Chief of Staff / Head of Office of CEO, Pano AI

• A fast-paced, energetic, ambitious leader with very high standards who is passionate about solving global issues and building world-changing businesses
• A classic "honey badger", you are “relentlessly resourceful” and a creative problem-solver
• An operational and strategic business leader with a track record of success in high-performance, demanding, fast-paced environments, such as top-tier consulting firms, private equity firms, the military, and tech companies
• Seeking a career challenge where you can “take the bit in your teeth” and run!
• 2 years of experience in an early-stage or growth-stage start-up (sub-1,000 people)
• 8 years of work experience total; 10 years, if no MBA
• 2 years of management experience
• Strong technical aptitude and curiosity
• An early adopter of Gen AI / LLM tools in your own work, with a strong understanding of Gen AI tech trends
• Executive presence - appropriate for serving as a member of the senior leadership team along with VPs and C-Suite
• Leadership skills with the ability to inspire others to achieve a common objective
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Both diplomatic and assertive; not conflict adverse
• Superior organizational skills and project/time management abilities, with the ability to juggle multiple projects and priorities at the same time, and very high throughput
• Keen business acumen, with a high-level understanding of all functions of a tech company
• Both a strategic big picture thinker and extremely detail-oriented
• Entrepreneurial and creative mindset with the ability to formulate solutions to problems
• The highest level of honesty and integrity, and an unwavering sense of what is best for the business and the mission as a whole
• Growth mindset, including the ability to give and receive feedback

Desirable

• The Chief of Staff (Director-level) will report directly to the CEO, will be based in the Bay Area along with most of the Pano AI leadership team, and will lead a small, high-impact team with both a strategy and execution/operations skillset (the “Office of the CEO”)
• 1) It maintains Pano’s relentless commitment to speed and excellence across the organization, including establishing KPIs and management processes to ensure focus and accountability, as well as driving swift and effective decision-making
• 2) It provides leverage and optimizes the effectiveness of Pano’s CEO, Sonia Kastner
• 3) It supports the annual strategic planning and financial planning process, working shoulder to shoulder with the finance function. E.g. designing and implementing management and company offsites, and overseeing the setting/measurement of company priorities and department OKRs
• 4) It helps to steward the company’s culture and morale, working shoulder to shoulder with the People function, including driving real estate and social activity strategy for both remote and non-remote employees
• 5) It helps to initiate and drive key cross-functional initiatives company-wide, such as Gen AI Transformation
• 6) Supports the creation of new business functions
• 7) Provides contingency support for departments in complex problem-solving and addressing their highest priority challenges (like a Navy SEAL team of executors)
• 8) Other as needed
• Initially, the Office of the CEO will be 3 people: the Chief of Staff (Director Level), overseeing a Deputy Chief of Staff or “Manager of _____, e.g. strategic initiatives” (Individual contributor - either recent MBA grad or pre-MBA), and the CEO’s executive assistant (very experienced, senior-level EA)
• Over time, the size and mandate may change in accordance with the needs of the business