Profound is the marketing platform for the AI era. As people increasingly turn to ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini to decide what to buy, we give brands the intelligence to see how AI represents them and the Agents to act on it. Today, ~13% of the Fortune 500, plus companies like Ramp, Figma, Chime, Calendly, and DocuSign, use Profound to turn AI Search from a black box into a measurable growth channel.
Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and Khosla Ventures at a $1B valuation, we're a lean, fast-moving team across NYC, SF, Buenos Aires, and London, shipping at a relentless pace and defining a new category at the biggest shift in marketing in 25 years. If you want to do the best work of your career at the frontier of AI, come build it with us.
As our Chief of Staff, you will act as a force multiplier for the leadership team, driving alignment, ensuring execution, and creating leverage across the business. This role is for someone who is hungry and has exceptionally high agency. You should thrive on ambiguity, take ownership, and know how to create value without waiting for direction. No task is too big or too small.
What you’ll do
Partner with the CEO and leadership team to prioritize, execute, and track progress on the highest-impact strategic initiatives across the company
Streamline decision-making, manage leadership cadences, and ensure follow-through on commitments to create leverage for leadership
Work cross-functionally across Product, Engineering, Growth, and Customer Success to close gaps, accelerate progress, and unlock new opportunities
Build trust and alignment across teams to enable collaboration without relying on formal reporting lines
Step into ambiguous, high-priority efforts such as launching new processes, tackling operational bottlenecks, or testing new growth levers
Provide strategic input, surface insights, and help shape the future direction of Profound
Who you are
Hungry and high-agency operator, ambitious, driven, and proactive, seeing gaps and filling them without waiting for permission
Experienced owner with a background as a product manager, founder, or early operator, owning outcomes end to end
Collaborative leader skilled at influencing and driving alignment across teams without formal authority
Strategic and tactical, equally comfortable thinking big picture and diving into execution details, with no task too big or too small
Resilient and resourceful, thriving in ambiguity, adapting quickly, and biasing toward action
Location
This is an on-site role based in our Union Square, NYC office, designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact.
For this role, the expected base salary range is $150,000 to $200,000. Profound’s total compensation package is designed to be competitive and includes base salary, equity, and a full range of benefits and perks. Final compensation will depend on factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and will be determined during the interview process. Our recruiting team will share more details about the full compensation package and benefits as you move through hiring.
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