Chief of Staff to CTO

Liquid AI, an MIT spin-off, is a foundation model company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Our mission is to build capable and efficient general-purpose AI systems at every scale.

Our goal at Liquid is to build the most capable AI systems to solve problems at every scale, such that users can build, access, and control their AI solutions. This is to ensure that AI will get meaningfully, reliably and efficiently integrated at all enterprises. Long term, Liquid will create and deploy frontier-AI-powered solutions that are available to everyone.

The Challenge

We're scaling rapidly, and we need a strategic partner to the CTO who can transform organizational complexity into seamless execution and strategic impact.

This is a critical leadership position that will work directly alongside the CTO to drive innovation, alignment, and organizational effectiveness across our technical teams.

Responsibilities

Strategic Alignment and Execution Serve as the CTO's primary enabler, translating high-level technical vision into actionable plans. You'll be responsible for connecting strategic initiatives across technical teams, ensuring alignment between the CTO's vision and organizational execution.

Organizational Performance Management Develop and maintain comprehensive mechanisms that provide real-time insights into:

- Technical team performance

- Project progress and health

- Organizational bottlenecks and friction points

- Strategic initiative tracking

Cross-Functional Leadership Act as a critical bridge between the CTO and multiple organizational functions, including:

- Engineering

- Research

- Product

- GTM

Key Impact Areas

Strategic Project Orchestration 

You'll be the central coordinator who ensures critical technical initiatives move from concept to completion. This involves:

- Developing robust tracking and communication mechanisms

- Proactively identifying and mitigating potential roadblocks

- Ensuring cross-functional alignment and resources

- Creating systems for predictable, transparent project management

Operational Excellence 

Design and implement organizational systems that enhance:

- Decision-making velocity

- Resource allocation efficiency

- Communication clarity

- Continuous improvement processes

Talent and Team Optimization 

Work closely with technical leadership to:

- Drive team efficiency and performance

- Develop cross-functional collaboration strategies

- Create environments that enable world-class technical talent to excel

Ideal Candidate Profile

- Strong technical background with deep understanding of AI/ML ecosystems - ideally foundation models

- Exceptional strategic and operational thinking

- Ability to context-switch rapidly across complex domains

- Advanced communication and interpersonal skills

- Proven track record of driving complex, cross-functional initiatives

- Experience in high-growth, rapidly evolving technical environments