Chief of Staff to the CEO

MiQ is a global programmatic media partner that turns data into advertising performance for some of the world's biggest brands. Chief of Staff sits next to the US leadership team, owning the operating cadence, strategic projects, and the cross-functional execution that connects strategy into delivery. Solid Chief of Staff seat at a serious adtech business rather than another small-startup CoS role.

Handshake is the early-career network that connects college students to jobs – now in deep AI-product mode reshaping how every Gen Z worker enters the workforce. Chief of Staff to the CEO sits at the centre: operating cadence, strategic projects, board prep, and the highest-leverage things that don't have an owner yet. Senior seat at a company that touches the actual entry point into the labour market.

Kalshi defined a new category – prediction markets – and fought for years to legalise them in the US. They're now the fastest-growing financial market in America with thousands of markets across politics, economics, weather, AI, culture. This is a high-ownership cross-functional expansion role: identifying new international markets, navigating regulatory and operational complexity, building the foundation for non-US growth. Force multiplier across operations, legal, regulatory and partnerships.

Superpower is a consumer health company hiring a Chief of Staff with one of the most refreshingly direct job specs you'll read. They list traits not credentials: strong taste, IQ above 130, low ego, brilliant writing, sharp talent radar, and a 'great cringe radar'. The CEO is willing to take 6 months to find the right person and is more interested in who you are than what you've done – VC or founder backgrounds are typical, but it's the judgment they want.