Top Chief of Staff Jobs in NYC, NY

Technical Chief of Staff supporting engineering leadership through hands-on software development, code review, testing, architecture and AI discussions. The role proxies CTO and engineering leadership, unblocks ambiguous initiatives, builds repeatable release infrastructure, prototypes solutions, drives strategic engineering initiatives, and aligns technical execution with privacy and security standards. Success requires strong engineering judgment, communication, discretion, and the ability to operate independently across technical and executive contexts.

Two-year executive leadership program partnering with operating leaders, CEOs, and functional teams across vertical software companies. Own cross-functional value-creation initiatives spanning go-to-market, sales, marketing, pricing, customer success, finance, M&A integration, and business operations. Support executive decision-making, implement operating improvements, and help newly acquired companies establish priorities and operating rhythms. High performers may advance into CEO, C-suite, or headquarters leadership roles.

Own company-wide budgeting, budget-versus-actual analysis, risk management, insurance, compliance and audit calendars for a multinational telecommunications company. Coordinate CAO priorities across departments, manage executive communications and stakeholder relationships, improve operational processes, and build AI-driven reporting and monitoring workflows. The role requires strong financial fluency, budgeting ownership, risk or compliance experience, proactive execution, meticulous documentation and comfort with ambiguity.

Serve as the CEO's strategic and operational right hand at an AI LegalTech startup: prepare executive/board/investor materials, build financial models and decks, contribute litigation expertise to product content, validate LLM-generated analyses, drive cross-functional execution, manage company operations (recruiting, vendor administration, OKRs), represent the CEO, and handle special projects across finance, legal, and partnerships.

Chief of Staff to the CEO responsible for driving six-week planning cycles, operating reviews, cross-functional triage, strategic diligence, board materials, investor updates, and company performance reporting. The role identifies and owns unassigned high-impact problems, accelerates decision-making, improves communication and information flows, and develops AI-enabled workflows. This is an in-person role based in New York City.

Own engineering leadership’s operating cadence, strategic program execution, business reviews, metrics, organizational planning, and executive communications. The role coordinates complex cross-functional initiatives, improves release and planning predictability, surfaces risks, and drives accountability without direct authority. It also builds AI-assisted dashboards and automations connecting Jira, Notion, GitHub, and Slack to streamline reporting, status collection, and decision support.

Partner with founders and leadership to drive strategic initiatives, coordinate cross-functional projects, improve operational processes, prepare decision-making materials, identify bottlenecks, and maintain organizational alignment. The role requires proactive execution, strong communication, analytical ability, and comfort operating in a fast-paced, fully onsite startup environment.

The Chief of Staff supports executive leadership by facilitating strategy planning, executive operating rhythms, decision governance, board preparation, communications, and cross-functional initiatives. This role tracks enterprise priorities, coordinates strategic execution, prepares executive materials, facilitates senior-level discussions, and ensures decisions and action items are communicated and completed. The position requires strong influence, judgment, discretion, analytical ability, and insurance business acumen.

Partners with the CEO and executive team to drive strategic initiatives, coordinate cross-functional execution, monitor organizational priorities, and improve operational effectiveness. Provides executive decision support through research, analysis, briefings, and presentations; facilitates leadership meetings and tracks action items. Manages confidential special projects, board materials, communications, crisis initiatives, and organizational change while supporting fundraising goals and stakeholder engagement.

Lead strategic 0-to-1 initiatives supporting Schoolhouse’s 2028 vision, manage high-stakes relationships with partners and donors, and run the organization’s operating rhythm. The Chief of Staff will report to the President, drive cross-functional projects, improve workflows, support HR, legal, and finance activities, oversee hiring processes, and plan team retreats. The role requires strong judgment, communication, ownership, and comfort operating in ambiguity at a fast-growing nonprofit.

Serve as a trusted thought partner to the Managing Partner, advancing strategic priorities across company formation, portfolio strategy, financings, partnerships, recruiting, and organizational development. Prepare analyses and communications, coordinate stakeholders, establish owners and timelines, resolve blockers, manage commitments, and ensure follow-through. The role combines high-level strategic thinking with detailed execution across Aegis Ventures, its portfolio companies, investors, healthcare partners, and other stakeholders.

