Chief of Staff / GTM Lead

Apollo Information Systems

$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • AI-enabled, proven experience utilizing AI to enhance work efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Experience in a high-agency, execution-focused environment, adept at building solutions from scratch.
  • Hands-on familiarity with AI tools, capable of developing and improving workflows and content.
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to create trackers and maintain initiative momentum.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for effective stakeholder engagement.
  • High adaptability to learn quickly and operate comfortably in ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities

  • Help leadership implement strategic projects that align with overall company strategy.
  • Orchestrate the launch of new service offerings and assist in crafting board meeting materials.
  • Design and manage Apollo's AI-enabled go-to-market strategies to translate signals into actionable insights for the sales team.
  • Oversee the operational rhythms of the marketing engine on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
  • Project-manage targeted marketing initiatives, customizing established templates for new segments.
  • Own and optimize LinkedIn advertising efforts, focusing on audience engagement and creative effectiveness.
  • Coordinate conference participation details and manage vendor relationships without on-ground event oversight.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with premium contributions for employees and dependents.
  • Unlimited paid time off, supplemented by paid sick days and holidays.
  • 401(k) plan with a 4% company match, fully vested after 90 days.
  • Paid life insurance at a rate of 1x annual salary and disability coverage options provided by the company.
  • Monthly stipend for home-office technology expenses to support remote work needs.
  • Access to a supportive and collaborative work environment, promoting professional growth.
Full Job Description
Position Overview:

Apollo is looking for an AI-enabled Chief of Staff to partner directly with the executive team and own major initiatives. We are looking for a builder who can bring structure to priorities and drive them to completion. The first major project will be quarterbacking Apollo's AI powered GTM engine, which you will also own on an ongoing basis, in addition to the coordination of a variety of marketing initiatives.

The ideal candidate has a history of getting things done in a high agency, high ownership environment. This person has an AI first mindset and leans on systems and tools to solve problems by using automation, prompts, or directing custom agents. This person is technically fluent enough to be comfortable with APIs and low code tools. A fast learner with strong judgement who can work in ambiguous environments will do well in this position. At their core, this person is a cross-functional project manager who thrives on variety and brings structure, timelines, and follow-through to each project.

Key Responsibilities:

Chief of Staff side
  • You will help our leadership team execute strategic projects that help drive our strategy forward. These will vary over time but can include things like:
  • Orchestrating the launch of new service offerings
  • Preparing materials for our Board of directors and investors
  • Building sales enablement content and approaches
  • Ensuring coordination and execution against account plans


The Marketing and GTM engineering side
  • Help design and coordinate the building of our AI enabled go to market- coordinating signals and turning it into actionable intelligence and direction for marketing tactics and sales execution.
  • Run the weekly, monthly, and quarterly rhythm of the marketing engine
  • Project-manage our named-account vertical plays end to end. We have a documented template; you run it and adapt it to each new segment.
  • Own LinkedIn (and selective other) advertising including audience building, creative testing, budget pacing, reporting. .
  • Our leaders write the thought leadership; you turn each piece into the full set of assets and get it in front of the right The newsletter/distribution platform, engagement-signal review, lead routing, and the reporting that tells us what's working.
  • Quarterback our conference plan with sales- where we will be, who will be there, speaking slots, etc. You will not have to do on the ground event management.
  • Identify and manage external teams such as marketing development, creative execution, and context engineering

Qualifications
  • Required
    • AI-enabled, experience using AI deeply to increase speed, accuracy, precision, and output of work.
    • Experience in a high-agency, high execution environment where building from scratch and solving problems is the norm
    • Demonstrated, hands-on comfort with AI tools including building or improving workflows, processes, tooling, and content
    • Project Management instincts. Building a tracker, setting a cadence and keeping initiatives moving
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • High structure and fast learning ability. Comfortable working in ambiguity where the job changes shape as the business grows.
  • Preferred
    • Background in Consulting and experience bringing structure to executive communication
    • Early start-up operator with tenure in roles such as RevOps, growth marketing, or consulting

Expectations:
  • At 30 days:
    • Fully ramped on Apollo's business, service lines, and current GTM stack and has mapped how signal currently flows from source to sales action
    • Has met with company leadership team and key stakeholders to understand current priorities and how work gets prioritized today
  • Within 90 days:
    • Is the clear owner of Apollo's GTM engineering function - the tools, workflows, and vendor relationships that turn market signal into sales action are running with minimal exec oversight
    • Development of MVP for AI engine is underway
    • Has taken ownership of the recurring content cadence
    • Has established a rhythm with the executive team (recurring check-ins or async updates) so priorities stay aligned as they shift
  • By 180 days:
    • Owning cross-functional "special projects"
    • Has demonstrated the AI-native builder mindset in a visible wayIs viewed by the executive team as someone who can be handed ambiguous, high-stakes problems and trusted to bring back structure and a recommendation

Company Values

We have created a fantastic corporate culture - our values drive our behaviors. Here are the expectations:
  • Passion for cybersecurity and a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of security.
  • Customer Outcomes: Their success is our success, we are business partners
  • Entrepreneurial Approach: fast decision making, empowerment, focus on results, test and learn
  • Win Together: Intense Collaboration, no silos
  • Integrity is paramount


Why You'll Love Working Here
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, the company covers 100% of employee premiums and 90% of dependent premiums on base plans
  • Unlimited PTO, 7 paid sick days, and 11 paid holidays
  • 401(k) with 4% company match after 90 days, immediately vested
  • Company-paid life insurance at 1x annual salary
  • Company-paid Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD) coverage
  • $125 monthly home-office tech stipend for internet, equipment, and other technology needs
  • Amazing colleagues, a collaborative environment, and a supportive, growth-focused culture

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