Fractional Chief of Staff

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +6 more states.

📋 Description

• Act as a reliable thought partner to a founder or CEO.

• Assist executives in maintaining focus on their most valuable priorities.

• Convert ideas and decisions into actionable steps with clear ownership.

• Propel follow-through on strategic priorities and initiatives.

• Prepare executives for crucial meetings, discussions, and decisions.

• Anticipate requirements, identify risks early, and suggest solutions.

• Connect various priorities, individuals, and initiatives.

• Collaborate with leaders and key stakeholders to ensure progress.

• Enhance clarity, communication, and accountability around executive priorities.

• Safeguard the executive’s time by concentrating their involvement where it is most impactful.

• Work efficiently alongside Executive Assistants, Integrators/COOs, and leadership teams.

• Collaborate rather than compete, clarify ownership, and assess when tasks belong elsewhere.

• Support multiple fractional client engagements based on skills, strengths, availability, and suitability.

• Execute tasks within Delegate Solutions’ unique executive-leverage methodology.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years of direct experience as a Chief of Staff; 3+ years preferred.

• Significant experience supporting a founder or CEO in a founder-led, entrepreneurial organization.

• Experience functioning at the crossroads of strategy, communication, prioritization, and execution.

• Proven ability to drive priorities across teams without relying on formal authority.

• Exceptional executive-level written and verbal communication skills.

• Proven judgment, discretion, and ability to navigate through ambiguity.

• Experience thriving in dynamic environments where priorities shift.

• Candidates must have fulfilled the Chief of Staff role; experience as an Executive Assistant is not sufficient.

• Experience in supporting professional services firms is strongly preferred.

• Familiarity with entrepreneurial operating systems like EOS® is a plus.

• Capability to manage multiple fractional clients with responsiveness, communication, and follow-through.

• Ability to work remotely and cultivate strong executive relationships virtually.

• Applicants must reside in the United States, excluding California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York.

• Must be eligible to work as a 1099 independent contractor.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment.

• Engagement as an independent contractor.

• Training in Delegate Solutions’ proprietary executive-leverage methodology.

• Support from established systems and infrastructure behind client engagements.

• Access to Delegate’s methodologies, frameworks, and tools for authorized client engagements.

• Opportunity to create a portfolio career with various entrepreneurial leaders.

• Flexible client assignments based on experience, strengths, availability, and fit.