Chief of Staff

ABOUT CENTARI At Centari, we believe that in high-stakes dealmaking, the competitive edge lies within unlocking your firm's private deal data. Centari is building the deal intelligence platform for the future of law and finance, moving beyond simple automation and into a world of data-driven dealmaking. Our proprietary Deal Reasoning Engine transforms a firm’s goldmine of complex documents into strategic insights, empowering global deal teams to negotiate with the full force of their organization’s collective knowledge. Our platform spans M&A, credit finance, fund formation, and real estate. Every deal a firm runs through Centari makes the next one sharper, giving deal teams a clearer view of the market than anyone on the other side of the table. Today, Ropes & Gray, Willkie, Fried Frank, Wilson Sonsini, and practices across the AmLaw 25 and Magic Circle rely on Centari. We're backed by GTMfund, Jeremy Kranz (former DoorDash board), Andy Appelbaum (Seamless), Jack Altman, South Park Commons, and Recall Capital. We are drawn to complexity because that is where true innovation happens. If you’re a builder who thrives in ambiguity and operates with radical ownership, we’d love to meet you. For more information, check out centari.com http://centari.com or find us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/centariapp/. ABOUT THE ROLE We're hiring our first Chief of Staff to operate as the CEO's primary partner in strategic planning and execution. The role is strategic and operational: owning Centari's operating cadence, KPI infrastructure, and financial planning, and working alongside the CEO on strategic projects like fundraising and partnerships. You'll work across every function at Centari — Product, Engineering, Account Management, Sales, and Applied Legal Research — driving the initiatives that don't have clean owners and holding leaders to a shared bar. You'll see how the entire company operates and sit close to the decisions that shape its trajectory. The role demands the professionalism and judgment of someone trusted with the full picture: financials, hiring decisions, board dynamics, customer relationships, founder thinking. Candidates should have experience in investment banking and private equity. Startup experience is a plus. The role is in-office in NYC, full-time. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES - Partner with the CEO on strategy execution: translating priorities into action, owning the highest-impact initiatives end-to-end, and supporting senior hires through close. - Own financial planning: burn, runway scenarios, unit economics, and capital allocation. - Run the operating cadence (leadership meetings, OKR reviews, weekly all-hands) and the rhythms that hold each function accountable to a shared bar. - Build and own the company's KPI dashboard covering revenue, pipeline, product engagement, customer health, hiring, and runway. Use it to trigger accountability conversations across the team. - Partner with the CEO on fundraising activities: investor CRM, data room, diligence, scheduling, and follow-ups. - Own ongoing investor relations operations between rounds, including reporting cadence and board prep. - Drive cross-functional execution on initiatives without a clean owner. Design the cadence, hold the tracker, push function leaders. - Manage external resources and vendors (agencies, contractors, fractionals, tooling) with real procurement processes: negotiation, alternatives evaluated, contract terms reviewed. REQUIREMENTS - 4+ years in investment banking and/or private equity. - Demonstrated record of owning projects end-to-end in ambiguous environments. Specific examples of work you drove from initiation to measurable outcome, where the path wasn't clear at the start. - Strong financial fluency: comfortable building and stress-testing models, engaging substantively on burn, runway, unit economics, and capital allocation. - Strong written communication for executive-level audiences externally. - Prior operations and str