Location: Based in California
**Upfront Ventures** is seeking a Technical Chief of Staff to join our team to work closely with our partners, portfolio and the broader tech ecosystem, with a focus on SaaS tools serving developers and DevOps.
Founded in 1996 and one of the most active early-stage funds in Southern California, we are currently investing out of our seventh early-stage fund and third early growth fund, with close to 100 active portfolio companies and growing, including companies like GOAT, Pragma, Canvas Medical, and Apeel Sciences (see our whole portfolio here).
The two year Chief of Staff/Investor program is designed to expose you to the full scope of a lead VC partner, from meeting entrepreneurs, sourcing investments, attending board meetings and supporting portfolio companies, to building the firm-wide platform. The startup landscape and the VC industry is evolving faster than ever and you will be at the forefront of those changes.
Upon completion of the program, you will have gained strong points of view on technology shifts and the inner workings of startup operations at different stages, and have developed a wide and deep network across entrepreneurs, executives and investors. Our alumni have joined portfolio companies in management positions, launched their own startups, or continued their investment careers at other leading funds.
Our ideal candidate has a deep passion, curiosity and clear point of view around solutions for some of the biggest pain points faced by developers in their daily work and what are the next generation of up and coming open source tools to solve these challenges.
You may currently be a business savvy backend engineer or an engineer focused on infrastructure within a tech company, you may have studied Computer Science in school but went down the product management career path or perhaps, you are a former engineer turned PM.
Regardless of your path, some of the must haves in this role are:
70% working with Kevin Zhang, Partner with 10+ years at Upfront