Chief of Staff

Summary

Join Ontra as their Chief of Staff, reporting directly to the founder and CEO. This critical role will optimize the executive team's time and focus, ensuring their energy is directed toward high-impact activities. You will act as a trusted advisor, synthesizing viewpoints, aligning direction, and driving the leadership team forward as a cohesive unit. The position requires strong business judgment, sophisticated communication, organizational skills, and a data-driven approach. Success in this role demands high autonomy, the ability to execute urgently in fast-paced environments, and professional leadership. This role involves fostering a results-oriented environment, serving as a strategic partner, orchestrating communication, managing relationships, addressing organizational issues, overseeing special projects, and leading the Executive Assistant team.

Requirements

• 8+ years of work experience within a scaling organization, displaying strong organizational and project management ability; MBA and consulting experience at a top firm preferred
• Prior experience as a Chief of Staff or similarly scoped role, with demonstrated effectiveness in leadership, strategic planning, project management, and cross-functional team coordination
• Superior verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to distill complex information into clear insights for an executive audience and influence outcomes across all levels of the organization
• A strong bias for action and a demonstrated ability to drive complex, cross-functional projects from conception to completion, ensuring accountability and navigating operational bottlenecks
• Navigates interpersonal interactions with discretion and respect, considering the impact of their words and actions on others, especially in delicate or challenging situations. Able to facilitate a wide array of conversations at various levels of the organization
• Strong familiarity with private markets, including products and customer sets, demonstrating an understanding of market dynamics and client needs
• Willing to travel as needed for business purposes and company collaboration

Responsibilities

• Foster a candid and results-oriented environment within the leadership team, implementing a clear operational cadence for leadership meetings and offsites to define corporate strategy and ensure rigorous tracking of progress against key business objectives
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the leadership team by identifying key strategic topics to address, providing insights, analyzing data, and offering objective feedback on key decisions
• Orchestrate the effective communication and evangelism of corporate strategy, objectives, and key results, ensuring clarity, buy-in, and alignment across the leadership team and all company levels
• Strategically build and enhance relationships among the leadership team, internal teams, the board, and key external stakeholders, optimizing communication channels for sharing results and proactively addressing obstacles to foster collaboration and achieve collective goals
• Proactively surface and address underlying issues, tensions, or misalignments within the organization and the leadership team. You will create a safe environment for candid discussions and ensure controversial but critical topics are brought to the table and resolved constructively
• Oversee crucial short-term projects that span multiple teams or departments, and incubate emerging capabilities until they are ready for formal placement
• Hire, develop, and retain our Executive Assistant team, ensuring high-quality, high-impact support for our top-line leadership

Benefits

• Remote-first working policy, with office hubs in SF, NYC, Santa Barbara, and London
• Twice yearly team offsites for in-person collaboration
• Paid flexible time off policy
• Paid parental leave and benefits
• Employer-supported retirement contributions, varying by country
• Monthly phone and internet reimbursement
• Company-sponsored LinkedIn Learning accounts, department budgets for professional development, and robust onboarding program
• Various options for medical, dental, and vision insurance