Windborne Systems
Chief of Staff to the CEO
Redwood City, CA · Exec
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$10,587 more — $140,587 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $140,587 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Operations Research Analysts" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Operations Research Analysts (15-2031) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- I want to do than time to do them, so I need two functions covered:
- a chief of staff who is real operating leverage - taking meetings in my place, moving things forward without me, making calls on my behalf - and the EA work of calendar, travel, and the small well-defined tasks.
- It can do a lot of what an EA does, but not everything, and humans are still really valuable in a lot of ways.
Responsibilities
- Take meetings in my place with anyone: an investor, a big potential customer, someone senior in government, a CEO who wants to partner with us
- Own our most important decks.
- Build high-quality slides quickly yourself, and drive the ones you don't write - a board meeting where each executive owns a section, and someone has to chase every one of them to done and make sure the finished deck holds together
- Build actual automated systems with AI - not just prompt it - to take over more of the support function over time
Requirements
- Learn my point of view and the reasoning I'd apply, so you can make calls on my behalf
Nice to have
- startup or high-growth experience, engineering fluency, U.S. citizenship.
- Office food and beverages
- We consider a range of backgrounds and experience levels and adjust offers to be competitive with market rates.
- 1600 Bridge Pwky, Redwood City, CA.
- In person required.
- WindBorne Systems is an equal opportunity employer.
- Nice to have: startup or high-growth experience, engineering fluency, U.S. citizenship.
Skills
- Right now one of our software engineers is filling in as my chief of staff, and his engineering skills are too valuable elsewhere.
Compensation
- $130k-$180k
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
- Stock Option Plan
Company info
- Part of this job is helping me figure that out, and you may have to do EA-like work until we do.
Equal opportunity
- To request an accommodation in the application process, email accommodations@windbornesystems.com.
- equal opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
- To request an accommodation in the
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- citizenship
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