Reports To: Founder / CEO
Travel: Frequent domestic & international

About the Role

The Chief of Staff will serve as a trusted strategic partner to the Founder/CEO, ensuring seamless engagement with their global professional and personal network of high-profile leaders and influencers. This role is at the intersection of relationship management, events, communications, and strategic execution, requiring exceptional judgment, discretion, and executive presence.

You will act as a connector, strategist, and operator — ensuring the founder remains deeply engaged with accomplished leaders across industries, from business and philanthropy to arts, culture, and social impact.  

You will travel globally with the founder, help design and host world-class convenings and high-touch experiences, and ensure every engagement — whether in a boardroom, on a stage, or at a dinner table — drives connection, action, and progress.

This is a role for someone who thrives in complexity, values discretion, and is energized by the challenge of turning bold ideas into tangible outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Network Engagement & Relationship Management

• Serve as the primary point of coordination for the founder’s global professional and social network.
• Engage confidently and credibly with highly accomplished leaders from diverse industries and geographies.
• Maintain and strengthen relationships through thoughtful outreach, tailored communications, and proactive engagement.
• Ensure effective follow-up and execution of action items from all interactions and meetings.

Events & Convenings

• Design, plan, and execute exclusive high-end events and gatherings to bring together leaders and networks.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to deliver exceptional, values-driven experiences that advance the founder’s vision.
• Coordinate event logistics globally, ensuring flawless execution and meaningful engagement for participants.

Executive Communications & Representation

• Help prepare speeches, talking points, and communications for the founder’s global engagements in collaboration with other team members.
• Represent the founder in select meetings, ensuring outcomes are captured and acted upon.
• Manage inbound opportunities, triaging inquiries to prioritize the founder’s time and focus.
• Ensure messaging reflects the founder’s values, organizational goals, and social impact commitments.

Strategic Support & Social Impact Engagement

• Support the founder’s business, philanthropic, and social impact initiatives by aligning networks and resources.
• Translate the founder’s vision into actionable strategies and projects with measurable outcomes.
• Partner with leadership teams to ensure initiatives are executed effectively and on time.

Cross-Collaboration & Influence

• Partner with leadership, advisors, and external stakeholders to align on strategic goals.
• Support productivity of leadership meetings including agenda setting, tracking action items, and ensuring follow-through.
• Translate founder’s vision into clear, actionable priorities.

Travel & Office Leadership

• Travel with the founder to major events, meetings, and convenings to provide continuity in engagement.
• Oversee scheduling, meeting preparation, and briefing processes to ensure the founder is always prepared and supported.
• Lead and guide administrative and program staff to ensure priorities are executed flawlessly.

Who We’re Looking For

• Proven Global Operator: 15+ years of experience in strategy, management consulting, operations, relationship management, or a Chief of Staff–type role, with direct experience working alongside CEOs, founders, or executive teams.
• Influential Connector: A demonstrated ability to confidently engage with senior leaders, heads of state, philanthropists, investors, entrepreneurs, and cultural figures across industries and geographies, with diplomacy, credibility, and influence.
• Exceptional Communicator: Outstanding written, verbal, and presentation skills; able to craft compelling narratives, develop executive-level presentations, and represent the founder credibly in diverse settings.
• Event & Convening Leader: Skilled at planning and executing high-end events and global convenings that create meaningful connections and advance strategic goals.
• Strategic & Systems Thinker: Adept at managing complexity, distilling insights, and building scalable processes. Strong background in strategic planning and the ability to align global vision with local execution.
• Collaborative Leader: Exceptional cross-organization partnership skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders and accelerate delivery across teams with competing priorities.
• Project Driver: Strong project management skills with the ability to lead multiple high-profile initiatives simultaneously, synthesize insights from complex or conflicting data, and drive execution in rapidly changing environments.
• Creative Visionary: A proactive, highly motivated self-starter who balances structure with creativity to deliver fresh, differentiated approaches.
• Culture Cultivator: Passion for fostering a culture of holistic wellbeing, purpose, and impact through leadership, initiatives, and communications.
• Professional & Discreet: Highly professional, discreet, and skilled at navigating sensitive business and personal matters with judgment and confidentiality.
• Globally Mobile: Willingness and flexibility to travel frequently, both domestically and internationally, often accompanying the founder to high-priority meetings and events.
• Qualifications: BA/BS required; MBA or advanced degree preferred. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) or equivalent tools.

This is a rare opportunity to serve at the highest level of influence, working directly with a global founder to strengthen relationships with accomplished leaders, shape strategic initiatives, and drive meaningful social impact.