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2025-10-11 Distyl

Workplace Experience Manager

<h2>About Distyl AI: </h2>Distyl AI develops production-grade AI systems to power core operational workflows for Fortune 500 companies. Powered by a strategic partnership with OpenAI, in-house software accelerators, and deep enterprise AI expertise, we deliver working AI systems with rapid time to value – within a quarter. Our products have helped Fortune 500 customers across diverse industries, from insurance and CPG to non-profits. As part of our team, you will help companies identify, build, and realize value from their GenAI investments, often for the first time. We are customer-centric, working backward from the customer’s problem and holding ourselves accountable for creating both financial impact and improving the lives of end-users. Distyl is led by proven leaders from top companies like Palantir and Apple and is backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, Nat Friedman (Former CEO of GitHub), Brad Gerstner (Founder and CEO of Altimeter), and board members of over a dozen Fortune 500 companies.<h2>What We Are Looking For:</h2>Distyl is looking for a highly organized and detail-oriented Workplace Experience Manager to design and lead the daily experience of our people in the office. This role ensures our workspace is efficient, engaging, and aligned with our culture, enabling our teams to do their best work. You will own day-to-day office operations, employee services, vendor management, and culture-driving programs that make Distyl a great place to work.The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, excels at managing multiple priorities, and has a strong passion for enabling team success through operational excellence. You will support office logistics, operations, and culture initiatives, ensuring that Distyl continues to attract top talent and operate efficiently.<h2>Key Responsibilities:</h2><h3>Office Operations</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Oversee day-to-day operations of the office (facilities, supplies, space planning, seating charts, equipment).</li><li>Manage relationships with building management and external vendors (cleaning, security, catering).</li><li>On-site five days per week.</li><li>Oversee and collaborate with the Office Coordinator to ensure the NY office operates smoothly and efficiently.</li><li>Ensure workplace safety, compliance, and emergency preparedness.</li></ul><h3>Employee Experience Management</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Create a welcoming and productive environment for employees, visitors, and partners.</li><li>Manage front-of-house operations: reception, guest check-ins, and visitor flow.</li><li>Plan and execute team events, celebrations, swag, and engagement programs that foster connection across NY and SF offices.</li><li>Organize culture-building initiatives that reinforce Distyl’s values and ways of working.</li><li>Support internal communications and feedback loops to continuously improve the workplace experience.</li><li>Oversee employee services programs (perks, food, wellness initiatives).</li><li>Assist with planning and logistics for team offsites and cross-functional projects.</li></ul><h3>Onboarding Support</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Deliver a smooth onboarding experience for new hires across NY and SF, including Day 1 logistics, scheduling, and in-person support.</li><li>Coordinate onboarding communications, account setup, and monthly onboarding cohorts.</li></ul><h3>Budget & Vendor Management</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Own office budget for supplies, food, events, and vendor contracts.</li><li>Negotiate with vendors for cost savings and quality.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications:</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>4–6+ years in office management, workplace experience, or administrative support — ideally in a startup or fast-paced environment. Event planning experience a plus.</li><li>Proven ability to run operations smoothly while building engaging culture programs.</li><li>Strong organizational and time-management skills; able to manage competing priorities and sensitive/confidential information.</li><li>Exceptional attention to detail with a track record of precision in tasks and processes.</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.</li><li>A proactive and resourceful mindset, with a knack for identifying and resolving operational challenges efficiently.</li><li>Experience in high-growth or tech/start-up environment preferred.</li></ul><h2>What We Offer:</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options and healthcare.</li><li>The opportunity to work at a mission-driven AI startup that is transforming how Fortune 500 companies operate.</li><li>A fast-paced, dynamic work environment where your contributions will directly impact the company’s success.</li><li>A collaborative culture that values professional growth and encourages taking on new responsibilities.</li><li>Exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies and the opportunity to support a world-class team.</li></ul>If you are a proactive, detail-oriented professional who excels in supporting high-powered teams, we encourage you to apply and join our mission of enabling the future of AI-powered enterprises.Note: This role will be based in our San Francisco office. You will be required to be in office 5 days per week.

Location: San Francisco

Salary range: None - None

2025-10-11 Distyl

Executive & Personal Assistant

About Distyl AI:Distyl AI develops production-grade AI systems to power core operational workflows for Fortune 500 companies. Powered by a strategic partnership with OpenAI, in-house software accelerators, and deep enterprise AI expertise, we deliver working AI systems with rapid time to value – within a quarter.Our products have helped Fortune 500 customers across diverse industries, from insurance and CPG to non-profits. As part of our team, you will help companies identify, build, and realize value from their GenAI investments, often for the first time. We are customer-centric, working backward from the customer’s problem and holding ourselves accountable for creating both financial impact and improving the lives of end-users.Distyl is led by proven leaders from top companies like Palantir and Apple and is backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, Nat Friedman (Former CEO of GitHub), Brad Gerstner (Founder and CEO of Altimeter), and board members of over a dozen Fortune 500 companies.What We Are Looking For: Distyl is looking for a highly skilled Executive & Personal Assistant to support our CEO. This role blends business and personal support, requiring exceptional discretion, organizational excellence, and the ability to anticipate needs in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You’ll be managing time, priorities, and logistics to maximize impact.<h1>Key Responsibilities</h1> Executive Support<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Manage the CEO’s complex calendar, including scheduling internal and external meetings, appointments, and travel; anticipate needs, resolve conflicts, and prioritize with precision</li><li>Coordinate domestic and international travel, including flights, accommodations, itineraries, visas, reservations, and related expense reporting</li><li>Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, overseeing correspondence, drafting professional communications, and triaging requests to maximize the CEO’s time</li></ul> Operational & Administrative Support<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Streamline administrative workflows, systems, and documentation for the CEO’s office</li><li>Act as a central point of coordination between the CEO and internal/external stakeholders</li><li>Proactively identify ways to remove friction from the CEO’s day-to-day operations and enable focus on top priorities</li></ul> Personal Support<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Manage personal tasks, such as scheduling, reservations, travel, and errands</li><li>Plan and coordinate personal events, dinners, and gatherings</li><li>Arrange personal travel for the CEO and family as needed</li><li>Liaise with household vendors to ensure smooth day-to-day operations</li></ul> Qualifications:<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>5+ years of experience as an Executive or Personal Assistant supporting a CEO or other C-level executive</li><li>Proven ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential information with discretion</li><li>Proactive and resourceful mindset with the ability to anticipate needs and work independently</li><li>Exceptional organizational and time-management skills, with strong attention to detail</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with sound judgment and professional presence</li><li>Tech-savvy (G Suite, calendar and scheduling tools, expense systems, project management tools)</li><li>Calm under pressure and solutions-oriented, with the ability to adapt to shifting priorities and schedules </li></ul><h1>What We Offer:</h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options and healthcare.</li><li>The opportunity to work at a mission-driven AI startup that is transforming how Fortune 500 companies operate.</li><li>A fast-paced, dynamic work environment where your contributions will directly impact the company’s success.</li><li>A collaborative culture that values professional growth and encourages taking on new responsibilities.</li><li>Exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies and the opportunity to support a world-class team.</li></ul>If you are a proactive, detail-oriented professional who excels in supporting high-powered teams, we encourage you to apply and join our mission of enabling the future of AI-powered enterprises.Note: This role will be based in our San Francisco office. You will be required to be in office 3 days per week.

Location: San Francisco

Salary range: None - None

2025-10-11 Distyl

Strategy and Growth Operator

<h2>About Distyl</h2>Distyl partners with the Global Fortune 1000 to lead $100M+ transformations through AI-native automation of core operations. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, and Coatue, we operate like a special ops team: fast, outcome-driven, and focused on solving high-stakes enterprise challenges. Our team blends elite talent from tech, strategy, and government to build the future of AI-powered enterprise operations. <h2>About the Role</h2>As a Growth Operator, you’ll report directly to senior leadership and play a pivotal role in both closing new business and ensuring customer outcomes. You’ll work cross-functionally to turn opportunities into long-term wins, helping Fortune 500 clients realize the value of AI in their most critical workflows.This role requires intellectual agility, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to operate in uncharted territory. You’ll need to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, adapt quickly, and maintain clarity under pressure. The right candidate thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution, bringing a mix of consulting discipline, product intuition, and entrepreneurial drive. <h2>What You’ll Do</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Partner with Strategic Advisors, shaping proposals, guiding contracting processes, and supporting deal closure.</li><li>Work closely with delivery teams to scope opportunities, align on success metrics, and ensure projects deliver measurable impact.</li><li>Serve as a connective tissue across Distyl teams, ensuring smooth handoffs and coordinated execution.</li><li>Manage complex workstreams with enterprise clients, balancing multiple initiatives without losing focus on outcomes.</li><li>Represent Distyl with executive stakeholders, building trusted relationships that last.</li><li>Bring curiosity and insight to AI and LLM applications, helping translate technology into business value.</li><li>Be a force multiplier for the company’s growth. Wherever the bottleneck is, you lean in.</li></ul><h2>Who You Are</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>5+ years of professional experience (consulting, product management, strategy, or similar fields).</li><li>Strong understanding of enterprise contracting and sales processes, with the ability to navigate them without being a “traditional salesperson.”</li><li>Track record of operating in high-stakes, fast-paced environments where precision and adaptability matter.</li><li>Excellent interpersonal skills. You can quickly earn trust, communicate with clarity, and effectively manage relationships at all levels. </li><li>Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple complex priorities and execute with rigor.</li><li>Passion for technology, with exposure to AI/LLMs preferred.</li><li>Open to travel as needed.</li></ul><h2>Why Join Us?</h2>We’re less concerned with the perfect résumé and more with how you think and how you show up. Distyl seeks individuals who combine sharp intellect with emotional intelligence, thrive in ambiguity, and have a history of undertaking challenging or unusual tasks that have shaped their approach to operating under pressure.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in-office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY, and this role is available in San Francisco office.

Location: San Francisco

Salary range: None - None

2025-10-11 Distyl

Applied AI Researcher

<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://distyl.ai/">Distyl AI</a> develops AI native technologies for humans & AI to collaborate to power the operations of the Global Fortune 1000.In just 24 months, we’ve rapidly grown to partner with some of the world’s largest enterprises—including F100 telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and retail companies—delivering multiple AI deployments with $100M+ impact. Our platform, Distillery, along with our team of AI Engineers, Researchers, and Strategists, is pioneering AI-native systems of work, solving the most complex, high-stakes challenges at scale.Distyl is founded and led by proven leaders from companies like Palantir, Apple, and top national laboratories. We work in deep partnership with OpenAI, jointly going-to-market at the largest enterprises and collaborating evaluating and testing the latest models. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, industry leaders like Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), as well as board members of over 20+ F500s, Distyl is building the future of AI-powered enterprise operations.<h2>What We Are Looking For</h2>At Distyl we’re pushing the envelope of AI utilization in enterprise. This requires creative researchers who don’t just want to drive incremental improvements on benchmarks or optimize an existing process but instead are looking to creatively redefine how software is used.Our researchers come from many academic backgrounds but have strong research track records, operate in an AI-native way, and would be bored staying on the rails of a traditional research org.<h2>Key Responsibilities</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Applied Research — 0→1 System Design: The research team develops novel AI systems by integrating cutting-edge models, proprietary data, and innovative architectures to transform business workflows into AI-native processes. They design, implement, and validate these systems through rigorous benchmarking and real-world deployment.</li><li>Exploratory Research — Bold, Big Bets: Researchers critically explore recent advancements in the space across time and disciplines. In doing so, they draw from the full breadth of related exploratory efforts to establish company-wide perspectives and opportunities for innovation. They act on these opportunities through bold experimentation, publishing insights, and actively engaging in discussions to drive the field forward.</li></ul><h2>What We Require</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Experience Building with Models, Not Just Building Models: We develop intelligent systems using models rather than training or fine-tuning them. Ideal candidates have expertise in compound AI systems, agentic collaboration, and associated techniques (ensembling, ReAct, graph-of-thoughts, etc.).</li><li>Proven Track Record of Research Results: Whether you’ve published in top journals, posted amazing work on twitter, or somewhere else we want to see what you've done.</li><li>Uses AI Every Day: Before you can revolutionize someone else’s workflow, you need to revolutionize yours. You should be using tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, and Perplexity to accelerate your workflow.</li><li>Strong Programming and Data Analysis Skills: While you might not consider yourself a software engineer you need to be able to build prototypes of your ideas and then perform the experiments to prove the effectiveness to a F500 Head of AI.</li><li>Biases Towards Showing vs Telling: Our customers want to see the power of AI today vs discuss the most elegant idea that will take 5 years to realize.</li></ul><h2>What We Offer</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>An opportunity to advance the cutting edge of LLM research and directly revolutionize work in the enterprise space.</li><li>Ownership of high-impact research projects, with the autonomy to explore novel approaches and solutions.</li><li>Access to state-of-the-art AI models, real business problems, and proprietary data sets across a diverse range of real-world industries.</li><li>Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options, medical/dental/vision covered at 100% for you and your dependents, 401K plan, and perks such as commuter benefits and lunch provided in office. </li><li>Be part of a mission-oriented company to create practical adoption during the biggest revolution in human productivity.</li><li>A collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment that encourages innovation and personal growth.</li></ul>If you are an innovative, ambitious, and driven individual looking to make a difference in the world of AI, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our team as an Applied AI Researcher and help us shape the future of AI-driven solutions for enterprises across the globe.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in SF and NYC

Location: San Francisco

Salary range: None - None

2025-10-11 Distyl

Technical Recruiter

<h2>About Distyl AI:</h2>Distyl AI develops AI-native technologies for humans & AI to collaborate to power the operations of the Global Fortune 500.In just over 24 months, we’ve rapidly grown to partner with some of the world’s largest enterprises—including F100 telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and retail companies—delivering multiple AI deployments with $100M+ impact. Our platform, Distillery, along with our team of AI Engineers, Researchers, and Strategists, is pioneering AI-native systems of work, solving the most complex, high-stakes challenges at scale.Distyl is founded and led by proven leaders from companies like Palantir, Apple, and top national laboratories. We work in deep partnership with OpenAI, jointly going-to-market at the largest enterprises and collaborating, evaluating, and testing the latest models. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, industry leaders like Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), and board members of over 20+ F500s, Distyl is building the future of AI-powered enterprise operations.<h2>What We Are Looking For:</h2>Distyl is looking for a versatile, hands-on technical recruiter with a track record of building incredible teams in high growth mode. In this role, you will handle recruiting for key roles from end-to-end across engineering, strategy, research, and other functions. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, excels at managing multiple priorities, and has a strong passion for building incredible teams. You’ll bring creativity, versatility, and excellent communication skills, ensuring that Distyl continues to attract top talent and operate efficiently.<h2>Key Responsibilities:</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Lead full-cycle recruiting for key technical roles (AI Engineers, AI Researchers, AI Strategists, and more).</li><li>Source top talent through targeted outreach, networking, referrals, and creative campaigns and AI-driven strategies using tools like ChatGPT or LinkedIn AI extensions.</li><li>Use AI tools to streamline recruiting workflows, write high-conversion outreach, screen candidates efficiently, and analyze recruiting data to improve performance.</li><li>Build strong partnerships with hiring managers, calibrating on role requirements, interview structure, and ideal profiles.</li><li>Deliver outstanding candidate experiences, ensuring timely communication, clarity in process, and a high-touch approach from start to finish.</li><li>Develop and maintain robust talent pipelines to meet current and future hiring needs, with a focus on quality and long-term fit.</li><li>Champion our brand in the AI and tech talent space, attending relevant events, conferences, and meetups to represent our team and values.</li></ul><h2>What We're Looking For</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>5+ years of experience in technical recruiting, with a proven track record hiring technical roles in a high-growth or startup environment.</li><li>Comfort using or experimenting with AI tools to enhance sourcing, outreach, screening, or interview coordination.</li><li>Ability to move fast, operate autonomously, and navigate ambiguity with urgency.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially when engaging technical talent.</li><li>Highly organized, data-aware, and committed to continuously improving the recruiting process.</li><li>A collaborative spirit with strong judgment, discretion, and an eye for long-term team building.</li><li>Exposure to tools like Ashby, ChatGPT, Juicebox, or other AI-native recruiting tools</li><li>Technical acumen or bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field is a plus</li></ul><h2>What We Offer:</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options and healthcare.</li><li>The opportunity to work at a mission-driven AI startup that is transforming how Fortune 500 companies operate.</li><li>A fast-paced, dynamic work environment where your contributions will directly impact the company’s success.</li><li>A collaborative culture that values professional growth and encourages taking on new responsibilities.</li><li>Exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies and the opportunity to build a world-class team.</li></ul>If you are a proactive, detail-oriented professional who excels in supporting high-powered teams, we encourage you to apply and join our mission of enabling the future of AI-powered enterprises.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in-office collaboration 3 days per week in one of our offices. We have offices in New York City and San Francisco.

Location: San Francisco

Salary range: None - None

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