Chief of Staff

Operations, Full-time
San Francisco, CA
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Be the operational backbone of a fast-growing AI startup. Partner directly with founders to drive GTM strategy, scale customer relationships, and turn ambiguity into momentum across every corner of the business.

About the role

We're seeking a strategic, growth-minded operator to serve as a key business partner to our founders. Mixedbread recently lauched its first product and we're building momentum across product, go-to-market, and customer success. We are looking for someone exceptional to help accelerate our growth. As Chief of Staff, you'll drive execution across Mixedbread's highest-priority initiatives shaping and scaling our GTM engine, deepening our customer relationships, and helping steer Mixedbread through this critical next stage of growth. This is a rare opportunity to operate at the center of a fast-moving startup, working directly with the founding team to translate strategy into traction.

What you'll do

  • Lead Mixedbread's GTM motion: Architect and manage our marketing CRM, segment leads, develop campaigns, and design systems that drive acquisition and engagement
  • Bias for execution: you don't just advise; you roll up your sleeves and make it happen.
  • Drive strategic execution: Partner with leadership to plan and deliver company strategy across product, GTM, customer success, and investor relations, shifting focus as business priorities evolve.
  • Shape our narrative: Collaborate with Mixedbread's founders to define Mixedbread's brand and GTM messaging, ensuring a consistent voice across all channels.
  • Build relationships that scale: Manage and grow customer partnerships, from first contact to onboarding to long-term success.
  • Community management: Stand at the very center of the growth, marketing and web design communities, becoming a known and trusted name who can galvanize and lead bottoms-up growth.
  • Own customer success: Lead the full customer journey, including demos, onboarding, implementation, and ongoing reporting to ensure customer value and retention.

What we're looking for

  • 2 YoE in a fast-paced environment that embraces ambiguity, ideally with experience supporting growth and marketing initiatives
  • Enjoys context-switching between marketing, product, operations, and customer success and thrives on getting things done
  • Care about customer relationships and can translate feedback into product and GTM action.
  • Excited by early-stage chaos. You see ambiguity as opportunity and enjoy moving fast + managing upwards with limited structure.
  • Bring a founder's mindset to your work: be proactive, resourceful, and comfortable operating without a playbook (then make them as we go!).

Nice to have

  • Enthusiasm for using Claude Code and other AI tools
  • Experience marketing and selling developer tools
  • Experience building or managing CRM, sales, or marketing automation systems (HubSpot, Airtable, Notion, etc.) and using them to drive measurable outcomes.
  • Experience running product demos, events, doing direct sales, and getting creative about growth initiatives
  • Experience working closely with founders or executive teams in small or scaling startups
  • Enthusiasm for AI prototyping and GTM tools
  • Strong writing and storytelling chops, you can distill complex ideas into crisp messaging
  • Keen to found yourself one day, but also keen to grow with the company

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive salary and equity package
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

Mixedbread is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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