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Salary: USD 140,000 - 210,000 / annual
Forgepoint is building AI workers for manufacturing back-office operations (quoting, purchasing, invoicing, sales coordination). The company is backed by a16z Speedrun and angels from Brex, Xwing, and Betterment.
As Chief of Staff, you will be a force multiplier for the founders, working across the entire company to turn priorities into action and drive the highest-leverage initiatives. This is a high-agency generalist role with visibility into every part of the business—go-to-market, product, customer deployments, hiring, finance, and operations.
Key responsibilities:
- Act as a force multiplier to founders: convert priorities into operating plans, drive follow-through, and maintain focus on highest-leverage work
- Lead cross-functional initiatives spanning GTM, product, customer deployments, hiring, finance, and company operations
- Prepare the company for key decisions by gathering context, analyzing data, framing tradeoffs, and making clear recommendations
- Build the operating cadence (goals, metrics, leadership meetings, planning, accountability) for a fast-growing team
- Own high-stakes communication and special projects, including board/investor materials, strategic partnerships, and company-wide initiatives
- Step into important unowned problems, solve them end-to-end, and build durable systems
This is not a calendar-management or administrative role. You will have a front-row seat to building the defining AI company for American manufacturing, working in person five days a week in NYC with a founder mindset.
Requirements:
- 4+ years in a demanding, analytical environment (early-stage startup, consulting, investing, banking, or strategic operating role)
- Exceptional judgment; ability to separate urgent noise from what actually matters
- Highly organized; proven ability to drive complex, cross-functional work to completion
- Analytically rigorous; comfortable with data, financials, and clear written communication
- Thrive in ambiguity; move fast and take ownership without waiting for direction
- Low-ego, trustworthy, willing to do whatever the company needs to win
- Committed to in-person work five days a week in NYC
Bonus:
- Early-stage Chief of Staff, founder's associate, strategy & operations, or company-building experience
- Experience supporting fundraising, board preparation, strategic finance, or investor relations
- Exposure to enterprise software, AI, manufacturing, or industrial businesses
- Proficiency with AI tools for research, analysis, and operational automation
