About Viam
Founded by Eliot Horowitz, co-founder and former CTO of MongoDB, Viam is a novel robotics engineering platform that lets you configure, control, and manage robots intuitively and quickly. We’re inspiring a generation of engineers to solve complicated automation problems with our uniquely powerful suite of software tools.
We’re a ~100-person company headquartered in New York City.
We’re looking for a Chief of Staff to work closely with our founder and CEO as Viam grows.
This role sits at the center of how the company operates. You’ll have visibility into the decisions and information that shape Viam, including company strategy, planning, customers, investors, the board, and new business opportunities.
You’ll work across teams and take on important problems that do not fit neatly within one function. The role comes with a high level of access and trust, and we’re looking for someone who is comfortable getting into the details, challenging assumptions, and owning work without an obvious playbook or existing owner.
This is not an Executive Assistant role. Calendar, travel, and inbox management sit elsewhere.
What you'll do- Take on high-priority questions and projects for the CEO, including research, analysis, recommendations, and execution.
- Own projects that span teams or don’t yet have a natural home, such as new markets, partnerships, pricing, or other strategic initiatives.
- Run Viam’s company planning and leadership rhythm, including planning cycles, leadership meetings, business reviews, and offsites.
- Keep a clear view of the company’s most important initiatives — who owns them, where they stand, and what’s getting in the way.
- Work across engineering, product, GTM, and finance to surface misalignment and help resolve issues that cut across functions.
- Support board and investor work, including company metrics, board materials, investor updates, and financing processes when they arise.
- Turn insights from customer, partner, and market conversations into useful input for the broader company.
- Write strategy memos, company communications, and other materials that help people understand important decisions and context.
- 6+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, venture capital, management consulting, startup strategy/BizOps, or a similarly rigorous environment.
- Strong analytical and financial skills. You’re comfortable building a model, digging into company metrics, and figuring out what the numbers actually mean.
- Technical fluency. You don’t need to be an engineer, but you should be able to follow technical conversations, ask good questions, and work credibly with engineering and product teams.
- Excellent writing and the ability to make complicated ideas clear.
- Experience taking ambiguous projects from an open question to a concrete outcome.
- Strong judgment about what matters and where to spend time.
- High ownership and low ego.
- Comfort challenging senior leaders and forming your own perspective.
- Fluency with modern AI tools and a habit of using them to make your work better and faster.
The salary for this role is between $180,000 - 220,000 /year.
Viam’s base salary range for this role is posted above. In addition to cash compensation, Viam offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants, health benefits, and more.
- 100% covered medical/dental/vision insurance plans, commuter benefits
- 25 days paid vacation and generous holiday observances
- Free lunch every day that you’re in the office
- One Medical Membership
- Citi Bike memberships
- Monthly wellness stipend to be used for a variety of fitness-related items like gym memberships, fitness classes, fitness equipment, and more
- Paid parental leave
- Reproductive Health Benefits, including Fertility Benefits and Abortion Access Travel Benefits
- Yearly Learning and Development Budget for your own personal learning goals
- Vision Driven
- Collaborate Openly
- Act Decisively
- Succeed Through Diversity
- Hold Ourselves Accountable
- Lead with Curiosity
Viam does not accept unsolicited agency resumes or calls from recruitment agencies or search firms. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or Viam employees. Viam is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, venture capital, management consulting, startup strategy or business operations, or a similarly rigorous environment
- Strong analytical and financial skills, including comfort building models and analyzing company metrics
- Technical fluency and ability to follow technical discussions and work credibly with engineering and product teams
- Excellent writing skills and ability to explain complex ideas clearly
- Experience taking ambiguous projects from an open question to a concrete outcome
- Strong judgment about priorities and allocation of time
- High ownership and low ego
- Comfort challenging senior leaders and forming an independent perspective
- Fluency with modern AI tools and habit of using them to improve work quality and speed
What We Do
Robotics has the potential to do so much good, but progress has been slowed by complicated hardware and software integrations, long development cycles, and people's fear of tripping over a robot on their way to work. At Viam, we’re addressing these issues by building a novel robotics platform that relies on standardized building blocks rather than custom code to create, configure and control robots quickly and intuitively. We’re empowering engineers - aspiring and experienced - across industries to solve complicated automation problems with our innovative and developer-friendly software tools. If you are interested in learning more, apply to one of our many open positions. We are hiring!
