Chief of Staff

About Athena

Are you seeking your next exponential opportunity? At Athena, we empower and transform leaders and their organizations through world-class delegation coaching. True leaders reflect on their life goals and map out the path to achieve them. As Chief of Staff, you will help guide this path. Athena believes that rigorously-tested delegation coaching technology combined with an exceptional Chief of Staff propel our clients forward, resulting in 10x more leverage, time, and impact in the leader’s work… and their life. 

With a growing client waitlist, Athena continues to demonstrate compelling demand. Join the Athena team for an exponential opportunity, empowering the fiercely ambitious to achieve audacious goals. Athena offers a dynamic and supportive remote-first culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and collaboration. In addition to an inspiring and forward-thinking culture, all employees are offered competitive total reward packages, ensuring everyone is invested in our collective success.

Athena clients include high-impact leaders, founders, and executives. Collectively, these leaders have launched 100+ companies, raised billions in venture capital, brought companies public, served in the White House, invested in companies like Facebook/Uber/Airbnb, managed professional sports teams, held Governorships, and competed in Ironman races and the World Series of Poker. 

As part of the Athena team, you will have an exponential opportunity, empowering the fiercely ambitious to achieve the most audacious goals. As Chief of Staff, you'll accelerate the organization, its leader, and your life to the next level.

The Opportunity

As Chief of Staff, you will be a critical bridge between the leader and their organization, ensuring clear communication, strategic oversight, and operational excellence. This unique opportunity will significantly impact the organization’s growth trajectory as you collaborate closely with the leadership team to refine and execute the organization’s strategic priorities.

Additionally, you will manage both professional and personal aspects for the leader, seamlessly integrating work-life balance with strategic business management, empowering them to focus on high-level responsibilities.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Execution. Assist in crafting and implementing the organization’s strategic plan.
• Operational Efficiency. Analyze and optimize internal processes to enhance organizational efficiency, ensuring resources align with organizational goals. Develop new frameworks to streamline productivity and implement metrics and dashboards for continuous improvement.
• Leadership & Decision Support. Act as a trusted advisor to the leader, providing research, analysis, and recommendations on critical issues. Facilitate decision-making processes to achieve timely and effective outcomes.
• Stakeholder Relationship Management. Cultivate strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders in both the leader's personal and professional spheres. Ensure the leader's vision is effectively communicated across all levels of the organization and represent them in key meetings and engagements.
• Executive Communication. Prepare high-quality presentations, reports, and briefs for the leader. Develop materials for board meetings, investor relations, and external communications.
• Personal and Professional Nexus. Serve as the linchpin between the leader's personal and professional realms, managing diverse stakeholder interactions—from investors and board members to family and personal contacts—with tact, diplomacy, and discretion. Ensure seamless integration of the leader’s professional commitments with personal responsibilities, enhancing effectiveness across all aspects of their life.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree.
• Required: 5+ years of experience in a strategic role within a fast-paced, growth-oriented organization.
• Preferred: MBA or similar advanced degree.
• Preferred: Experience in consulting, investment banking, or a related field.
• Preferred: Experience in business travel, including pre-arrival and post-departure experience.

Competencies

• Strategic and analytical thinking.
• Proficiency in handling confidential information autonomously and discreetly.
• Displaying initiative and a strong sense of urgency.
• Personal and professional integrity.

Skills

• Organizational and project management skills, adept at prioritizing and executing complex initiatives.
• Leadership and high emotional intelligence, capable of global stakeholder relationship management.
• Team management proficiency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a strong ability to articulate complex ideas clearly.

Location & Time Zones

• All Chief of Staff positions are primarily remote.
• Required to primarily work during North American business hours.
• Occasional travel may be required.