Chief of Staff – CEO

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Serve as the strategic partner to the CEO on enterprise decisions encompassing strategy, finance, operations, and organizational matters.

• Convert the CEO's key priorities into a comprehensive enterprise plan with designated owners, driving them towards measurable outcomes.

• Manage the planning, materials, and follow-up for Board meetings in collaboration with the CEO, CFO, COO, and General Counsel.

• Oversee the executive operating rhythm and ensure leaders adhere to essential decisions and commitments.

• Develop operational mechanisms that address gaps in ownership, decision-making, and cross-functional execution.

• Establish the vision and execution roadmap for new ventures, leading them from conception to launch with full accountability for results.

• Direct the operational setup of new and acquired entities, ensuring alignment among Legal, Finance, HR, IT, Compliance, and Operations.

• Manage post-acquisition integration and cross-company alignment after the deal closure, collaborating with Corporate Development on diligence and planning.

• Set success metrics and governance for each new business, transitioning it to a permanent leader once it stabilizes.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7 to 12+ years of experience in finance, investing, corporate development, and business operations.

• An initial trajectory in investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or M&A advisory.

• Proficient modeling, analytical, and transaction-evaluation capabilities.

• Practical operating experience in an early-stage or high-growth startup, particularly in launching, scaling, or transforming a business or function.

• Background as a co-founder, General Manager, head of operations, or a comparable role.

• Proven ability to lead complex, ambiguous initiatives from inception to execution.

• Experience engaging directly with senior executives and influencing cross-functional leaders without formal authority.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare Board-level presentations.

• Accountable for strategic, financial, and operational results.

• Self-motivated, capable of translating the CEO’s directives into action with minimal oversight.

• Familiarity with enterprise-level challenges where decisions have enduring structural implications.

• Trusted advisor to executive teams, demonstrating a continuous record of enterprise impact.

• Investor-trained operator with experience in valuing and building businesses.

• Board-ready communicator adept at framing decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations for the CEO, Board, and investors.

• Discreet with sensitive issues concerning deals, governance, and personnel.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.

• Flexible Spending/Health Savings Accounts.

• Flexible PTO.

• 401(k) + Company Match.

• Life Insurance.

• Pet insurance.