One platform for the entire robotics lifecycle. Multi-language SDKs, hardware abstracted into simple APIs, and fleet management from first prototype to global scale. Backed by USV.
About the role
We’re looking for a Chief of Staff to work closely with our founder and CEO as Viam grows. This role sits at the center of how the company operates. You’ll have visibility into the decisions and information that shape Viam, including company strategy, planning, customers, investors, the board, and new business opportunities.
What they're looking for
- 6+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, venture capital, management consulting, startup strategy/BizOps, or a similarly rigorous environment
- Strong analytical and financial skills. You’re comfortable building a model, digging into company metrics, and figuring out what the numbers actually mean
- Technical fluency. You don’t need to be an engineer, but you should be able to follow technical conversations, ask good questions, and work credibly with engineering and product teams
- Excellent writing and the ability to make complicated ideas clear
- Experience taking ambiguous projects from an open question to a concrete outcome
- Strong judgment about what matters and where to spend time
More about this role
Founded by Eliot Horowitz, co-founder and former CTO of MongoDB, Viam is a novel robotics engineering platform that lets you configure, control, and manage robots intuitively and quickly. We’re inspiring a generation of engineers to solve complicated automation problems with our uniquely powerful suite of software tools.
We’re a ~100-person company headquartered in New York City.
We’re looking for a Chief of Staff to work closely with our founder and CEO as Viam grows.
This role sits at the center of how the company operates. You’ll have visibility into the decisions and information that shape Viam, including company strategy, planning, customers, investors, the board, and new business opportunities.
You’ll work across teams and take on important problems that do not fit neatly within one function. The role comes with a high level of access and trust, and we’re looking for someone who is comfortable getting into the details, challenging assumptions, and owning work without an obvious playbook or existing owner.
This is not an Executive Assistant role. Calendar, travel, and inbox management sit elsewhere.
- Take on high-priority questions and projects for the CEO, including...
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