Chief of Staff

Location: Kanata
Reports to: COO
On-site: 5 days/week
Type: Full-time

Dominion Dynamics is building Canada's first modern defence prime: software-defined, attritable, and sovereign.

We believe tomorrow's military power won't hinge on exquisite platforms, but on the seamless coordination of adaptable, AI-driven capabilities across every domain. We're building that family of systems, fielded with operators, sovereign by design, and accountable to Canada's democratic values.

We move fast, deploy with the CAF, especially in the Arctic, and operate with uncompromising respect for Canadian law, treaty obligations, and the CAF community.

Our founding team includes former operators from Anduril, Google, Amazon, and the Canadian Armed Forces. We're building hard tech in hard places, and we're looking for system-level thinkers who thrive at the intersection of autonomy, aerospace, and national security.

As Dominion Dynamics scales, leadership leverage becomes critical. The Chief of Staff is a force multiplier for the executive team ensuring priorities are clear, execution stays tight, and the organization moves forward without friction.

This role sits at the center of the company, connecting strategy to execution. You'll help leaders focus on the highest-impact work while you drive follow-through, solve problems, and keep the business operating smoothly. If things are getting done, aligned, and moving fast, you're doing your job well.

This is a high-trust, high-ownership role for someone who thrives in fast-moving startup environments. You'll be the right hand to the CEO and COO, anticipating needs, driving initiatives forward, unblocking issues, and stepping in wherever required.

No two days will look the same. You might be running leadership meetings, coordinating cross-functional work, tightening internal operations, supporting the office, or handling an urgent problem that just landed. You'll need to be comfortable with ambiguity, able to operate with little direction, and motivated by making the entire organization more effective.

This is an on-site role based out of our Kanata office and is critical to how Dominion Dynamics operates day to day.

• Act as a trusted right hand to the executive leadership, supporting priorities, decision-making, and execution

• Drive follow-through on strategic and operational initiatives across the company

• Coordinate leadership meetings, agendas, notes, and action items

• Keep leadership aligned by tracking priorities, deadlines, and dependencies

• Identify problems early and either solve them directly or bring the right people together

• Support day-to-day office and operational needs as required

• Improve internal processes, documentation, and systems as the company scales

• Help prepare decks, updates, and internal communications for leadership and stakeholders

• Step into "whatever needs doing" moments to keep the business moving

• Be a connective tissue across teams, ensuring clarity, accountability, and momentum

• Proven experience working closely with C-suite leaders (CEO, COO, or equivalent), supporting decision-making and execution

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to synthesize complex information clearly and concisely

• Technical aptitude and comfort working alongside engineers, product teams, and technical systems

• Ability to understand technical concepts well enough to translate between leadership and execution teams

• Startup-minded: adaptable, fast-moving, and comfortable operating with limited structure and direction

• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through

• Excellent judgment and discretion when handling sensitive information

• Proactive and self-directed. You see what needs to be done and take ownership

• Strong problem-solving skills with a bias toward action

• Comfortable being on-site and deeply embedded in the day-to-day operations of the

  business

At Dominion Dynamics, we're designing systems that work where others fail, in the most extreme environments on Earth.

At Dominion Dynamics you'll:

• Shape the future of Canada's sovereign defence.

• Build real capability in fields with CAF and allies.

• Move fast, field fast with small teams, high trust, and rapid iteration.

• Operate with integrity under Canadian law and treaty obligations.

• Have impact from day one with equity, responsibility, and direct access to leadership.

If you're driven by innovation, adaptability, and the opportunity to make a strategic impact, this is where you belong

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