Chief of Staff, CEO
ABOUT HANDSHAKE
Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 50), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value is leading to unparalleled growth; in 2025, we tripled our ARR at scale.
Why join Handshake now:
- Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
- Work hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world's top educational institutions
- Join a team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, among others
- Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue
THE ROLE
The Chief of Staff to the CEO is Garrett Lord's closest execution partner — the person who helps him get things done at extraordinary speed across Handshake's mutually reinforcing business lines: our network, recruiting platform, and AI data work. You'll turn his priorities into structured action, run the operating rhythm that keeps a fast-growing organization aligned, and pick up whatever needs to move — owning the systems-building and follow-through that a founder-led company needs but doesn't run on its own. It's a high-trust, high-leverage seat and a proven springboard into senior operating roles at Handshake.
- Run the operating cadence — board prep, executive staff, planning, and KPI reviews — so decisions get made and priorities stay clear across the company
- Drive high-stakes cross-functional initiatives, from GTM alignment and org design to M&A and AI adoption, from idea to executed outcome with clear owners
- Build the analytical foundation behind key decisions by interrogating data, modeling scenarios, and distilling crisp, actionable recommendation...