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Chief of Staff to the CEO

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In-Office
San Francisco, CA
Mid level
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San Francisco, CA
Mid level
The Chief of Staff to the CEO role requires strategic support for the CEO, managing decisions, prioritizing tasks, and ensuring company alignment.
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At Exa, we're building a next-generation AI search engine—one that outperforms Google for power users. We help people find the information they can’t get anywhere else.

We're an SF team of ~80 from Harvard, MIT, Google, Apple etc. We recently raised a Series B from Benchmark, and we are rapidly building the most intelligent search engine in history.

We're looking for a Chief of Staff to the CEO (Will Bryk). This is a Level 3 type of CoS role —operating as a true extension of the founder — full context, full trust, full responsibility.

What we are looking for

  • Be intense and organized. You must be able to derive clarity from the hundreds of continuous data points coming through, prioritize effectively, and execute with little to no oversight.

  • Sometimes, urgent things pop up. Care deeply about the company and make yourself available when needed.

  • You’ve operated in the tech space, ideally supporting leadership at a high-growth startup or running your own. 3+ years of experience is required.

  • Low ego, high agency, deeply mission-aligned.

What you'll do

  • Serve as an extension of the founder’s judgment — bringing structure, clarity, and taste to every critical decision.

  • Parse the founder’s inbox to understand the full context behind each thread — prioritize what matters, surface what’s urgent, and quietly handle what doesn’t need to reach the founder.

  • Be a strategic sounding board in company decision-making and strategy — maintain deep context across all functions to ensure clarity, alignment, and high-quality judgment.

We are open to sponsoring International candidates (e.g STEM OPT, OPT, H1B, O1, E3). This is an in-person opportunity in San Francisco. We're big believers in in-person culture!

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