
Executive Business Partner
Required skills
- Executive Business Partner
- startup
- venture firm
- investors
- external partners
- confidential information
- sensitive matters
- prioritize competing demands
- adjust quickly
- proactive approach
Nice to have
- founders
- fast-growing executive team
- board members
- customers
- senior external stakeholders
- improving executive workflows
Role summary
Gimlet is seeking an Executive Business Partner to support its executives and leadership team as the company scales its AI inference neocloud. This role involves managing complex schedules, communications, and travel, acting as a liaison, and anticipating needs to ensure leaders can focus on critical work. The ideal candidate will bring structure to ambiguity, represent the company professionally, and improve administrative workflows. This position requires a consistent on-site presence in the San Francisco office.
About us
Gimlet is building the first multi-silicon neocloud designed for fast, efficient AI inference.
We combine large-scale compute infrastructure with an execution platform that partitions AI workloads and maps each stage to the hardware best suited to run it.
We work with foundation labs, hyperscalers, and AI-native companies, giving our team access to technical problems spanning frontier models, production infrastructure, and emerging hardware.
About the role
As an Executive Business Partner, you will help Gimlet’s executives and leadership team operate effectively as the company scales. You will learn how each executive works, connect priorities across the team, and clear the runway so leaders can remain focused on the company’s most important work.
You will manage complex schedules, communications, travel, and follow-through while serving as a liaison among the executives you support. This role requires someone who can anticipate needs, bring structure to ambiguity, and represent Gimlet with polish and professionalism in communications with investors and other external partners.
This role is based in our San Francisco office and requires a consistent on-site presence.
What success looks like
In the first 12-18 months, you will:
Develop a strong understanding of each executive’s priorities, responsibilities, and working style
Serve as a trusted liaison across the executives you support, ensuring information and decisions move efficiently
Manage complex calendars, meetings, and travel in a way that reflects company priorities
Anticipate needs, resolve conflicts, and remove operational friction before it slows the team down
Triage communications, draft polished responses, and ensure important matters receive timely follow-up
Track commitments, decisions, and action items across the leadership team
Improve administrative workflows and create systems that make the executive team more effective
Coordinate leadership meetings, company events, offsites, and other important moments
You may be a good fit if you have
Experience supporting multiple executives or senior leaders in a startup, venture firm, or other fast-paced environment
Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate professionally with investors and external partners
Sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential or sensitive matters
The ability to prioritize competing demands and adjust quickly as circumstances change
A proactive approach to identifying needs, solving problems, and following through
Comfort bringing structure to ambiguous or loosely defined situations
The ability to work on-site in Gimlet’s San Francisco office
Strong candidates may also have
Experience supporting founders or a fast-growing executive team
Experience coordinating complex domestic and international travel
Experience working with investors, board members, customers, or other senior external stakeholders
A track record of building administrative systems and improving executive workflows
Experience planning leadership meetings, company events, or team offsites
Why join now?
Gimlet is expanding from its core technology into a production neocloud spanning new hardware, customers, and data centers.
Solve hard problems.
Own meaningful work.
Build for production.
Help define what’s next.
Agency Policy: Gimlet Labs does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited resumes submitted without a signed agreement will be considered the property of Gimlet Labs, and no fees will be paid.
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