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GVW Group · 1 day ago

Chief of Staff to the Chairman

Miami, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

GVW Group is a dynamic private investment and industrial holding company dedicated to growing and starting businesses. The Chief of Staff to the Chairman is responsible for translating strategy into action, managing cross-functional alignment, and ensuring accountability across the portfolio while acting as a trusted strategic executive to the Chairman.

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Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Lauren van Heerden

Responsibilities

Serve as the Chairman’s senior executor, overseeing the implementation of top priorities and resolving barriers to execution across businesses, initiatives, and investments

Translate abstract vision and directives into actionable, measurable, and delegated initiatives with clear accountability structures

Own the rhythm of execution—ensure forward motion, mitigate inertia, and enforce results

Drive operational alignment across the portfolio—ensuring leaders are rowing in the same direction, on time, and to spec

Monitor enterprise-wide initiatives with a “no-drop” execution standard; surface issues before they become risks and resolve bottlenecks without escalation when possible

Instill discipline, accountability, and follow-through by creating transparency in progress, quality, and outcomes

Directly own mission-critical and time-sensitive initiatives—including M&A, transformation projects, restructurings, and special ops

Act as interim leader in underperforming or transitional areas; stabilize and structure quickly while preparing permanent leadership solutions

Mobilize task forces to solve emergent problems or seize fast-moving opportunities

Structure, protect, and optimize the Chairman’s time, energy, and attention by serving as a problem preventor, integrator, and proxy where appropriate

Maintain clear situational awareness across all strategic and operational domains the Chairman touches

Represent the Chairman internally and externally ensuring his expectations, style, and ethos are always embedded in messaging and decisions

Qualification

Strategic OperatorExecutional RigorFinancial FluencyC-Level AdvisoryCross-Functional LeadershipJudgment & DiscretionServant LeadershipRelentless ExecutionLoyalty & AlignmentLow EgoHigh StandardsCommunication ExcellenceEmotional Intelligence

Required

10 - 15+ years in high-consequence environments such as top-tier consulting, private equity, military command, investment banking, or executive operating roles in entrepreneurial, high-growth firms

Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams in ambiguous, fast-paced, and mission-critical contexts

Experience reporting directly to or advising C-level leaders, with a track record of influencing decisions at the highest levels

Strategic Operator: Can go from 30,000 feet to the ground floor, seamlessly translating strategy into structured plans and outcomes

Executional Rigor: Project management mastery across multiple concurrent initiatives—planning, tracking, communicating, and enforcing execution

Financial Fluency: Deep comfort with models, financials, valuations, forecasting, and P&L ownership

Communication Excellence: Writes, presents, and speaks with clarity, precision, and tone-matching at every altitude

Judgment & Discretion: Absolute integrity and confidentiality. Trusted with sensitive decisions and information

Loyalty & Alignment: Unwavering alignment with the Chairman's mission and operating principles

Relentless Execution: Urgency without recklessness. Drive without drama

Servant Leadership: No task is too small; no challenge is too large. You show up where the work is needed

Emotional Intelligence: High EQ, able to navigate stakeholders ranging from shop-floor operators to Fortune 500 boardrooms

Low Ego, High Standards: You do not seek credit, only outcomes. You demand excellence and model it

Preferred

Prior Chief of Staff, COO, GM, or equivalent senior roles strongly preferred

Experience in industrials, manufacturing, logistics, or other B2B operational contexts is preferred but not required

Experience navigating family-office dynamics or multi-portfolio holding companies is a strong plus

Company

GVW Group

GVW Group is an investment holding company dedicated to investing in all asset classes with a focus on commercial vehicle manufacturing.

Founded in 1993

Highland Park, Illinois, USA

201-500 employees

https://www.gvwgroup.com/

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