Chief Of Staff to the CTO

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Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, IND
In-Office
Mid level
Legal Tech • Software
The Role
Partner with the CTO to operate engineering cadence, govern roadmaps, manage cross-functional technical programs, define engineering metrics, and deliver strategic initiatives. The role also improves organizational processes, supports hiring and onboarding, coordinates incident communications, and creates executive communications and operating documentation. Strong technical fluency, program management expertise, and familiarity with security, compliance, cloud, SRE, data, and AI concepts are required.
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About SpotDraft

Contracts don’t have to be a headache. At SpotDraft, we’re making contracting fast,

easy, and stress-free for high-growth companies like PhonePe, Chargebee,

Unacademy, Meesho, and Cred. Our platform helps legal teams save 10 hours a

week and close deals 25% faster—because time is money, and contracts shouldn’t

slow you down.

Why This Role Exists

We are looking for a high-leverage partner for the CTO who can operate at the

intersection of strategy and execution. The Chief of Staff will run the operating

system of engineering, drive clarity and speed across the SDLC, manage

cross-functional programs, and ensure accountability across initiatives — freeing

the CTO to focus on architecture, talent, and long-term bets.

What You’ll Do
  • Run the engineering operating cadence: Drive QBRs/OKRs, weekly business

reviews, roadmap governance, sprint/quarterly planning, and release

readiness.

  • Cross-functional program management: Partner with Product, Security, SRE,

Data, and GTM teams (Sales, CS, Marketing) to deliver outcomes on time and

at quality.

  • Define and publish engineering metrics: Own the instrumentation of the

system (DORA, quality, reliability, cost), create narratives, and ensure actions.

  • Special projects: Program manage high-priority initiatives for the CTO (e.g.,

AI/LLM initiatives, platform modernization, performance & reliability

programs, cost optimization, integrations).

  • Improve organizational health: Build and scale hiring loops, onboarding

playbooks, skills matrices, operating docs, postmortems, and decision logs.

  • Communications hub: Draft and deliver clear communications for executives

and the company; own incident comms, exec updates, and cross-functional

alignment.

  • Have strong technical fluency (comfortable in architecture discussions,

reviewing Eng Specs/PRDs, understanding code, and reasoning about

trade-offs).

  • Are an elite program operator, structured, proactive, detail-oriented, and

capable of bringing clarity to ambiguity.

  • Communicate exceptionally well, with the ability to write sharp exec

memos, specs, dashboards, and concise decision logs.

  • Can move seamlessly between boardroom and backlog, earning trust with

engineers and GTM leaders alike.

What we’re looking for
  • 4+ years across TPM, Engineering Management, Staff PM, Consulting, or

Founder-type roles; startup/scale-up experience strongly preferred.

  • Proven track record of delivering multi-team programs (e.g., security,

reliability, AI, or platform initiatives) with measurable outcomes.

  • Familiarity with security & compliance standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR),

cloud/SRE concepts, and data/AI fundamentals.

  • Hands-on experience with tools such as Jira/Linear, Notion/Confluence,

GitHub, Airflow, Looker/Metabase, SQL, and incident tooling.

Why SpotDraft?
  • Brilliant teammates—Work with some of the sharpest minds in legal tech.

  • Expand your network—Interact with top founders, investors, and industry

leaders.

  • Real impact—Take ownership of projects and see your work in action.

  • Big goals, bold moves—We trust you to deliver, innovate, and push

boundaries.

Our Core Values
  • Our business is to delight Customers

  • Be Transparent. Be Direct

  • Be Audacious

  • Outcomes over everything else

  • Elevate each other

  • Be Passionate. Take Ownership.

  • Be 1% better every day

All candidates’ personal data shared during the recruitment process will be

handled with utmost confidentiality and used solely for hiring purposes, in line

with applicable data protection regulations.

*SpotDraft is an equal-opportunity employer. Candidates will not be discriminated

against based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, caste, sex, gender identity, sexual

orientation, national origin, veteran, or disability status

Skills Required

  • 4+ years of experience across technical program management, engineering management, staff product management, consulting, or founder-type roles
  • Experience delivering multi-team programs with measurable outcomes
  • Familiarity with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR
  • Knowledge of cloud and SRE concepts
  • Knowledge of data and AI fundamentals
  • Hands-on experience with Jira or Linear
  • Hands-on experience with Notion or Confluence
  • Hands-on experience with GitHub
  • Hands-on experience with Airflow
  • Hands-on experience with Looker or Metabase
  • Hands-on experience with SQL
  • Hands-on experience with incident tooling
  • Startup or scale-up experience
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The Company
Bengaluru, Karnataka
216 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Businesses like Notion, ChargeBee, OnDeck, Airbnb, CRED, and more trust SpotDraft to help: - their in-house legal team automate repetitive, mind-numbing aspects of contracting and free up time so they can focus on high-leverage work. - their business teams close more contracts on their own without depending on legal for every small edit and review. - bring more speed, visibility, efficiency & structure to the entire contracting process, and more. Founded by a Harvard Law School lawyer and two Carnegie Mellon computer scientists, SpotDraft is the perfect co-pilot for your legal team that democratizes legal paperwork and speeds up the contract lifecycle.

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