Chief of Staff

About Clay
Clay is a creative tool for growth. Our mission is to help businesses grow - without huge investments in tooling or manual labor. We're already helping over 100,000 people grow their business with Clay. From local pizza shops to enterprises like Anthropic and Notion, our tool lets you instantly translate any idea that you have for growing your company into reality. We're looking for sharp, low-ego people to help us turn every business's creative ideas into a reality. Check out our wall of love to learn more about the product.
Why is Clay the best place to work in New York?

• Customers love the product (100K+ users and growing)
• We're growing a lot (10x YoY for the past two years)
• Incredible culture (our customers keep applying to work here)
• In-person work (beautiful office space in Flatiron)
• Well-resourced (raised a Series B in June 2024 from investors like Sequoia and Meritech)

Chief of Staff @ Clay
We are looking for a dynamic Chief of Staff to both co-founders Kareem Amin and Varun Anand. You'll be the driving force behind efficient executive operations and ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently. You'll work closely with the leadership team, playing a key role in scaling our business. Your responsibilities will span across various functions, giving you the opportunity to make a significant impact on the entire company.
In this role, you can expect this general break-down to start:
Executive Operations

• You'll work closely with Kareem and Varun to maximize their effectiveness, with full access to email and calendars. This part of the role requires anticipating needs, managing follow-ups, and ensuring thoughtful follow-through on action items.
• Provide operational and administrative support for investor relations and board meeting preparations, streamlining processes to minimize friction. We are also hiring for an EA who can help with more logistics-related work.

Internal Communications/Operations

• You'll lead communication initiatives across the business to foster transparency, engagement, and alignment across all teams. As an example this would mean helping to run our company-level meetings or building decks with other business leaders that they can present at all-hands meetings.
• You'll ensure that key information flows smoothly between departments, enhancing collaboration and alignment on company goals and internal planning.

Special Projects

• There will be projects that don't neatly fall into a single department that you will take on. This could range from building out our leveling system to setting up the infrastructure to send quality swag at scale to running leadership off-sites.

What You'll Bring

• High cognitive flexibility. Sharp, versatile problem solver. Curious to figure out new questions.
• Proactive ownership. You like to execute. Fast and effective. Hands-on, excited to dig into problems.
• Grit. Ability to handle high-stakes situations, recover quickly from challenges, and maintain performance under ambiguity.
• EQ. Navigate interpersonal dynamics, manage conflict, and communicate well.
• Great backgrounds can vary. Minimum 4-6 years in startups, consulting, or finance/investing could give you a great foundation.

Life @ Clay
Based out of a central office on 19th Street in Manhattan's Flatiron District. We love the energy of in-person collaboration while also offering the flexibility to work from home when needed.

• Competitive salary and role trajectory: Roles, responsibilities, and comp grow as we do
• Health insurance: Fully funded, high quality health, dental & vision coverage (including 80-100% therapy coverage)
• Visa sponsorship: We get it - it's an arduous process, but we're not scared of it
• Paid time off: We expect team members to take at least 3 weeks fully-disconnected per year, with a flexible vacation policy beyond that
• Free lunch: Lunch is provided in office every day
• Parental leave & fertility support: IVF fertility benefits, egg freezing, and 4 months of paid parental leave

Learn more about Clay and what it's like to work with us right here!