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Chief of Staff to the CTO

northwoodspace· Engineering
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Torrance, CA$100k - $200kFull-timePosted 8mo ago

About the role

Chief of Staff to the CTO focused on translating technical leadership into execution, coordinating complex product and engineering initiatives, and ensuring alignment across engineering, product, and business development as Northwood Space scales.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CTO, pressure-testing priorities and shaping technical direction
  • Drive complex, cross-functional initiatives to completion, ensuring clear ownership, sequencing, and outcomes
  • Act as an extension of the CTO in key forums, aligning teams and reinforcing engineering priorities across the company
  • Partner with engineering leadership to define and continuously rebalance resource allocation across product and technical priorities
  • Maintain clear ownership models and execution visibility across major engineering initiative
  • Design and run lightweight operating rhythms (planning reviews, roadmap syncs, weekly execution checkpoints)
  • Synthesize progress, risks, and dependencies into concise updates for leadership
  • Ensure alignment across engineering, product, and BD through structured, consistent communication
  • Support the development and maintenance of long-term technical and product roadmaps
  • Help manage the process of aligning engineering execution with business and customer priorities
  • Surface tradeoffs and constraints to support executive decision-making

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 5+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering, product operations, or similar roles
  • Experience coordinating complex work across multiple engineering teams
  • Strong organizational skills and comfort operating with ambiguity

Skills

Required:Strategic partnership with CTOCross-functional project managementResource planning and prioritization

Benefits

  • equity
  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • flexible spending accounts
  • flexible time off
  • 10 or more paid holidays per year
  • retirement savings plans
  • opportunities for professional development
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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The world runs on space. We’re building the infrastructure to keep it connected.

The world runs on space. We’re building the technology to keep it connected.

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