At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations, allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.
Vast is seeking a Chief of Staff to the Chief Revenue Officer (“CRO”). The Chief of Staff role will focus on leading strategic initiatives within the Business Development (“BD”) team and driving a culture of accountability across the department. The ideal candidate will bring a blend of strategic, operational, project management, and leadership skills. Additionally, they should possess exceptional attention to detail, initiative, and critical thinking skills. They are curious, adaptable, and comfortable managing change and ambiguity. They enjoy solving complex problems, are highly collaborative, and operate with a strong bias toward action and results.
This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Team Leadership and Strategy:
- Assist the CRO in the day-to-day operational management of the BD team and in ensuring the CRO priorities are being effectively executed
- Own prioritization and execution of key BD strategic initiatives by partnering with the executive team and internal functions
- Enhance the effectiveness of key meetings by setting effective agendas and driving\ high-quality content and output, including preparation and meeting follow-ups
- Operations:
- Support the development and drive of the scorecard success metrics and KPIs. Monitor key metrics and flag areas of concern
- Develop internal processes to ensure the right information and decision points are filtered up to the CRO and the CEO for action. Work with external vendors as needed to implement all such processes
- Seek areas for improvement and innovation to make the overall team run more smoothly and drive growth
- Communications
- Assist with communications between and from the CRO to the wider team
- Lead the preparation and development of presentations, including but not limited to reviews, all-hands meetings, internal and external speaking engagements, offsites, and events
Minimum Qualifications:
- 10 + years of progressive responsibilities in large technology or hardware focused company
- Proven experience at a fast, high-growth startup in a strategic business operations leadership role
- 5+ years of project and change management expertise
- Demonstrate analytical and logic skills with a focus on problem-solving frameworks
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Excellent GSuite/Microsoft Office skills
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Excellent Leadership Skills: Strategic thinker + doer. You model accountability and possess
- Qualities that inspire confidence and trust across multiple levels. Ability to motivate and influence teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes while simultaneously managing several projects.
- Superior Interpersonal Skills: Your cultural sensitivity skills enable you to earn the
- respect of people across all levels of the organization. You excel at listening and synthesizing data to influence and drive decision-making.
- Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment balancing several projects at any given time with the flexibility to respond to sudden changes in strategic direction.
Additional Requirements:
- Scaling startups from 200-1000+ employees preferred
- Engineering or manufacturing industry experience is a plus
- Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones and ability to travel as needed to support the CRO on domestic and international BD trips (up to 25%)
Pay Range
- Chief of Staff - $120,000 - $176,000
- Senior Chief of Staff - $145,000 - $220,000
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
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What We Do
Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches in 2026, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. With more than 1,000 employees at its Long Beach, California headquarters and over a billion dollars in private capital invested, Vast has built the facilities required to manufacture and operate America’s next space station. The company plans to develop future habitats for the Moon and Mars, dedicated space stations for government partners, and other crewed systems that will unlock the expanding long-term space economy.
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