Chief of Staff

🚀 About Qdrant
Qdrant is the open-source vector database behind the world’s most advanced AI applications. We’re the engine powering semantic search, RAG, agents, and real-time vector pipelines at scale.

We move fast. We ship relentlessly. We build what others say is impossible.

To maintain our high velocity, we’re seeking a Chief of Staff who excels in chaos, brings clarity to ambiguity, and translates strategy into execution at startup speed.

If you love being the person who just gets things done, read on.

Tasks

🧨 The Role

This isn’t an executive assistant job.

This is a force multiplier, operator, fixer, and strategist rolled into one.

You’ll work side-by-side with the CEO, accelerating everything from product decisions to team alignment to external relationships. You’ll spot problems before anyone else does, remove blockers, and ensure we’re always pointed toward the highest-leverage outcomes.

You’ll be the connective tissue of the company — the person who keeps Qdrant sharp, fast, and unstoppable.

🔥 What You’ll Own

Strategic Alignment

Turn big-picture vision into actionable, measurable plans.

Run OKRs, planning cycles, and cross-team execution like a machine.

Keep everyone aligned, accountable, and moving at full speed.

CEO Leverage

Help the CEO focus on the highest-impact work.

Prepare context, frame decisions, and lead high-stakes internal conversations.

Represent the CEO when needed — clearly, confidently, and without drama.

High-Impact Projects

Own mission-critical projects that don’t cleanly fit inside any department.

Drive product, engineering, or GTM research and initiatives.

Build processes that reduce friction and increase throughput across the whole company.

Operational Firepower

Fix fragile systems, create new ones, and streamline how Qdrant operates.

Improve hiring funnels, onboarding, communication rhythms, and cross-team transparency.

Track key metrics and deliver insights that actually drive action.

External Presence

Craft world-class materials: investor decks, board updates, strategic briefs.

Help manage ecosystem relationships, partners, and key external conversations.

Requirements

⚙️ Who You Are

• A high-agency operator who doesn’t wait for instructions — you move.
• A strategic thinker who can take chaos and turn it into clarity.
• A clean communicator with writing so sharp it could cut steel.
• A bias-for-action builder who ships fast and iterates even quicker.
• Comfortable around technical topics: AI, databases, vector search, and developer tooling.
• Experienced: 4–8+ years in strategy, operations, product, consulting, or startup leadership.

Bonus points if you’ve been:

• 🚀 A founder
• 🛠 Early at a devtools or infra startup
• 📊 Close to GTM and product decisions
• 👀 The person people trust to “just figure it out”

Benefits

💥 Why Qdrant

• Build foundational infrastructure for the AI era.
• Work with a senior, low-ego, engineering-driven team.
• Zero bureaucracy. Maximum ownership.
• Competitive comp, substantial equity, tangible impact.
• A front-row seat to the future of AI systems.