Chief of Staff

Centari

Chief of Staff partnering with the CEO for strategic planning and execution at Centari. Leading initiatives across departments in M&A, finance, and legal research.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with the CEO on strategy execution: translating priorities into action, owning the highest-impact initiatives end-to-end, and supporting senior hires through close.
Own financial planning: burn, runway scenarios, unit economics, and capital allocation.
Run the operating cadence (leadership meetings, OKR reviews, weekly all-hands) and the rhythms that hold each function accountable to a shared bar.
Build and own the company's KPI dashboard covering revenue, pipeline, product engagement, customer health, hiring, and runway. Use it to trigger accountability conversations across the team.
Partner with the CEO on fundraising activities: investor CRM, data room, diligence, scheduling, and follow-ups.
Own ongoing investor relations operations between rounds, including reporting cadence and board prep.
Drive cross-functional execution on initiatives without a clean owner. Design the cadence, hold the tracker, push function leaders.
Manage external resources and vendors (agencies, contractors, fractionals, tooling) with real procurement processes: negotiation, alternatives evaluated, contract terms reviewed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years in investment banking and/or private equity.
Demonstrated record of owning projects end-to-end in ambiguous environments. Specific examples of work you drove from initiation to measurable outcome, where the path wasn't clear at the start.
Strong financial fluency: comfortable building and stress-testing models, engaging substantively on burn, runway, unit economics, and capital allocation.
Strong written communication for executive-level audiences externally.
Prior operations and strategic finance experience at a Series A/B startup is a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth startup.
Comprehensive health benefits (Centari covering 100% of employee premiums).
Dental and Vision (Centari covering 75% of employee premiums).
401(k) match up to 4%.
In-office in NYC, with lunch covered.
Flexible PTO.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial planningcapital allocationKPI dashboardmodel buildingstress-testing modelsunit economicsproject managementdata analysisnegotiationcontract review

Soft Skills

strategic executioncommunicationcross-functional collaborationaccountabilityleadershipproblem-solvingadaptabilityinitiativerelationship managementorganizational skills