Own and scale Valkai’s business operating systems across business operations, commercial strategy, revenue operations, recruiting, planning, and corporate functions. Build reusable playbooks, GTM data and tooling, forecasting processes, AI-native internal automations, hiring systems, company scorecards, and board materials. Partner closely with founders and the AI Strategy team to solve cross-functional problems and improve how the company operates as it grows.

Serve as the strategic and operational partner to the AI and Data Transformation & Analytics Practice Leader. Own leadership cadence, strategic initiative execution, AI governance, investment oversight, FP&A partnership, pipeline and revenue enablement, communications, and change management. Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, improve practice operations, support executive forums, and ensure accountability, financial discipline, and alignment with firmwide strategy.

The Chief of Staff partners with the CEO and Office of the CEO to drive critical initiatives, improve operational execution, and maintain organizational accountability. Responsibilities include preparing leadership materials, analyzing company performance, tracking projects and deadlines, escalating issues, conducting investigations, recommending improvements, managing CEO priorities, and representing the CEO when needed. The role requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, plus a willingness to work 55–60 hours weekly and primarily onsite in New York City.

Serve as a force multiplier for the founders by converting priorities into operating plans, driving cross-functional initiatives, preparing data-informed recommendations, and establishing company operating cadences. Own strategic communications, board and investor materials, partnerships, and special projects. Solve unowned problems end-to-end, create durable systems, and support growth across product, go-to-market, finance, hiring, and operations.

Serve as a strategic surrogate to the Chief Strategy Officer: represent the CSO in meetings, craft executive communications and presentations, drive cross-functional strategy initiatives, monitor progress and alignment, collaborate with engineering/product/sales, and articulate the Strategy org's impact internally and externally. Requires technical fluency, strong analytics, and executive presence to accelerate high-impact projects and customer engagements.

Serve as strategic partner to the SVP of Product to scale product leadership: run leadership rhythms, own headcount and budget planning, drive AI enablement, curate external product narrative, manage org-health metrics, and resolve cross-functional structural issues to increase decision speed and org effectiveness.

Serve as Chief of Staff to the CHRO, managing the People leadership operating cadence, leading cross-functional initiatives end-to-end, crafting executive communications, resolving issues proactively, and representing CHRO priorities across the organization.

Act as the founders' right hand to operationalize AI: prototype internal AI workflows, turn experiments into company-wide programs, run executive cadence and OKRs, unblock cross-functional projects, prepare strategic briefs, enforce responsible AI guardrails, and drive exit-readiness and organizational health.

The Chief of Staff will support the Co-Founder by driving strategic initiatives, collaborating with executive leaders, and ensuring high execution speed in various tasks across the organization.

Serves as strategic partner to the President of Seramount, leading executive preparation, strategic prioritization, cross-functional initiatives, leadership operating rhythms, decision support, communications, organizational change, AI adoption, and employee engagement. The role translates strategy into coordinated execution, facilitates leadership decisions, and ensures commitments are completed across the organization.

Chief of Staff will work directly with the founders to translate priorities into execution, manage cross-functional workstreams, strengthen operating systems, and ensure commitments are completed. Responsibilities include customer success coordination, pipeline management, market and policy research, investor and board support, internal communications, hiring coordination, and preparation for external meetings. The role requires strong organization, judgment, discretion, communication, project management, and comfort operating in a fast-paced, in-person startup environment.

Serves as a strategic partner to founders and executives by managing priorities, filtering decisions, translating vision into organizational action, preparing high-stakes meetings, synthesizing business reporting, coordinating stakeholders, identifying risks, supporting planning and resource allocation, drafting executive communications, managing confidential information, and leading special projects. The role also owns client satisfaction and evaluates whether engagements continue to meet evolving executive needs.

Serve as Chief of Staff to Senior Private Wealth Advisors, managing stakeholder communications, calendar and travel logistics, expense processing, meeting preparation, and leading client events and digital marketing. Drive operational excellence, project management, and high-touch client service while supporting principals and coordinating internal partners.

The Chief of Staff will manage various projects, support the CEO in company operations, and ensure the team achieves objectives across departments.