Chief of Staff: GTM

AI Chopping Block; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$15K relocation bonus (for moving to a

Bay Area relocation

$10K housing bonus (if you live within

0.5 miles of our office

$1.5K monthly stipend for meals

Free Equinox membership

$200 monthly laundry reimbursement

$200 monthly personal wellness reimb.

Health, Dental, Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Chief of Staff to the Head of Engagement Management to drive high-priority initiatives across sales, partnerships, marketing, and hiring. This high-ownership role moves quickly from strategy to execution, supporting Mercor's rapidly expanding GTM efforts.

You will lead cross-functional incubation across product marketing, events marketing, and customer marketing, and identify organizational gaps while guiding recruitment for top roles within Engagement Management.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years of experience in a Chief of Staff or Exec Ops role supporting a scaling business.
• Exceptional strategic thinking and execution.
• Strong commercial instincts and interest in AI.
• Ability to operate across sales, partnerships, marketing, and recruiting.
• High ownership, low ego, and comfort operating in ambiguity.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic initiatives to grow the business across frontier labs, AI companies, and enterprises.
• Activate partnerships to turn relationships into joint GTM and revenue opportunities.
• Build 0→1 initiatives across product marketing, events marketing, and customer marketing, establishing the playbook before scaling teams.
• Identify organizational gaps and lead recruiting for high-priority roles across Engagement Management.
• Own the highest-leverage projects from strategy through execution.

Skills

Chief of Staff

Strategic thinking

Commercial instincts

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Ownership

Job description

About Mercor

Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.

About the Role

Mercor is looking for a Chief of Staff to the Head of Engagement Management to drive high-priority initiatives across sales, partnerships, marketing, and hiring. This is a high-ownership role for someone who can move quickly from strategy to execution, helping to drive the strategic direction of Mercor's rapidly expanding GTM efforts.

What You’ll Do

• Sales Strategy: Develop and execute strategic initiatives to grow Mercor’s business across frontier labs, AI companies, and enterprises.

• Partnerships: Activate partnerships with RL-as-a-service companies and partners to turn relationships into joint GTM and revenue opportunities.

• Cross-Functional Incubation: Build 0→1 initiatives across product marketing, events marketing, and customer marketing, establishing the playbook before scaling dedicated teams.

• Strategic Hiring: Identify organizational gaps and lead recruiting for high-priority roles across the Engagement Management organization.

• Special Projects: Own the highest-leverage problems facing the organization, from strategy through execution.

What We’re Looking For

• 3-4 years of experience in a Chief of Staff/Exec Ops role supporting a rapidly scaling business

• Exceptional strategic thinking and execution

• Strong commercial instincts and interest in AI

• Ability to operate across sales, partnerships, marketing, and recruiting

• High ownership, low ego, and comfort operating in ambiguity

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

Benefits

• $15K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area)

• $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)

• $1.5K monthly stipend for meals

• Free Equinox membership

• $200 monthly laundry reimbursement

• $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement

• Health, Dental, Vision insurance

• 401(k) with company match