Chief of Staff
The Brydon Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Washington • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Collaborate with the CEO to execute and advance the company's strategic vision, ensuring alignment across departments and functions.
- Translate the vision into actionable plans, initiatives, and metrics, and communicate that vision to the company and externally as needed.
- Lead the annual strategic planning process along with the CEO and members of the management team.
- Drive operational efficiency in line with strategic value creation initiatives and growth goals by identifying areas for improvement, implementing best practices, and optimizing processes to enhance productivity and profitability.
- Partner with business unit leaders to develop and execute a comprehensive technology and automation enablement agenda across the core client services business.
- Serve as a liaison between the CEO and the leadership team, fostering effective communication and alignment of goals and initiatives.
- Own the facilitation and execution of leadership team meetings and monthly business reviews, setting agendas, tracking action items, and ensuring accountability across the organization.
- Work closely with the entire leadership team to ensure alignment and drive key initiatives.
- Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track progress against strategic objectives, identify trends and opportunities across sales, marketing and financial performance and provide insights to the CEO and leadership team.
- Lead the planning and execution of M&A activities, including due diligence, integration planning, and execution in collaboration with the Brydon investment team.
- Work with legal, financial, and operational teams to ensure successful M&A transactions and subsequent integrations.
- Develop and implement strategies to maximize the value of acquisitions.
- Provide insights and recommendations based on financial data to support strategic decision-making.
- Provide direct support to the CEO, including preparing for and running key team and cross-functional meetings such as leadership meetings, monthly business reviews, board meetings, and occasional off-sites/on-sites.
- Prepare compelling presentations and memos, ensuring clear and effective communication across all levels of the company.
Requirements
- 3+ years of work experience in consulting and/or a PE or VC-backed high growth business
- Experience with technology implementation, process automation, or service operations improvement initiatives strongly preferred
- Experience integrating acquisitions or managing post-merger integration (PMI) activities strongly preferred
- Proven ability to adapt to various levels of responsibilities with ability to quickly pivot from executive leadership to tactical partnership and support of different business functions / front line staff
- Strong management skills with the ability to lead multiple high-priority projects simultaneously across different vertical teams (e.g. experience in consulting or investment banking)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of the organization
- High level of analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of translating strategic conversations into actionable plans
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and adapt to evolving priorities
- Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field; MBA preferred but not required.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401K
- Paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
technology implementationprocess automationservice operations improvementpost-merger integrationstrategic planningkey performance indicatorsfinancial analysisM&A activitiesdata analysisproject management
Soft skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillsleadership skillsanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsrelationship buildingadaptabilityorganizational skillsinfluencetactical partnership
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMBA