Woolf · 6 hours ago

Chief of Staff to the CEO

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Work closely with the CEO of Woolf and in the CEO office (7 people) and the Executive Leadership Team (5 people) at the nerve center for all activities across Woolf.

Get back into a smaller operating environment where you will do hands-on work.

Adopt some COO functions as you build out an operations team within the CEO office and beyond.

Provide frequent concise communication to the CEO.

Hire out 1-3 more operators to start the CEO office in order to extend the daily CEO functions and execute against key initiatives.

Translate complex discussions into actionable plans during interactions with other CEOs, venture capitalists, and government officials.

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Operational ManagementManagement ConsultingExecutive ResponsibilitiesHigh PrecisionEntrepreneurial FlairFlexibleConcise Communication

Required

10+ years of operational management (5+ with elite MBA) or elite management consulting with significant, extensive executive responsibilities

Readiness to get back into a smaller operating environment where you will do hands-on work

You will work closely with the CEO, who is based in Silicon Valley, you'll work PST hours - occasionally long hours, occasionally a brief weekend touchpoint, e.g., Sunday night PST

You understand that as a long-term Chief of Staff, you will both have an attitude of service and adopt some COO functions as you build out an operations team within the CEO office and beyond

We expect you to be highly proactive, translating ideas into actions with high horsepower, high energy, high precision, while providing frequent concise communication

The CEO values precision and attention to detail combined with high throughput

The CEO currently has an EA (based in the Philippines, working PST) - you'll hire out a 1-3 more operators to start the CEO office in order to extend the daily CEO functions and additionally to execute against key initiatives (e.g., involving creation of new subsidiary for payments processing)

The CEO frequently interacts with other CEO's, venture capitalists, and government officials in various countries or by Zoom. You may be present in many of these calls, translating complex discussions into actionable plans

Read the company cultural values

The ideal candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and ready to be in a role requiring high levels of trust and confidentiality

You must be both a self-starter with an entrepreneurial flair and a team player that is willing to roll up your sleeves, believing that 'no task is too big or too small'

The role requires flexibility and resourcefulness, as well as excellent verbal and written communication skills