Chief of Staff

Our client seeks a dynamic and experienced Chief of Staff to the CEO. In this role you will be a critical thought partner and strategic extension of our client's Founder and Chief Executive Officer. This role offers a rare opportunity to operate at the nexus of innovation, execution, and leadership in a pioneering genomics technology company. You will help shape the trajectory of the business by enabling the CEO and executive team to operate with maximum focus, clarity, and velocity.

This is not a traditional administrative role—it is a strategic position of trust and influence. You will oversee key initiatives, drive operational efficiency, manage internal communications, and act as a catalyst for execution across the organization. You’ll serve as a behind-the-scenes force-multiplier and public-facing proxy as needed, translating strategy into action and ensuring organizational alignment around our client's most important goals.

As a rapidly growing, innovation-driven company, our client offers the chance to make an outsized impact in transforming genomic analysis through their proprietary platform. This role is ideal for a high-performing generalist with exceptional business judgment, executive presence, and a strong operational mindset—someone who thrives in high-stakes environments and is deeply motivated by our mission to map genomes faster, more accurately, and more affordably than ever before.

Essential Functions

Strategic Partner to the CEO

• Act as a trusted advisor, sounding board, and right hand to the CEO.
• Support development and execution of strategic plans, board materials, investor communications, and internal initiatives.
• Track, distill, and synthesize strategic discussions into actionable next steps and drive their execution across the organization.

Executive Team Enablement

• Prepare the CEO and executive team for meetings, presentations, and public appearances by providing briefings, pre-reads, and strategic context.
• Coordinate and facilitate leadership meetings, ensuring clear agendas, action items, and timely follow-through.
• Identify and address bottlenecks in communication and decision-making across leadership.

Cross-Functional Initiative Management

• Lead high-priority, often confidential, cross-functional projects on behalf of the CEO.
• Serve as a connective tissue across departments, aligning key stakeholders and ensuring seamless execution of business-critical initiatives.
• Surface risks, identify opportunities, and ensure organizational accountability.

Internal Communications & Organizational Alignment

• Support or lead development of internal communications and messaging from the CEO to the broader organization
• Ensure clear alignment between the executive team and broader staff on company priorities, milestones, and cultural initiatives.
• Assist in change management and internal rollout of key initiatives.

Board & Investor Engagement

• Support CEO in preparation for Board of Directors meetings, investor presentations, and strategic external communications.
• Draft or review board decks, earnings call scripts, and other key materials with an eye for strategic clarity and impact.

Operational Efficiency

• Proactively identify areas where the CEO’s time and attention should be reallocated for higher leverage.
• Streamline or own business processes, meeting cadences, OKRs, and planning cycles to increase organizational effectiveness.
• Own or influence special projects and operations that sit outside of standard functional ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (PhD or Master’s Degree) strongly preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in strategy, consulting, business operations, venture capital/private equity, or high-growth startups.
• Experience in genomics, life sciences, diagnostics, or technology-driven healthcare organizations is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to work directly with C-suite executives in a high-growth, innovation-focused environment.
• Strong strategic and operational acumen; able to connect big-picture thinking with pragmatic execution.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; able to influence without authority and build trust quickly across all…