Chief of Staff

Halluminates; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Relocation stipend

401k match

Free meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Gym membership

Transportation to office

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Halluminate is seeking a Chief of Staff to own strategic initiatives, establish scalable operational systems, and drive horizontal priorities across the team in San Francisco. You will partner with the CEO/CTO to push high-leverage partnerships, build core processes, and create automated workflows using AI tools.

The role blends leadership with hands-on execution, enabling rapid growth from 10 to 25+ people within six months.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a high-intensity generalist environment such as investment banking, consulting, or startup ops.
• Experience with AI tools and coding agents to build internal systems.
• Excellent follow-through and reliability in delivering projects.
• Proven ability to turn ambiguous problems into concrete outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic initiatives across multiple domains with CEO/CTO alignment.
• Lead buildout of internal operations, HR, onboarding, and processes at scale.
• Switch between strategic leadership and hands-on IC work; build automated systems.
• Set a positive culture and serve as a continuous, trusted context connector.
• Understand rotation timing; position to lead a business unit long term after CoS tenure.

Skills

Generalist ops experience

AI tooling proficiency

Extreme organization

Ambiguity to outcomes

Written & verbal communication

Job description

Company Description:

Halluminate is a data research lab building benchmarks and RL environments to push the frontier of AI in knowledge work.

Our first area of focus is economically valuable workflows in financial services and consulting, but we are rapidly expanding into adjacent verticals.

Role Description:

Halluminate is looking to hire a Chief of Staff to own strategic initiatives, set up operational systems, and drive horizontal priorities amongst the team.

The responsibilities of this role include:

• Driving important initiatives across multiple domains and stakeholders in the company. You are an extension of the leadership team working with CEO/CTO to be a force of change when priorities come up. Some examples include important business partnerships, high leverage industry initiatives, selling important hires, running large company events, etc.
• Lead the buildout of company internal operations/processes as we scale from 10 to 25+ people in next 6 months. This includes building from scratch HR, Onboarding, Ops, and more.
• Switch between managing and detail-oriented IC. We expect our CoS to come in and build automated systems throughout the company using coding agents to accelerate growth and scale.
• Impactful culture and energy setter across the company. Build deep relationships with everyone, be an "always on" context connector across the company.
• IMPORTANT: We fully expect the CoS role to be a temporary 1 to 1.5 year rotation, with great candidates actively seeking a long term role owning a business unit/team within the company after their rotation as Chief of Staff. Huge opportunity to be horizontal across a fast growing company then pick out where you want to grow long term.

Necessary Skills Include:

• 2+ years in a high-intensity generalist environment — investment banking, consulting, early-stage startup ops/BizOps, founder experience, or a prior chief of staff seat
• Builder's instinct with AI tools: you already use coding agents and LLMs to automate your own work, and you're excited to build internal systems (dashboards, workflows, onboarding automations) yourself
• Extreme organization and follow-through — nothing you own gets dropped, and people learn to trust that
• Demonstrated history of actioning on ambiguous problem spaces and delivering strong outcomes
• Exceptional written and verbal communication

Benefits

• Fully covered healthcare coverage for yourself and subsidized for dependents (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Relocation Stipend ($10k+)
• 401k (4% match)
• Food: Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner while working
• Health: Free gym membership
• Transportation: Free transportation to and from the office (Ubers, Waymo)
• Visa Sponsorship (ex. H1B)

Location

Full-Time In Person in San Francisco