Sphinx Labs — Chief of Staff

• →0–4 years of total work experience
• →Exceptional structured thinking with attention to detail
• →Comfort with ambiguity and high-ownership environments
• →Strong communicator who articulates tradeoffs clearly
• →Top-tier university background (Alexandre named MIT, Harvard, Berkeley as proxies for the work ethic the seat requires)
• →Willingness to do both unglamorous execution work (inbox management, scheduling) and high-leverage strategic projects
• →Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco (paid relocation provided)

• Prior consulting experience (MBB)
• Prior investment banking experience (top-tier)
• Prior venture capital experience
• Prior startup operations or chief of staff role at a Series A or B startup
• Founder background or co-founded a college project
• Quantitative or technical undergrad (engineering, CS, math, economics)

• 0-4 years total experience
• Top-tier university preferred (MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, comparable)
• Structured thinker, high attention to detail
• Comfortable with ambiguity and high ownership
• Consulting, IB, VC, or startup ops background welcome

• MBB consultant (McKinsey, BCG, Bain) with 1-3 years tenure, top performer. Direct match for the work ethic and structured thinking Alexandre wants.
• Investment banking analyst at top-tier firm (Goldman, Evercore, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Lazard, Centerview, PJT) with 1-2 years tenure.
• Strategic ops or chief of staff at a top-tier startup with demonstrated 0-1 ownership and direct founder access.
• Top university pedigree (MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford, Princeton, comparable) paired with builder signal (founded something in college, scrappy internship, hackathon wins).
• Quantitative or technical undergrad with non-technical career trajectory. Signals both analytical depth and breadth.

• Pure manager profile or anyone who has not done IC work in years.
• Big-company lifer without startup adaptation signal or builder instinct.
• Sales background. The seat is generalist execution, not selling.
• Candidates uncomfortable with the unglamorous half of the work (inbox management, scheduling, follow-ups).
• Cannot or will not do 5 days in person in SF.

Salary$120,000–$160,000Equity0.05%–0.15%On-site policy5 days/week in person, SF Visa sponsorship None available Employment type Full-time Location San Francisco, CA

These are the role's required submission-form fields, not call-only screening questions — no separate screening questions were posted on the role page.

1. Are you based in the Bay Area or willing to re-locate?
2. LinkedIn Profile
3. GitHub Profile

Client-facing rounds (sourcing-funnel stages — Pending Approval, New Lead, Reached Out, Replied, Application Review — precede these):

• Initial Screen
• First Round
• Second Round
• Offer — Offer extended.
• Hired — Candidate accepts and starts.

(No round durations or descriptions were provided on the role page.)

Derived from Contrario's Green Flags — no dedicated Ideal Companies section was posted. Consulting (MBB) — McKinsey, BCG, Bain Investment banking (top-tier) — Goldman Sachs, Evercore, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Lazard, Centerview, PJT Startup strategic ops / chief of staff — top-tier startups with demonstrated 0-1 ownership and direct founder access Universities (work-ethic proxy) — MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford, Princeton, comparable