Deep Fission, Inc - Chief of Staff

• Bachelor's degree required. • At least 10 years of senior management experience, including time on a leadership team in a Chief of Staff role. • Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, organizational design, and cross-functional program management. • Demonstrated experience managing real cross-functional complexity: competing priorities, organizational politics, and holding people accountable without formal authority over them. • Has built organizational systems from the ground up, including operating rhythms, decision frameworks, and accountability structures, in a place where none existed before. • Executive presence and credibility to represent the CEO with board members, investors, and senior partners. • Comfortable operating in an environment where infrastructure is still being built, rather than needing a lot of structure already in place. • Public company experience and background in technology, energy, advanced manufacturing, or another regulated industry. • A genuine passion for Deep Fission's mission of building faster, safer, and more affordable nuclear power, and a highly self-motivated approach to work that does not require day-to-day direction. • Advanced degree in business, law, engineering, or a related field. • Has worked in a founder-adjacent or early-stage scaling environment where systems had to be built, not inherited. • Familiarity with board governance, investor relations, and public company reporting cadences. • Enough technical or sector credibility to be taken seriously in conversations about nuclear energy, deep technology, or other regulated industries. • Key Competencies • Key Competencies • Mission-Driven and Self-Directed – Genuinely invested in Deep Fission's mission and able to generate momentum independently, without waiting for direction from the CEO or the leadership team. • Structural Builder – Builds structure proactively, without waiting to be asked, when a gap appears. • Decision Steadiness – Holds a decision steady even when it gets reopened in a live conversation and knows how to do that respectfully. • Direct Communication – Comfortable stepping into direct, sometimes difficult conversations rather than routing around them. • Judgment & Discretion – Reads a room accurately and knows when something needs to reach the CEO immediately versus when it can be resolved without her. • Executive Presence – Has the credibility to represent the CEO with board members, investors, and senior partners. • Political Skill – Able to push back respectfully on a strong-willed, fast-moving CEO, with good judgment about when and how to do so. • Our Commitment: • Our Commitment: