Chief Of Staff to the CTO

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About the role

ABOUT SPOTDRAFT

Contracts don’t have to be a headache. At SpotDraft, we’re making contracting fast,

easy, and stress-free for high-growth companies like PhonePe, Chargebee,

Unacademy, Meesho, and Cred. Our platform helps legal teams save 10 hours a

week and close deals 25% faster—because time is money, and contracts shouldn’t

slow you down.

Also

WHY THIS ROLE EXISTS

We are looking for a high-leverage partner for the CTO who can operate at the

intersection of strategy and execution. The Chief of Staff will run the operating

system of engineering, drive clarity and speed across the SDLC, manage

cross-functional programs, and ensure accountability across initiatives — freeing

the CTO to focus on architecture, talent, and long-term bets.

The work

WHAT YOU’LL DO

reviews, roadmap governance, sprint/quarterly planning, and release

readiness.

Data, and GTM teams (Sales, CS, Marketing) to deliver outcomes on time and

at quality.

system (DORA, quality, reliability, cost), create narratives, and ensure actions.

AI/LLM initiatives, platform modernization, performance & reliability

programs, cost optimization, integrations).

playbooks, skills matrices, operating docs, postmortems, and decision logs.

and the company; own incident comms, exec updates, and cross-functional

alignment.

reviewing Eng Specs/PRDs, understanding code, and reasoning about

trade-offs).

capable of bringing clarity to ambiguity.

memos, specs, dashboards, and concise decision logs.

engineers and GTM leaders alike.

• Run the engineering operating cadence: Drive QBRs/OKRs, weekly business
• Cross-functional program management: Partner with Product, Security, SRE,
• Define and publish engineering metrics: Own the instrumentation of the
• Special projects: Program manage high-priority initiatives for the CTO (e.g.,
• Improve organizational health: Build and scale hiring loops, onboarding
• Communications hub: Draft and deliver clear communications for executives
• Have strong technical fluency (comfortable in architecture discussions,
• Are an elite program operator, structured, proactive, detail-oriented, and
• Communicate exceptionally well, with the ability to write sharp exec
• Can move seamlessly between boardroom and backlog, earning trust with

Who they want

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Founder-type roles; startup/scale-up experience strongly preferred.

reliability, AI, or platform initiatives) with measurable outcomes.

cloud/SRE concepts, and data/AI fundamentals.

GitHub, Airflow, Looker/Metabase, SQL, and incident tooling.

• 4+ years across TPM, Engineering Management, Staff PM, Consulting, or
• Proven track record of delivering multi-team programs (e.g., security,
• Familiarity with security & compliance standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR),
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Jira/Linear, Notion/Confluence,

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WHY SPOTDRAFT?

leaders.

boundaries.

• Brilliant teammates—Work with some of the sharpest minds in legal tech.
• Expand your network—Interact with top founders, investors, and industry
• Real impact—Take ownership of projects and see your work in action.
• Big goals, bold moves—We trust you to deliver, innovate, and push

Also

OUR CORE VALUES

All candidates’ personal data shared during the recruitment process will be

handled with utmost confidentiality and used solely for hiring purposes, in line

with applicable data protection regulations.

*SpotDraft is an equal-opportunity employer. Candidates will not be discriminated

against based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, caste, sex, gender identity, sexual

orientation, national origin, veteran, or disability status

• Our business is to delight Customers
• Be Transparent. Be Direct
• Be Audacious
• Outcomes over everything else
• Elevate each other
• Be Passionate. Take Ownership.
• Be 1% better every day