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Chief of Staff (Remote)

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Experience:

Senior (5-10 years)

Work from:

United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

5+ years' experience in consulting or startup operations, Strong management and strategic skills.

Key responsabilities:

Translate goals into action items
Identify operational inefficiencies and drive improvements
Lead special projects, create process documentation, assist in investor relations
Manage day-to-day operations and vendor relationships
Set priorities, track details, provide necessary information for decision making

Ownershift Financial Services Small startup https://www.ownershift.com/

2 - 10 Employees

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Job description

Your missions

Ownershift is a for-profit, purpose-driven acquisition platform that purchases high-quality, long-tenured small businesses from retiring owners and implements broad-based employee ownership programs upon closing, enabling employees to directly participate in business success. Our goal is to become the preferred buyer for retiring owners by offering quick, efficient acquisitions and facilitating employee ownership legacies. This creates a win-win for retiring owners, employees, communities, and investors, ensuring secure financial positions and legacies for owners, financial participation and wealth creation paths for employees, retention of valuable businesses for communities, and strong financial returns for investors.

Job Summary:

The Chief of Staff plays a central role in driving operational initiatives and organizational effectiveness for Ownershift. Reporting to the CEO, the Chief of Staff will work cross-functionally with other leaders at the holding company and portfolio company levels, gaining exposure to all aspects of the business. We are looking for a driven, entrepreneurial, and quick-thinking operator who can flex across strategy, finance, business development, and operations. The Chief of Staff will collaborate with the leadership team on strategic initiatives, defining and implementing company-wide priorities, while ensuring alignment of our vision with day-to-day operations. This is a mission-critical position that requires strong leadership, project management, and communication skills in service of supporting the growth and scalability of Ownershift and its portfolio.

How you’ll make an impact:

Translating quarterly strategic goals into action items for the team.
Identifying operational inefficiencies, and executing process improvements.
Leading special projects and initiatives identified by the CEO and leadership team.
Creating process documentation and training materials.
Supporting CEO with investor relations and fundraising, and with preparing presentations for external stakeholders.
Working with colleagues to ensure they are supported to be as effective as possible in their roles, including support with development plans.
Identifying vendors, negotiating vendor contracts, and managing vendor payments.
Coordinating and managing the execution of day-to-day operations.
Partnering with leadership to set and track key performance indicators.

What you’ll bring to the table:

Strong management skills in developing talent and translating strategic objectives into action plans.
5+ years’ experience in management consulting, M&A, or startup operations. Ideally experience in a start-up environment.
Demonstrated ability to set priorities, track details, and provide the leadership team with all the necessary information to facilitate and expedite decisions.
Experience with business analytics and metrics, as well as with project management.
Affinity for joining a high performing team that values collaboration, expectations of excellence, candor, and deep analysis.
Excitement about getting in the weeds in service of our portfolio companies and those companies’ employee-owners.
Excellent interpersonal skills.

Compensation:

This position will receive a competitive base salary DOE, early-stage equity, and a generous benefits package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, unlimited PTO, and paid holidays.

Ownershift is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.