Drift - Chief of Staff to CEO & COO

Drift Protocol • Full-time • New York • 1w ago

Drift - Chief of Staff to CEO & COO

Drift Labs is the core contributor to Drift Protocol, the largest perpetual swaps DEX on Solana. Founded in 2021, Drift is the largest perpetuals DEX on Solana and has processed over $20 billion in trading volume.

Drift’s vision is to create a centralised user experience built on decentralised rails. We’ve raised a total of ~$45 USD million in funding from top investors in the space, including Multicoin Capital, Polychain, Ethereal and many more.

The team is made up of experienced traders and builders from DeFi and traditional finance who have been in this space since 2017.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an incredibly talented generalist to level up our executive team. As Chief of Staff to the CEO & COO, you’ll build the system of decision making and prioritisation that will allow our execs to reach a new stage of professionalism, maturity and effectiveness.

You’ll support the CEO & COO to align the company around our strategy by building system of information flows, collaboration, decision making and accountability in the executive team and then the whole company. You’ll craft messaging to our team and external stakeholders, to build alignment and motivation around our goals.

You’ll also dive deep, leading or supporting heads of functions to execute on the toughest problems. You’ll receive mentorship from the CEO & COO, get exposure to executive decision making and work one-on-one with senior leaders.

Drift Labs pays a competitive salary with upside potential.

Your Role

Your main job will be to build a system to ensure our leaders are focused on the most important challenges, ingesting the right information, making high quality decisions, and aligning our teams around a concise vision. You’ll own the executive team’s agenda and guide our ways of working so that we can perform at the highest level.

You’ll need to move between strategy, systems building and execution across all functions in our org. The learning curve will be steep, but you’ll develop a unique perspective on the challenges in the business and play an integral role in solving them.
You’ll also build a system of communication and reporting to ensure teams are accountable to goals. You’ll own how information flows into and out of the executive team and will craft communications to leaders, team members and external stakeholders.
You’ll keep tabs on team member wellbeing and be a platform for them to share feedback with. You’ll check in with heads of each department to ensure that they are getting the support they need.
You’ll work directly with the CEO & COO to take challenging projects off their plates. You’ll plug gaps in their skills and execute on projects they can’t take on themselves. The work will be varied and novel and you’ll need to be incredibly adaptable.
You’ll help to ensure the CEO & COO remain focused on what matters and execute at pace.

Your Experience

4-6+ years in a high performance environment, whether that is consulting, banking, technology or a high growth startup
Experienced and comfortable working with senior leaders / external investors
Adept at complex project management and communication at an executive level
Ability to ingest large volumes of information and distil them into concise priorities and plans
Structured and focused, even when faced with unclear instructions or uncertainty
Strong financial understand and commercial nous. You can build a quick model or sense check numbers
Ability to challenge the status quo and hold difficult conversations with grace and empathy

Nice to Have

Understanding of perpetual futures, options, margin trading and derivatives products
Familiarity with the Solana blockchain
Fluency in more than 1 language

Why Join Drift

Our teams are incredibly passionate - Our talent bar is high and our work ethic is strong. You’ll get to stretch yourself everyday and work amongst people are excited by DeFi. You’ll be given autonomy to tackle interesting problems and receive regular feedback from a supportive team
We move at incredible speed - You’ll work with team mates who build in the open by sharing their work freely, this helps us learn and iterate quickly so we can deliver high quality outcomes faster than our competitors. You’ll spend a lot of time outside of your comfort zone learning and iterating frequently, we wouldn’t have it any other way
We will invest in your career - You’ll get access to an annual professional development budget, mentors and buddies to ensure that you have the support you need to level up. You can expect regular performance and pay reviews as your career grows
We are all owners - You’ll be given tokens to ensure that you are able to benefit in the upside of your contribution in helping Drift grow. Your ideas will be valued regardless of your role, you will have ownership over the projects you work on which will feel both terrifying but extremely fulfilling

To apply, email david@drift.trade with your resume, your favourite memecoin and how you’d recommend going about listing it.