Vice President, Chief of Staff to CEO

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the CEO to establish, monitor, and advance the company's key strategic objectives.

• Recognize business gaps, risks, and bottlenecks, and facilitate resolutions with functional leaders.

• Oversee the CEO's follow-through system and manage the CEO's priority dashboard.

• Monitor capital structure and refinancing milestones alongside the CFO.

• Coordinate with Finance, Legal, and Investor Relations for essential CEO interactions.

• Manage the flow of information to and from the CEO, prioritizing incoming requests.

• Present decisions with context, alternatives, recommendations, and consequences.

• Compose and enhance internal and external communications on behalf of the CEO.

• Prepare communications directed to the controlling stockholder.

• Ensure CEO meetings are structured with clear objectives, assigned owners, and adequate preparation.

• Create succinct meeting preparation materials.

• Document decisions and actions from CEO meetings and ensure follow-up.

• Maintain a comprehensive repository for CEO presentations, one-pagers, talking points, and reference materials.

• Act as a liaison between the CEO and functional leaders to synchronize priorities and decisions.

• Foster relationships across the leadership team to expedite decision-making and execution.

• Assist in organizational design and change management initiatives.

• Oversee the CEO's external obligations, including speaking engagements, panels, customer events, industry councils, and media appearances.

• Coordinate customer and partner engagement for external events.

• Monitor approval routing and disclosure obligations across commercial partnerships.

• Develop dashboards and reporting systems for company-wide KPIs and strategic initiatives.

• Lead planning activities with Finance and functional leaders.

• Enhance the operating rhythm and governance of the executive team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

• 12+ years of experience in strategy, consulting, investment banking, or a senior Chief of Staff position.

• Direct experience with a public company or sponsor-backed entity.

• Previous Chief of Staff experience supporting a CEO or business unit president.

• Proven ability to establish effective systems for follow-through and execution.

• Direct experience with debt refinancing, credit processes, or other capital markets execution efforts.

• Capability to manage intricate, cross-functional initiatives and drive them to completion without direct authority.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication abilities.

• Experience in preparing materials for board and executive-level presentations.

• Ability to quickly produce high-quality executive communications, including sensitive messages in the CEO's voice.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to distill complex information into clear recommendations.

• High level of discretion and judgment when handling sensitive and confidential information.

• Capacity to function effectively amidst ambiguity and changing priorities in a rapidly scaling environment.

• Working knowledge of Reg FD and public company disclosure requirements.

• Preferred: experience in a high-growth technology, infrastructure, or SaaS company.

• Preferred: background in management consulting, banking, or corporate strategy.

• Preferred: familiarity with board governance processes and investor relations.

• Preferred: experience in a private equity or activist-influenced governance framework.

• Preferred: alumni of high-performance leadership development programs, such as the White House Fellows program, or similar rotational initiatives.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus or incentives.

• Equity awards.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).

• Comprehensive benefits package (details available through Rackspace).

• Commitment to equal employment opportunity.

• Disability or special-needs accommodations.