Paradox

Chief Of Staff – EdTech

Paradox

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

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About the role

  • Own the founder’s operating system: inbox, calendar, priorities, and follow-through
  • Manage personal admin (banking, leases, visas, real estate, payments)
  • Coordinate travel with built-in flexibility, and scheduling interviews for the podcast
  • Investing & Real estate management
  • Negotiate with banks, vendors and service providers, real estate and find leverage even when power is asymmetric
  • Build credible BATNAs (even when not obvious)
  • Benchmark pricing, terms, timelines, and market standards
  • Design pressure points: deadlines, penalties, escalation paths
  • Own complex projects end-to-end (business and personal)
  • Coordinate experts (legal, technical, financial) without becoming dependent on them
  • Maintain a clean decision record and commitment log
  • Own execution cadence (priorities, OKR, follow-through, and progress tracking)
  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable operating systems (processes, tools, automations, AI, knowledge base) and eliminate root causes
  • Source, screen, review and interview candidates
  • Find excellent service providers, suppliers, partners, and employees in the top 10%
  • Facilitate multi-country admin (France, Portugal, Spain, UAE)

Requirements

  • Strong analytical background required, demonstrated through either graduation from a top-tier business or engineering school or at least 2 years operating as the backbone of a successful startup founder, with direct exposure to decisions, trade-offs, and execution under pressure.
  • Driven & Problem Solver: this position requires a strong commitment, perseverance & a doer mentality
  • You love to execute
  • Don’t miss deadlines
  • Analytical Mind: you challenge your assumptions, able to quickly identify and formulate problems, and support your analysis with data
  • Thought through
  • Thrive in Chaos: you anticipate needs, and you don’t have to always be told what to do, must be flexible and able to quickly react to last-minute changes
  • A strong sense of service: you love to make life easier for others and you have a sense of service, you do whatever it takes to make things happen
  • AI & Digital savvy (We are quite obsessed with Notion, AI Automation, and new digital tools)
  • High level of attention to detail
  • Communication Skill
  • Fluent English.
Benefits
  • 5 paid days to contribute to our non-profit: The Paradox Foundation, dedicated to inspire and empower teenagers
  • Competitive Salary
  • Possibility to take 6 1:1 coaching - A Paradox Coach supporting you on anything personal or professional.
  • Work on Mac, for us it counts
  • Standing desks paid by the company if you live far from our offices.
  • 350€ per year paid by the company to take care of yourself (for your gym, or dance class or whatever makes you feel great)
  • 150€ of books or education - At Paradox, we are learner lovers and we want to support you in that
  • Flexible working hours
  • A remote culture from day one with the freedom to work from wherever you want
  • Annual team building / Team retreats to get together - you receive your plane ticket to join us by the pool and have a good time together, or brainstorm the next crazy challenge.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
analytical skillsproject managementnegotiationdata analysisproblem solvingprocess designexecution trackingcandidate screeningreal estate managementfinancial analysis
Soft skills
drivenperseveranceflexibilityattention to detailcommunicationservice-orientedadaptabilitycritical thinkingtime managementindependence