PermitFlow

PermitFlow

Chief of Staff

New York City, NY · Exec

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 27 days ago
ExcelLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingAdaptability

About the role

  • You'll work directly with Francis (our CEO) on an increasingly complex and critical basket of priorities, with full access to our decision-making and internal reflections.
  • You are a problem solver and self-organizer who thrives in ambiguity.
  • You love being given ambitious goals and the freedom to figure out how to get there.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the CEO's Thought Partner: Act as a sounding board across all topics related to the company and support the CEO in executing priority tactical and strategic work.
  • Drive Strategic Projects End-to-End: Spearhead specific strategic projects in high-priority business areas: scoping, setting goals and success metrics, and reporting on outcomes.
  • Hold Executive Accountability: Drive senior executives to ensure execution on the most immediate and critical priorities and keep a consistent accountability loop on leadership action items.
  • Act as a Force Multiplier: Collaborate across functions to align teams and accelerate progress. This is a cross-functional role
  • your success is tied closely to the success of the functions you support.
  • Handle Executive-Level Matters: Manage confidential communications, strategic decisions, and executive-level matters with professionalism and empathy.
  • Act as a Force Multiplier: Collaborate across functions to align teams and accelerate progress. This is a cross-functional role; your success is tied closely to the success of the functions you support.

Requirements

  • Both legs are required.
  • Strategic operator: proven experience in operational strategy development, with a track record of improving efficiency and driving growth.
  • Execution-oriented: proven experience implementing and executing key initiatives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
  • You are very comfortable in Excel and other data tools.
  • You are a concise writer who can bring your audience along through your thought process and analysis.
  • You are excited to take on those challenges alongside the CEO.
  • 4+ years of aggregate experience across top-tier management consulting or financial services (private equity, investment banking, or venture capital) and strategy and operations at a high-growth startup.

Compensation

  • Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company
  • 100% company-paid base medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees + healthcare FSA
  • Unlimited PTO and paid family leave
  • Home office & equipment stipend
  • Commuter benefits (pre-tax transit and parking)

Company info

  • PermitFlow is redefining how America builds.
  • We're an applied AI company serving the nation's builders, tackling one of the largest information challenges in the economy: understanding what can be built, where, and how.
  • Our AI agent workforce helps the fastest-growing construction companies navigate everything from permitting and licensing to inspections and project closeouts - accelerating housing, clean-energy, and infrastructure development across the country.
  • Despite being a $1.6T industry, construction still suffers from massive delays, wasted capital, and lost opportunity.
  • PermitFlow has already delivered unprecedented speed, accuracy, and visibility to over $20B in development, helping contractors reduce compliance time, de-risk projects, and scale with confidence.
  • As the U.S. enters a new capex supercycle across data centers, factories, housing, and renewables, joining PermitFlow means building the AI infrastructure at the core of every construction project driving the next wave of reindustrialization.
  • We've raised over $90M, most recently completing our Series B, https://www.permitflow.com/blog/permitflow-series-b from top-tier investors including Accel, Kleiner Perkins https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7401703305569275904/, Initialized, Y Combinator, Felicis, and Altos Ventures, with backing from leaders at OpenAI, Google, Procore, ServiceTitan, Zillow, PlanGrid, and Uber.
  • Our HQ is in New York City with a hybrid schedule (3 in-office days per week).
  • We prefer NYC-based candidates or those open to relocation.
  • This role spans executive alignment, strategic project leadership, and confidential communications, with broad exposure to our leadership team, partners, customers, and investors.
  • We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.
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