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Chief of Staff, Strategic Growth

New Lab

New Lab

People & HR, Sales & Business Development, Operations
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Posted on Sep 17, 2024
Newlab is scaling our venture platform globally across geographies that have strategic advantages in our core sectors of focus: Mobility, Energy, and Materials. The Strategy team is recruiting a Chief of Staff to help drive the business in this accelerated phase of growth. The Chief of Staff will serve as a force multiplier for the team, leveraging a mix of strategy, project management, communications, and administrative skills to advance key strategic growth initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee a portfolio of strategic initiatives and deals
  • Work across the portfolio to advance strategy development and stand-up of Newlab in new markets around the world
  • Drive coordination and accountability across internal teams to maintain pace of execution
  • Manage key activities across the portfolio to ensure time is being allocated effectively against strategic priorities
  • Continuously identify opportunities to streamline processes and implement new frameworks for collaboration, decision-making, and performance tracking
  • Serve as a critical liaison with internal and external stakeholders, managing information flows and ensuring consistent strategic alignment
  • Organize and support the execution of high-level meetings including setting agendas, preparing briefings, and ensuring follow-through on action items
  • Prepare and disseminate internal and external communications, reports, and presentations

ATTRIBUTES + SKILLS

  • Ability to manage multiple complex projects and initiatives simultaneously
  • Natural ability to foresee potential risks and devise strategies to mitigate them
  • High emotional intelligence and ability to detect and translate subtext to drive decision making
  • Strong personal commitment to excellence
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Comfort operating in a dynamic and high-velocity work environment
  • Strong bias for action and desire to take ownership of work while being team-oriented
  • Low ego, high-integrity, and strong desire to win

Experience

  • 5-7 years of experience in strategy and operations within consulting, advisory, investment banking, venture capital or high-growth startup environments

$150,000-185,000 USD

Comprehensive benefits

Equity