Job Description
About NABIS:
Nabis is the #1 licensed cannabis wholesale platform in the world, supplying $1B+ worth of cannabis products annually from hundreds of brands to retailers across California, New York, and Nevada. Our mission is to empower the world to discover cannabis by providing choice, access, and innovation. Our mission is to empower the world to discover cannabis by providing choice, access, and innovation.Through modern, scalable infrastructure, our mission is to empower the world to discover cannabis by providing choice, access, and innovation.
We’re at the forefront of this movement, building an innovative, technology-first platform to scale the entire cannabis industry. Backed by Y Combinator and investors, including DoorDash Co-Founder Stanley Tang, NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana, Gmail creator Paul Buchheit, and Twitch co-founder Justin Kan, Nabis is rapidly expanding across the U.S. with the goal of becoming the largest and most influential cannabis distribution network globally.
About the Role:
We are hiring a Chief of Staff to serve as a true execution partner to the President and CEO during a period of rapid growth, operational complexity, and organizational transformation.
This is not a ceremonial or purely strategic role. The Chief of Staff will act as the central execution engine and operating backbone of the executive office — driving alignment, accountability, and results across every major function of the company.
You will work across Operations, Sales, Customer Experience, Finance, People, Product, Marketplace, and Infrastructure to ensure that priorities are clearly defined, initiatives are tightly managed, and leadership teams deliver against commitments.
This role is ideal for a high-horsepower operator who combines:
- Relentless execution
- Strong analytical judgment
- Clear executive presence
- Comfort operating in ambiguity
- A builder mindset
You will see everything, influence everything, and be expected to make the company run better.
Responsibilities:
Executive Team Leadership and Company Strategy:
- Serve as the President’s right-hand operator, helping translate priorities into clear plans, sequencing work, and ensuring follow-through across the portfolio
- Act as the connective glue across business lines and leaders, driving alignment, resolving blockers, and pushing decisions to closure in a fast-paced environment
- Elevate the effectiveness of key meetings and rhythms by setting tight agendas, ensuring the right stakeholders and inputs are present, and driving crisp action items and accountability after each touchpoint
Operations:
- Build and continuously refine the operating cadence that reduces chaos and increases leverage for the President and CEO (e.g., weekly priorities, leadership check-ins, cross-business reviews, and quarterly planning)
- Track progress across multiple parallel initiatives and stakeholders; surfacing risks early, unblocking execution, and creating reliable mechanisms for follow-through
- Identify and implement practical process improvements that increase speed, clarity, and coordination across teams, while staying hands-on with both high- and low-glamour work
- Temporarily own and build new functions or initiatives (e.g., hiring, vendor transition, early execution), then transition ownership to functional leaders once operationally stable
Communications:
- Support clear, direct communication from the President to leaders and teams, ensuring priorities, expectations, and decisions are understood and acted on
- Prepare high-quality executive materials and narratives for internal leadership moments and external/community-facing initiatives (e.g., updates, reviews, offsites, events)
- Create lightweight, repeatable communication systems that keep stakeholders aligned without adding unnecessary bureaucracy (e.g., updates, recap notes, action trackers)
Profile
- High-drive, resourceful “get it done” operator; comfortable pushing through blockers (“move mountains”)
- Hands-on doer mentality; willing to own both strategic and non-glamorous work
- Strong technology orientation; comfortable working directly with data, dashboards, and analytical tools (e.g., SQL, BI platforms) to drive decisions
- Demonstrated executive presence and high EQ working across senior stakeholders
- Comfortable juggling many parallel workstreams with tight deadlines and high ownership
Core Capabilities
- Elite execution & ownership — you take responsibility and make things happen
- Strong analytical judgment — you use data to drive decisions and challenge assumptions
- Executive presence — credible with senior leaders, operators, and external stakeholders
- Program management excellence — you bring structure to chaos
- Adaptability — thrives in fast-moving, imperfect environment
Qualifications:
6–12+ years in roles such as:
- Consulting
- Strategy & operations
- Program management
- High-growth startups
- Finance / investment roles with operational exposure
Proven ability to drive cross-functional priorities to completion in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment
Strong financial and P&L literacy
Strong project/program management skills (planning, dependencies, timelines, follow-through)
Excellent written and verbal communication; able to create executive-ready updates and materials
Strong Microsoft Office / Google Workspace skills
Compensation & Benefits:
Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
Competitive salary:
- Base Salary starting at $180,000
- Additional compensation: bonus available, but dependent on experience level
Medical/Dental/Vision offered to all full-time employees: 75% of employee premiums paid by Nabis.
401(k) plan with a match.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING AT NABIS:
Be part of the fastest-growing cannabis startup in the U.S.
Flexibility and autonomy to drive your work
Join a diverse, inclusive team passionate about technology and cannabis
This role will directly shape:
- How decisions are made
- How teams execute
- How the organization scales
The Chief of Staff will have unmatched exposure to the full business and will play a central role in building the company’s next phase of growth.
This is a career-defining role for someone who wants to become a senior operator or executive.
Nabis is an Equal Opportunity Employer
*Nabis is seeking to create a diverse work environment because all teams are stronger with different perspectives and life experiences. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, older members of society, and others from minority groups and diverse backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. All employees and contractors of Nabis are responsible for maintaining a work culture free from discrimination and harassment by treating others with kindness and respect.*
