Chief of Staff

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Job description

What you will be doing:

• Act as a strategic advisor and liaison to the CEO, helping to execute the company's highest priorities while working on long-term special projects and strategic initiatives.
• Manage complex office operations and administration; requiring the use of independent judgement, proactive initiative, advanced problem solving skills.
• Plan and prepare leadership, board, and all-hands meetings. Ensure that goals are understood, agendas are followed, action items are delegated with appropriate follow-up.
• Communicate effectively and professionally through verbal and written mediums. Comfort with technical and business discussion. Ability to summarize, synthesize, and convey complex information in a concise and clear manner.
• Research, analyze and present data or other information at a professional standard to various stakeholders.
• Develop and implement strategies to promote company culture and attract top talent.
• Manage and coordinate calendars, make travel arrangements and other logistics planning.
• Willingness to perform ad-hoc tasks as required by the CEO and founders.

Requirements

What you must have:

• Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred)
• Prior experience in a CoS role handling operations, human resources, and program oversight.
• In-depth experience with MS Office suite, Google Workspace, other collaboration software, social media platforms.
• Exudes integrity and personal accountability.
• Prior experience taking a startup through rapid growth. (In tech hardware a huge plus)
• General interest in chip manufacturing, photonic computing, and AI/ML training.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving with strong decision-making skills.
• Proximity to our Mountain View office.

Benefits

• Our benefits are here to support you!
  • Competitive salary and benefits
  • 401(k) program
  • Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
  • Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
  • Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
  • Paid parental leave
  • Flexible Spending Account

• We're remote friendly
  • We believe that your value to the team can be provided at a Luminous Computing office or from the comfort of your home. Depending on your function, enjoy the flexibility of remote work and join our growing community of remote employees in the continental United States.

• We're vested
  • You won't just own your work here, you'll have the potential to own equity in Luminous Computing. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow at tremendous rates.