Chief of Staff
We're building the ground truth platform for AI.
Generic tools hallucinate data, confabulate reports, and don't show their work. We made accuracy the only possible outcome: every answer traces to its source, every calculation is reproducible, every insight is defensible. We're starting in finance and building the foundational data layer for anywhere decisions depend on trustworthy data.
Kepler was founded by two Palantir veterans (20 years combined) who built core parts of Gotham and Foundry, created Palantir Quiver (the analytics engine behind $100M+ deals with BP and Airbus), led major DoD projects, and served as Head of Business Engineering at Citadel.
Kepler is backed by founders of OpenAI, Facebook AI, MotherDuck, dbt, Outerbounds, and others.
The Role
As Chief of Staff at Kepler, you'll be the operational force multiplier for our founding team. You'll work directly with our CEO to drive strategic initiatives, ensure cross-functional alignment, and build the operational foundation that allows a high-growth AI company to scale without losing speed.
This role embodies a core startup truth: execution is everything. You'll be in the room where decisions are made, then own making them happen. From investor communications to strategic planning to unblocking critical projects, you'll touch every part of the business and ensure nothing falls through the cracks.
Within your first 90 days, you will:
Develop a deep understanding of Kepler's business, product, customers, and competitive landscape
Own the operating cadence: team meetings, planning cycles, and internal communications
Drive 2-3 strategic initiatives from scoping through execution
Build relationships across the organization and become a trusted partner to leadership
This is the right role if you want a front-row seat to building a category-defining company, with the responsibility and autonomy to shape how we operate as we scale.
What You'll Do
Extend the CEO's leverage: Serve as a trusted partner to the CEO, taking ownership of strategic priorities and ensuring leadership bandwidth is focused on the highest-impact work.
Drive strategic initiatives: Own cross-functional projects from inception to completion, whether that's entering a new market segment, optimizing our go-to-market motion, or building a new internal process.
Build operational excellence: Design and run the operating rhythms that keep a fast-moving team aligned: planning cycles, OKRs, leadership meetings, all-hands, and board prep.
Be the connective tissue: Ensure information flows across teams, dependencies are tracked, and nothing slips. Identify misalignment early and resolve it.
Support fundraising and investor relations: Prepare board materials, manage investor updates, and support fundraising processes as needed.
Solve ambiguous problems: Take on the critical work that doesn't fit neatly into any one function. These are the undefined but essential projects that emerge at a scaling startup.
Shape company culture: Help build the rituals, communications, and practices that define how Kepler works as we grow.
What We're Looking For
Must-haves
4-7 years of experience in high-performance environments: management consulting, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or operating roles at high-growth startups.
Exceptional project management: Track record of driving complex, cross-functional initiatives to completion in fast-paced settings.
Strong analytical skills: Comfort with ambiguous problems, ability to structure thinking, and fluency with data-driven decision making.
Outstanding communication: Excellent written and verbal skills, with the ability to synthesize complexity into clarity for any audience.
High judgment and discretion: Experience handling sensitive information and navigating organizational dynamics with maturity.
Bias for action: You default to doing, not waiting. You're resourceful and relentless about getting things done.
NYC-based: This role requires in-person presence at our NYC headquarters.
Nice-to-haves
Startup experience: Previous role at an early-stage or high-growth company.
Financial services exposure: Familiarity with investment management, research workflows, or fintech.
Technical fluency: Enough technical context to engage credibly with engineering and product teams.
People operations experience: Background in recruiting, HR, or organizational design.
Don't check every box? Apply anyway. We prioritize intellectual horsepower, ownership mentality, adaptability, and the drive to build something exceptional.
Growth Path
The Chief of Staff role at Kepler is a launching pad. Expect:
Direct exposure to company-building decisions across strategy, product, GTM, and operations
Close mentorship from founders who've built and scaled enterprise companies
A path toward senior leadership, whether that's leading a function, moving into a GM role, or continuing to scale with the CEO
At Kepler, we invest in people who want to build. This role is for someone ready to accelerate their trajectory.
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, 401k, insurance for employees and dependents
Automatic coverage for basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance
Daily lunch in office
Development environment budget
Unlimited PTO policy
Learning budget to attend any conference, course, or program that accelerates your growth
Our Technical Stack
Frontend: React, Typescript, Vite, Tailwind, Radix, TanStack, Zustand
Backend: Rust, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis
AI/ML: OpenAI, Anthropic, MCP SDK,
Infrastructure: AWS (S3, RDS), Docker, Temporal, Kubernetes, Dataflow
Tools: Git, GitHub, Pulumi, Auth0, SharePoint
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, 401k, insurance for employees and dependents
Automatic coverage for basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance
Daily lunch in office
Development environment budget - latest MacBook Pro, multiple monitors, ergonomic setup, and any development tools you need
Unlimited PTO policy
"Build anything" budget - dedicated funding for whatever tools, libraries, datasets, or infrastructure you need to solve technical challenges, no questions asked
Learning budget - attend any conference, course, or program that makes you better at what we're building
Our Operating Principles
Forward-Deployed with Product DNA: We own customer outcomes while building a product company. That means embedding, iterating, and deploying where our customers are. We don't win if they don't win.
Extreme Ownership: Big vision, shared ownership. If you notice a problem, you own it. Authority comes from initiative, not job titles. Once you step up, you're accountable for the outcome.
Production-First Engineering: We design for critical workloads from day one. Durable execution, blue/green deploys, automated rollbacks, continuous delivery with end-to-end observability. Every change lands safely and stays resilient under real-world load.
Trust as the Default: People do their best work when confidence is mutual. We show our work, keep our promises, and flag risks before they bite. Trust isn't an aspiration. It's the baseline.
Keep Raising the Bar: We block time for training, code-health sprints, and deep-dive tech talks. A sharper team and a cleaner stack pay compounding dividends. Continuous learning isn't a perk. It's part of the job.
Kepler is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.