Despite being a nebulous and somewhat new role in the startup world, the Chief of Staff role is starting to be recognized and opined upon in a patently tech-forward Medium/Substack type of way — and even in the Harvard Business Review.
My experience as Chief of Staff (CoS) to the President at a small healthtech company, Lokavant, focused on optimizing clinical trials is very niche and definitely not one-size-fits-all. My immensely subjective take on building a company with the backing of another company, Roivant, as well as the very domain-specific nature of my experiences in the clinical trial industry will quickly ensure that my thoughts on the nature of being a CoS are provincial. In fact, the inherent fluidity of the role guarantees that the CoS role is defined by the relationship with the Principal.