Chief of Staff
About Bespoke Labs
Bespoke Labs is an applied AI research lab pioneering data and RL environment curation for training and evaluating agents.
Recently, we curated Open Thoughts, one of the best open reasoning datasets used by multiple frontier labs, trained SOTA specialized models such as Bespoke-MiniChart-7B and Bespoke-MiniCheck, and taught agents to do multi-turn tool-calling with reinforcement learning.
We work directly with frontier AI labs, as well as leading enterprises.
About The Role
We're looking for a Chief of Staff to partner with the CEO and drive operational excellence as we scale. You'll translate strategy into execution, coordinate cross-functional initiatives, and build the systems and processes that enable rapid growth.
You'll work on our highest-priority challenges: managing key customer relationships, driving hiring and organizational design, coordinating major deliverables, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
You're someone who thrives in ambiguity, has exceptional judgment, and can context-switch between strategic planning, tactical execution, and people operations.
What You'll Do
Partner with the CEO on strategic initiatives and key business decisions
Manage relationships with frontier labs and enterprise customers; coordinate delivery of major contracts.
Lead hiring across functions—sourcing, interviews, closing candidates; manage contractor operations.
Design organizational structures, processes, and operating rhythms as we scale from 15 to 40+ people
Drive execution of company OKRs and unblock teams by resolving dependencies
What We're Looking For
Required
4+ years in high-performing environments (top consulting, banking, high-growth startups, or similar)
Proven track record driving complex cross-functional initiatives to completion
Exceptional communication skills and ability to influence without authority
Strong business acumen, analytical skills, and comfort with data/financial models
High agency and judgment—you see what needs to happen and make it happen
Experience hiring, coordinating teams, or managing people operations
Nice to Have
Previous Chief of Staff role at a high-growth startup
Experience in AI/ML companies or deep tech
Management consulting background (MBB or equivalent)
Technical background or ability to engage with technical concepts
MBA from a top-tier program
Logistics
Location: Mountain View, CA (in-office presence required 5 days a week)