--- title: 'Chief of Staff at Solstice' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/chief-of-staff-solstice-new-york-dm1hpsty7d89' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Chief of Staff at Solstice - **Company:** Solstice - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-07-28 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/solstice/d1547df8-4098-44d9-b7dd-306179b21ba5 ## Job description Chief of Staff ## Why you should join us Solstice is redefining how life sciences organizations commercialize their therapeutics. We are building a commercial engine that empowers pharmaceutical marketers to launch campaigns at lightning speed, harnessing cutting-edge technology and AI-driven solutions. Our mission is to accelerate the knowledge of life saving medicines. - Rapid growth: We have partnered with leading life sciences manufacturers, supporting 50+ pharma brands and growing quickly. - Frontiers of technology: Our team experiments with LLMs and innovative frameworks, seeking to reshape pharmaceutical marketing and enhance commercial outcomes for our clients. - Top-tier investors: Backed by Transformation Capital, Twelve Below, Virtue, and the founders of industry-leading companies, we are assembling a world-class team of operators and technologists. Building something great takes dedication and relentless drive. We seek ambitious leaders who thrive in high-ownership, high-impact environments. ## About the Role As Chief of Staff at Solstice, you will drive the strategic and operational agenda of the company, reporting directly to the co-founders and collaborating across the executive team. You will connect high-level vision to actionable plans, ensuring initiatives align with our strategic priorities and facilitating their successful execution. Your role will encompass operational excellence in people, recruiting, finance, strategy, and cross-company logistics. You will: - Provide co-founders support by managing executive communications, attending key meetings, helping set/prioritize agendas, managing timelines and deliverables, and serving as a trusted thought partner. - Collaborate on company-wide goal setting and roadmaps, ensuring alignment on strategic vision and holding teams accountable for objectives and projections. - Help build the people infrastructure of the company include onboardings, payroll, company events and performance reviews. - Support top talent onboarding, build scalable systems for recruitment, and set internal process standards. - Handle cross-functional special projects projects, especially those outside the traditional org chart or that cross departments. - Enable organizational and financial operations, overseeing expense management, budgeting, and partnering with leadership on financial planning and analysis. - Manage executive and team meetings, owning agenda creation, objectives, cadence, and follow-up on action items. - Act as "connective tissue" between leadership and the broader company, translating strategy into results and maintaining high standards for documentation and project management. ## What You’ll Be Working On - Designing, owning, and evolving People Ops processes (onboarding, employee lifecycle management, payroll coordination, performance reviews) - Partnering with finance on budgeting, forecasting, and managing operational expenses - Coordinating and driving strategic projects with engineering, product, commercial, and operations - Building infrastructure for scalable recruiting: sourcing strategies, interview process improvement, and developing repeatable "talent flywheel" systems - Plugging operational gaps and implementing process improvements across teams - Creating/optimizing systems, processes, and cadences that support growth and execution - Maintaining high standards for project management, deliverables, and internal documentation Ideal Candidate Profiles This is a unique opportunity for candidates from many backgrounds, including: - An aspiring entrepreneur eager for exposure to what it takes to grow an early stage company - A generalist passionate about technology and rapid learning - An AI-native operator fluent in modern tools and systems You Might Be a Good Fit if You: - Have 3–8 years' experience in highly cross-functional, strategic, and project-driven environments (Management Consulting, Investment Banking, Private Equity, fast-growing tech start-ups, People Ops, or operational/financial management) - Are fascinated by technology and the future of entrepreneurship - Learn fast, execute relentlessly, and excel in ambiguous, fast-paced, in-person startup settings - Are organized, reliable, detail-oriented, and proactive - Communicate with clarity and tact and enjoy writing thoughtfully and eloquently - Are curious, observant, logical, and creative, with the polish to interface with senior leaders - Take initiative and enjoy working collaboratively as a great teammate with no ego Disclaimer This position is not all glamor, It involves a lot of behind-the-scenes work. Everyone at Solstice is a builder and is