About Yurts

Generative AI is making a real difference in people's lives. We’re seeing those who use it experience significant improvements in their productivity and get things done faster than ever before. The problem is it’s not optimized for the workplace.

Generative AI is not yet connected to the information and knowledge you use every day to do your job. It’s not configurable across the products you work with each day. Why? Enterprises and the government think about privacy; they have their own IT infrastructure and prioritize securing their data. There are established workflows and applications, and budgets for computing petabytes of corporate data and knowledge.

At Yurts, we’re solving this problem. We are empowering people to do their best work by making the every day easier with accessible AI.

Why We’re Hiring This Role

While Yurts is an early-stage startup, it has significant traction and we are busy! Our executive team is currently managing all calendaring, event planning, travel management, and other important administrative jobs - and we need help.

Location & In-Person Requirements

We’re looking for candidates located in the SF Bay Area. We have an office in San Francisco and you’ll need to come in on occasion (think maybe like once a week). Our CEO and CTO are both local and being able to spend time with them in person sometimes is valuable.

Role Responsibilities

You’ll be supporting our executive team in two distinct ways: executive support and coordinating operational needs.

Most of your time will be spent directly supporting our CEO as he navigates a very ridiculous schedule. This will mostly look like a lot of coordinating with prospective customers, VCs, partners, and other frequent flyers. You’ll also directly support our CTO in a similar fashion, although likely to a lesser extent.
You’ll report directly to our VP of Operations. She’s the one writing this job description right now! She’s looking for someone who can be a trusted partner and take on a lot of the operational work she’s juggling. For example, this week she planned our team offsite in Santa Cruz (hotel, restaurants, schedule, etc), designed and ordered swag for events, wrangled updates from each department, and pulled really obscure information for our accounting firm. You’d take that type of stuff off her plate if you joined and sometimes help with similar operational work within other teams! She’d be very grateful.

Required Experience

3+ years as an Executive Assistantto senior leadership in tech or at a VC. Responsibilities should have included tasks such as calendar management, travel coordination, off-sites, expenses, and event coordination.
Track record of excellence. In your previous roles you’ve actively contributed to your team’s success and/or have taken on increasing levels of responsibility.

Required Traits

Reliable- When you say something is going to get done, it gets done. This is the most important thing.
Proactive communicator- You push information to others, rather than waiting for them to pull information from you.
Strong writer- You’re a clear and concise communicator over email and/or Slack. Most of your communication will be async, so you need to be comfortable with it.
You’re even-keeled- You don’t let your highs get too high or your lows get too low. It’s a startup and things are going to move fast and not always be easy. Being able to keep a level-head will help you be successful.
High degree of organization- You love spreadsheets, tables, and anything else that brings calm to chaos.
Trustworthy- You’ll be privy to sensitive information frequently so discretion is important.

Preferred Experience and/or Traits

Familiarity with the tools we use: Notion, Slack, Ramp, Rippling, Greenhouse
Interest in AI

Benefits

Healthcare (medical, vision, and dental insurance) with generous employer contribution (90% for employees and 75% for dependents)
Flexible PTO. Take time as you need it - plus Christmas Eve through New Year's Day is a company-wide shutdown to relax and get ready for the new year.
Stock Options
Remote/hybrid work, with a home office stipend to set up your workspace
Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks). Yurts also provides an additional 4 weeks (16 weeks total) for birthing parents.
Bereavement leave (2 weeks) for miscarriages or the loss of a loved one
401k (no matching as of yet)
In-person gatherings
HSA/FSA

Salary

The range for this position is $90,000 - $120,000 annually. Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Yurts provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.