Chief Of Staff

Pyka; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pyka is seeking a Chief of Staff to work directly with our CEO as we scale the development, manufacturing, and deployment of our aircraft. You will help the CEO delegate more effectively and ensure important work moves forward across the company.

You will investigate cross-team issues, develop action plans with leaders, own the OKR process end to end, prepare decision memos, and drive timely projects to completion. This role reports to the CEO and partners with functional leaders.

Job description

About Pyka

Pyka’s goal is to provide society with a new form of safe, clean, and cost-effective transportation enabled by autonomous electric aviation.

To get there, we’re taking a different approach than most. We're applying our technologies to every industry where autonomous electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs. In doing so, we're building game-changing products manufactured at scale, while perfecting the safety, reliability, and capabilities of our autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems.

We design, develop and manufacture an ecosystem of technologies including proprietary flight control software, avionics, high power density motors, motor controllers, batteries, and custom carbon-fiber composite airframes.

Today, we supply autonomous electric aircraft for cargo transport and crop protection to real-world customers across four separate continents and have secured industry-first regulatory approvals from the FAA. Our cargo aircraft enables remote connectivity, enhances express delivery networks, and ensures fast and reliable shipping of critical supplies to areas in need. Our crop protection aircraft offers agricultural services providers and farmers an autonomous tool to make aerial application safer, more precise, and less harmful to surrounding environments. Both vehicles are highly economical to operate, easy to deploy, and significantly reduce CO2 emissions in their respective industries.

What you work on at Pyka makes people’s lives better now and brings the future of electric aviation one step closer each day.

Role Overview

Pyka is seeking a Chief of Staff to work directly with our CEO as we scale the development, manufacturing, and deployment of our aircraft. You will help the CEO delegate more effectively and focus on the decisions that require their attention, while ensuring important work moves forward across the company.

You will investigate issues that span teams or lack a clear owner, develop action plans with the relevant leaders, and bring the CEO clear options and recommendations. You will own our objectives and key results (OKR) process end to end, prepare decision memos and board materials, run our weekly leads scrum, and lead time-bound special projects through handoff to a permanent owner.

This role reports directly to the CEO and works in close partnership with functional leaders. You will have access to everything the CEO sees and will gain an incredibly deep understanding and intuition into the operations of a rapidly scaling robotics company.

Success means decisions are made at the right level, leaders feel a deeper sense of empowerment, commitments are carried through, and fewer issues require the CEO’s direct involvement. This is not an administrative or calendar-management role.