, over the past few years, has shot up on the list of international priorities. With three quarters of businesses reporting recent supply chain disruptions, and governments increasingly concerned with mitigating security threats, data-driven visibility is more sought after than ever before.
Crucially, the platform doesn’t require data sharing to create global intelligence, instead using a federated machine learning approach. This is a nut many big-data companies have been trying to crack, and Altana’s success has attracted interest from top-tier investors like Google Ventures and Floating Point alongside contracts with the UK Department of Business & Trade. A number of other headline enterprises and government agencies are already on the company's customer roster.
With companies looking to recoup some of the $4T reportedly lost in supply chain disruptions over recent years, and the push for global databases getting stronger, logistics startups are having a fruitful investment period. Altana is crafting a remarkable product at a highly marketable time, and with good uptake so far. Backed by substantial funding, Altana is set for a strong few years.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
SERIES C
Oct 2022
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $323.5m
Company benefits
- Competitive base salary: We offer competitive base salaries to recognize the incredible work our employees do.
- Learning & development: We support your development through regular performance check-ins and offer financial support for Learning and Development initiatives.
- Health benefits: We offer full global benefits, including a 100% employer-paid plan and tax-advantaged HSA and FSA options in the US.
- Paid time off: We provide a generous PTO policy, including paid sick time, to support your well-being in and out of the office.
- Equity program: We instill ownership by offering competitive new hire equity grants, plus the opportunity to gain more equity along the way.
- Parental leave: We offer up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave to support you and your family.
Company HQ
Financial District, New York, NY
Leadership
Raphael Tehranian
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously an analyst with J P Morgan, pivoting to engagement at Cleantech Group and then corporate tech strategy with Suncor Energy. After a spell as an investor at Fuller Smith, spent time with global supply chain analytics company Panjiva as a management advisor.
Peter Swartz
(Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)An MIT grad in political science who went on to work as Head of Data Science at Panjiva.
Evan Smith
(Co-Founder & CEO)A Yale economics graduate with experience in renewables at Imperium Renewables and Verno Systems, the latter of which they co-founded. Served as a partner at Fuller Smith, before moving on to work in a management advisor role at Panjiva.
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