Chief of Staff

About the role

Sitemate builds software and AI agents for construction, infrastructure and industrial companies. Its Chief of Staff reports to the CEO and sits in the CEO's office, extending the CEO's capacity across operations. The role is open to all levels of experience, based in Sydney, with remuneration of A$180,000 to A$240,000 excluding superannuation.

Key responsibilities

• Steer five operational workstreams: Exec Ops, Legal Ops, People Ops, AI Ops (RevOps, GTM Ops, BizOps) and Finance, coordinating owners and keeping them ready for the next stage of growth
• Take operational work off the CEO's plate and agree which decisions still need them
• Make the first workstream AI-native, using coding agents to automate work
• Track each workstream against SLAs and KPIs and flag dependencies before they block progress
• Prepare operational decisions that still require the CEO

Required profile

• Proven track record of owning cross-functional programmes end to end through influence
• Experience running or scaling operational functions such as Legal, People or Finance through growth
• Comfortable leading senior people and holding them to a standard
• AI-first mindset, able to run several agents at once and fix them when needed
• Clear, concise writing and ability to check the numbers before they go to a board

Required skills

• Strong written communication: briefs, decision papers and leadership updates
• Hands-on experience building AI workflows or agents
• Nice to have: prior Chief of Staff, operations or founder experience in a B2B SaaS scale-up, and familiarity with construction or infrastructure industries
• Nice to have: Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides), Confluence, Jira, Slack, Airtable, Zapier or Make, Salesforce, Loom

What we offer

• Salary of A$180,000 to A$240,000 excluding superannuation
• Equity, 20 days annual leave plus sick, carer's and compassionate leave, and parental leave
• EAP, L&D budget, home office setup, weekly catered lunches and work-from-anywhere weeks