Chief of Staff to the CEO

WindBorne Systems is supercharging weather forecasts with a unique proprietary data source: a global constellation of next-generation smart weather balloons targeting the most critical atmospheric data. We design, manufacture, and operate our own balloons, using the data they collect to generate otherwise unattainable weather intelligence.

Our mission is to eliminate weather uncertainty, and in the process help humanity adapt to climate change, be that predicting hurricanes or speeding the adoption of renewables. We are building a future in which the planet is instrumented by thousands of our microballoons, eliminating gaps in our understanding of the planet and giving people and businesses the information they need to make critical decisions. The founding team of Stanford engineers was named Forbes 2019 30 under 30 and is backed by top-tier investors, including Khosla Ventures and Footwork VC.

Responsibilities

We’re looking for a highly organized, proactive, and resourceful Chief of Staff to support our CEO and leadership team. You will work directly with our CEO, John Dean, to take on the company’s highest leverage strategic and operational challenges. You will act as a force multiplier executing on priorities with high autonomy and a bias for action. The ability to “branch-predict”: align on principles and develop a mental model of John to unblock yourself and anticipate answers to questions.

Qualifications

Skills and Qualifications

Required:

• A background that trained you to operate close to high-stakes decisions, demanding principals, and unforgiving execution environments. We are open to non-traditional paths but judgment, pace, discretion, and follow-through are non-negotiable
• Scrappiness
• A love of lists and a refusal to let things slip through the cracks
• Incessant desire to proactively make things better
• High level of proficiency with Google Suite (docs, slides, sheets, gmail, calendar), with a particular focus on spreadsheets
• Experience working within a Digital HQ chat platform, e.g. Slack
• Exemplary organizational skills
  
  

Preferred:

• Experience in startups, high-growth, or engineering-driven organizations
• Strong problem-solving instincts ( you anticipate needs before they arise)
• Software engineering or some other kind of engineering fluency
• U.S. Citizenship
  
  

You’ll thrive here if you:

• Enjoy being the glue that holds things together
• Are detail-oriented, calm under pressure, and thrive in organized chaos
• Care about operational excellence and people equally
• Want to work with a mission-driven team advancing climate and weather intelligence
  
  

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• Stock Option Plan
• Office food and beverages
  
  

Salary

• $130k–$180k. We consider a range of backgrounds and experience levels and adjust offers to be competitive with market rates.
  
  

Location

1600 Bridge Pwky, Redwood City, CA. In person required.