not afraid to lay the bricks themselves. This role is not for pure strategists, we are looking for doers. ## How We Work We are in person five days a week in our NYC office and work hard because building something exceptional demands focus and commitment. In exchange, you’ll own high-impact projects, learn quickly, and collaborate with exceptional colleagues in a supportive culture. ## Benefits - Health, dental, and vision insurance - Flexible PTO - 401(k) with 4% match - Visa sponsorship (O-1, H-1B, TN) available - Meals, transportation, and daily logistics support - Relocation support ## Compensation This is a highly competitive NYC-based role with salary and equity calibrated to your experience, seniority, and level of ownership. We benchmark against top-tier startups and established tech companies to ensure our offers are both fair and compelling. ## About Solstice ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Solstice builds an AI-native platform for life sciences marketing teams to create, evaluate, and distribute compliant pharmaceutical content at unprecedented speed. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage, $3.5M raised) - **Headquarters**: New York City, New York, United States - **Founded**: 2022 (Angel round in May 2022) - **Founders**: Aris Saxena and Yiwen L. ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Life sciences / pharmaceutical marketing technology - **Target customers**: B2B, primarily pharmaceutical brand teams and biopharma marketing departments (enterprise) - **Mission or purpose statement**: "Launch compliant AI-driven campaigns for your pharma brand" – accelerating go-to-market for therapeutics by rethinking the content supply chain from brief to medical-legal review submission. ## Products & Services - **Solstice Platform**: An AI engine that ingests approved brand assets and reference libraries, generates personalized marketing content (emails, print, digital), fact-checks against labels and regulations, and streamlines review cycles through integrations (e.g., Veeva, Ziflow). Type: SaaS / AI-native platform. - **Commercial Engagement Services**: Solstice’s team also offers managed services to pharma clients – creating, deploying, and measuring campaign performance on behalf of the brand. Type: Service + Software. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding of $3.5M (Seed round, February 2025) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Twelve Below (lead), Virtue (lead); integrations with Veeva, Ziflow, and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance (May 2025) - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 91.7% YoY to ~13 employees; LinkedIn followers grew 575% YoY (1,864 followers); 8 active job openings as of mid-2026; 50+ biopharma brands served; active presence at industry events (DDW, AAN, Fierce Pharma, Pharma CX Summit) ## Competitive Advantages - Purpose-built for pharmaceutical compliance (not a generic AI marketing tool retrofitted for regulated industries) - Proprietary pharmaceutical marketing models for content generation and fact-checking - Speed: average content development cycles measured in weeks, not months; from brief to MLR submission in days - In-person culture in NYC that prioritizes “shipping over talking” and “the work comes first” - Deep domain expertise – team includes former life sciences professionals and engineers experienced in regulated AI ## Strategic Focus - Scaling the team across technical (AI/ML ops, backend engineering) and commercial roles (client operations, partnerships, marketing) - Deepening integrations with pharma workflows (Veeva, project management, analytics) - Expanding enterprise client base and moving into additional therapeutic areas (oncology, rare disease, neurology) - Continuing to comply with evolving regulatory standards while maintaining speed ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes “speed without shortcuts,” “seek discomfort,” and a bias for action – no long memos or bureaucracy. The team meets in-person daily in NYC (10016). Remote or hybrid is not offered; it’s an in-person office culture. - **Growth trajectory**: Early-stage but rapidly growing (91.7% headcount growth YoY); employees have direct impact on product, client success, and company direction. - **Technical environment**: Modern stack (TypeScript, React, Python, Docker, Figma, HubSpot, Salesforce, Veeva integrations); AI/ ML Ops roles available. - **Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the company values “the work comes first” – meaningful problems in healthcare with a small, ambitious team. ## Sources 1. [solsticehealth.co](https://www.solsticehealth.co/) – Company website 2. [solsticehealth.co/company](https://www.solsticehealth.co/company) – Company page 3. [solsticehealth.co/careers](https://www.solsticehealth.co/careers) – Careers page 4. [linkedin.com/company/solsticehealth](https://www.linkedin.com/company/solsticehealth) – LinkedIn company page (employee data, funding, updates) 5. 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