Chief of Staff

TAR; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation bonus

Unlimited PTO

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Meal stipend

Job summary

TAR is building the world’s first off-grid power plant for data centers, powered by renewable technologies, with a US-based, fast-moving team in Austin, TX. The role focuses on delivering large-scale projects, standing up new capabilities, and supporting financing while growing a top-tier team.

You will join a mission-driven company offering substantial relocation support, generous PTO, comprehensive insurance, and a competitive compensation package. Expect high impact and rapid execution.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in high-performance environments (startups, consulting, finance, engineering, military, or similar).
• Proven ability to drive complex projects to completion.
• Ability to own projects end-to-end with high ownership and initiative.

Responsibilities

• Project Delivery: ensure multi-GW projects are delivered on time with partners.
• Special Projects: stand up new functions from zero to one and own them.
• Financing: support complex equity and project financing transactions.
• Hiring: help build the team from juniors to executives and shape culture.
• Firefighting: troubleshoot daily problems and vendor/supply issues.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Job description

Mission

TAR's mission is to power intelligence for the world. We are building the world's first off-grid power plant for data centers powered by renewable technologies.

Mission

TAR's mission is to power intelligence for the world. We are building the world's first off-grid power plant for data centers powered by renewable technologies.

We firmly believe AI should be built in the US for the benefit of all people. For that, power must be fast, clean and scalable. We are singularly focused on delivering GW-scale power faster than anyone has ever done, by rethinking every layer of the stack.

To deliver on this vision, TAR manufactures, deploys and operates off-grid energy assets with a renewable backbone. We vertically integrate to solve every bottleneck, from racking systems to power electronics to dispatch algorithms to on-site construction.

Leave your mark by powering the future of civilisation-scale energy infrastructure.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space.

Company

We are a team of seasoned operators run by founders who previously scaled a company to over 80 people and $350M in annual sales. We know how to operate and we move fast.

We are working directly with one of the largest compute providers to make our vision come true and plan to deploy 5GWs by 2028.

TAR is both a hardware and software company, we are building out massive, critical, physical infrastructure.

We operate on...

• High ownership. High Agency. Own project end-to-end. Great people don't need to be managed.


• Speed. We achieve great things on incredible timelines. We always push ourselves to go faster.


• First principles. No ego. No hierarchy. Challenge every assumption.


• Passion. Solving the energy problem is one of the largest challenges that faces the world now and in the future. We put in long hours and hard work to solve this.

About the role

As an extension of the founders of the company, you will work on the hardest challenges in the business alongside them. Your days are varied but will include:

Responsibilities

• Project Delivery: make sure multi-GW projects get delivered on time and help fill in any gaps alongside our construction, procurement and development teams.


• Special Projects: jump on anything that is hard to solve and needs a smart solution, like standing up new functions from zero to one and owning them until they're ready to hand off.


• Financing: support on complex equity financing and project financing transactions involving billions of dollars of CAPEX.


• Hiring: help hire the team from juniors to executives. Help form company culture.


• Firefighting: help troubleshoot the daily problems that come up, like finding a last-minute replacement supplier or driving to the customer site to solve a contractor's problem.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in high-performance environments in startups, consulting, finance, engineering, military, or similar.


• Demonstrated execution ability across a variety of complex projects.


• Can own projects end-to-end.


• High agency.

Salary and Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation package commensurate with experience, including salary and equity participation.


• Up to $15K Relocation bonus


• Unlimited PTO


• Health, Dental, Vision insurance


• $1K monthly stipend for meals