Chief of Staff

Location: San Francisco, California; minimum 3 days per week in the office

Salary: $150,000–$175,000 base salary per year, plus bonuses and equity.

Company

hirify.global builds connected photography tools that support photographers across creation, editing, client delivery, and business operations, including emerging AI-enabled capabilities.

What you will do

• Own the company operating cadence, including weekly leadership syncs, monthly business reviews, and quarterly and annual planning.
• Track leadership priorities, decisions, and commitments while building lightweight systems that improve alignment and execution.
• Partner directly with the CEO by managing priorities, preparing decision materials, drafting communications, and challenging assumptions.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives involving planning, organizational design, go-to-market launches, vendor relationships, and internal tooling.
• Identify stalled work and ownership gaps, resolve friction, and drive follow-through across teams.
• Support board preparation, investor communications, all-hands meetings, headcount planning, onboarding, and leadership offsites.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in operations, consulting, strategy, business development, or a cross-functional startup role.
• Experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects from kickoff through completion.
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to build scalable processes.
• Experience partnering with CEOs and senior executives, challenging assumptions respectfully, and driving accountability.
• Excellent concise written communication, synthesis, judgment, discretion, and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent use of AI tools to improve productivity and decision-making, while applying independent judgment.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work serving a global creative community and tens of millions of people.
• Inclusive environment that values creative expression, diverse perspectives, initiative, and employee input.
• Flexible time off, paid sick time, and 11 paid holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan and medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Bonuses, stock options, and additional benefits and perks.