Chief of Staff

About Stoa

Stoa (YC S26) builds market infrastructure for AI compute and hardware. We are headquartered in San Francisco.

About the Role

You will work directly with the founding team on Stoa's operating priorities and lead projects across the business. You will manage the company's operating cadence and corporate governance processes, ensuring decisions lead to clear action and delivery. The role requires independent judgment and discretion, with responsibility for carrying work from an initial brief through completion.

What You'll Do

• Lead projects across operations, finance, legal, people and customer matters, from initial scope through completion.
• Coordinate weekly priorities with the founding team, maintain the scorecard and decision log, and track commitments through completion.
• Manage board materials and consents, investor updates and information rights, counsel and vendor relationships, and the compliance calendar.
• Prepare the founders for external meetings and manage the resulting correspondence and actions.
• Maintain accurate records across the issue tracker, CRM, cap table and document vault.
• Use the company's AI agents in daily operations and extend their capabilities to improve recurring workflows.

What We're Looking For

• Clear thinking. You break down unfamiliar problems and learn quickly.
• Organization. You manage several priorities at once and keep track of commitments.
• Efficient execution. You work quickly and accurately, using tools well.
• Clear writing. You produce concise, accurate documents that are ready to use.
• Judgment. You identify priorities and know when to involve the founding team or external specialists.
• Discretion with confidential legal, board and investor information.

Requirements

• No prior professional experience required.
• Clear written and verbal communication.

Location: San Francisco, in person.

For questions about this role, contact Berat Celik on X at x.com/beratcelik0.