# Chief of Staff, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at Adaptive

- Company: Adaptive
- What the company does: Human security for the AI era. Adaptive unifies security awareness training, phishing simulations, agentic email security, and AI governance. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.adaptivesecurity.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: NYC
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-06-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/adaptivesecurity/5a7b8b8b-da14-43b7-8734-9e393f374617
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/adaptive-chief-of-staff-co-founder-and-chief-product-officer/

## About the role

Attend key meetings on behalf of or alongside the CPO, take ownership of follow ups, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks Own strategic projects end to end... examples include improving our R&D recruiting process, analyzing global R&D spend for optimization opportunities, and researching new markets we're considering entering

## What they're looking for

- Degree from a top university with a strong academic record
- 2-6 years of experience in consulting, private equity, venture capital, or a fast-moving startup
- Extremely hardworking and accountable. You do what you say you'll do, and you do it fast
- Analytically strong and comfortable with numbers. You can build a model, structure a dataset, and present findings clearly
- AI-native. You're either already using AI heavily in your work and personal life, or you're highly motivated to make it a core part of how you operate here
- A strong communicator in writing and in person

Tags: Operations