Chief of Staff

Interlaced; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive starting salary

Medical, vision and dental benefits

Cell phone and health & wellness reimb

16 paid Holidays annually

2 paid volunteer days annually

Paid vacation and sick time

401k matching

Fuel reimbursement

Peer-to-peer bonus allowance

Job summary

Interlaced is a cloud-focused IT, security, and AI services provider hiring a high-output Chief of Staff to lead internal strategic projects, use AI to modernize operations, and directly support the CEO. This hands-on role works daily with finance, billing, and service leaders, including portfolio reporting.

Reporting to the CEO, you will automate workflows, run the executive operating system, and help hire and onboard through the people team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 2-5 years of experience in Consulting, PE/Portfolio Operations, Business Operations, or related field.
• Hybrid work in San Diego or San Francisco Bay Area with a dedicated home office and stable internet.
• Ability to build models and explain them with data.

Responsibilities

• Own high-impact internal strategic projects from scoping to completion.
• Identify manual, repetitive work and automate using Claude, n8n, Make, and similar tools.
• Run the executive operating system including goals tracking and meeting prep.
• Execute monthly business reporting and analysis.
• Support hiring and onboarding with the people team and handle confidential matters.

Skills

Executive communication

Data-driven decision making

Organizational skills

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Claude

n8n

Make

Excel

Dashboards

Job description

Interlaced is a cloud-focused, modern IT, Security, and AI services provider, providing outsourced technology management services for innovative businesses across the globe. We specialize in designing, implementing, and supporting cutting edge technology infrastructure that helps our clients scale and achieve their missions.

How are we different from traditional IT companies?

• We are cloud focused (but we will train you up if you don't have all the necessary skills yet).
• We have professional development pathways throughout the organization with accompanying training programs.
• We work with cutting edge clients in forward thinking industries like tech startups, biotech and digital agencies.
• We are poised for significant growth and need you to help us do it!
• We are a team of hungry, innovative, technology-lovers who are excited to build something amazing together.

Interlaced is hiring a high-output Chief of Staff to lead internal strategic projects, use AI to modernize operations, and directly support the CEO. This is a hands-on role with a path to GM scope.

The Chief of Staff reports directly to the CEO. They work daily with finance, billing, operations and service leaders, and support hiring and onboarding alongside the people team. Interlaced is an Apple-focused managed IT provider within the Lyra Technology Group portfolio, so the role also touches portfolio reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic projects: own several high-impact internal projects at a time, from scoping to completion.
• AI and automation: find the manual, repetitive work across our business and automate it using Claude, n8n, Make and similar tools.
• Executive leverage: run the executive operating system (e.g. goals tracking, leadership offsite prep, L10 meetings).
• Reporting: execute monthly business reporting and analysis.
• People operations support: support hiring and onboarding, and handle confidential matters with discretion.
• Whatever needs doing: roll up your sleeves and fix things yourself.

Required Skills & Experience

• Builds with Claude and tools like n8n or Make every week, and has working automations and dashboards to show.
• Comfortable in Excel and with finance data. Uses data in decision making. Can build a model and explain it.
• Moves fast, prioritizes ruthlessly, and finishes what they start.
• Professional, polished and direct, with an easy way with executive audiences. Pushes back with data.
• Highly organized and detail oriented. Can stay on top of many initiatives at once while prioritizing ruthlessly.
• Wants to run a business one day and thinks like an owner.
  

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Background in consulting, private equity or portfolio operations.
• Experience in IT services, MSP or SaaS environments.

Ideally, the candidate has a Bachelor's Degree and 2-5 years of experience in Consulting, PE/Portfolio Operations, Business Operations, or a related field.

The candidate is expected to work hybrid, ideally located in San Diego or San Francisco Bay Area, with a dedicated working environment/home office with stable internet connection. This position is from the hours of 8am - 5pm Pacific Time, Monday through Friday excluding holidays.

What we offer:

• Competitive starting salary ($90,000-$100,000/year DOE) and Interlaced company bonus program
• Medical, vision and dental benefits
• Cell phone and health & wellness reimbursements
• 16 paid Holidays annually - 6 fixed and 10 flexible
• 2 paid volunteer days annually
• Paid vacation and sick time
• 401k matching
• Fuel reimbursement
• Peer-to-peer bonus allowance