Incandescent

Chief of Staff

New York, NY · Exec

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 107 days ago

Design SystemsBusiness DevelopmentIntellectual PropertyResearchCollaboration

About the role

We're looking for a Chief of Staff who will serve as the operational architect of our Systems Change platform.
Working alongside a close-knit, high-performing team, you'll have real ownership of our distinctive social impact practice during a moment of genuine momentum.
We're exceptionally focused on how work gets done, and are deeply committed to excellence in both results and in the thoughtfulness and intentionality we each bring to our daily work.

Build the business development engine.
Design and run the BD systems that fuel growth: outreach disciplines, pipeline tracking, relationship management, and the routines that turn networks into opportunities.
Create tools, materials, and processes that support BD across the team.
Contribute to client engagements alongside the advisory team by joining interviews, producing synthesis, developing materials, and supporting delivery.
This builds context across the platform's portfolio and sharpens your own strategic craft.
Architect AI-powered leverage. Build and manage AI-powered systems for meeting preparation, research synthesis, workflow automation, and more. Stay at the frontier of how AI can reshape platform operations and bring new tools and approaches to the team.
Own meeting cadences, agenda design, goal-tracking, quarterly synthesis, and the connective tissue that holds the work together.
Manage platform economics: utilization tracking, margin analysis, staffing decisions, and the financial picture that informs strategic tradeoffs.
Build and manage AI-powered systems for meeting preparation, research synthesis, workflow automation, and more.
You will partner directly with a senior firm leader, have unusual autonomy, and be exposed to sophisticated strategy, culture, and talent work across democracy, climate, and philanthropy.

You are entrepreneurial, with a builder's mindset.
You are deeply relational and people-oriented.
You are organized, disciplined, and detail-oriented.
You have strong follow-through.
You are a strong communicator.
You can synthesize complexity clearly and produce materials that are sharp and client-ready, in writing and in conversation.
You are comfortable with financial and quantitative work: reading P&Ls, modeling utilization, thinking about margins and pricing.
You are an eager and creative adopter of AI.
You don't need to be a technologist, but you are genuinely excited about how AI can reshape how small teams operate.
You are drawn to the "behind the scenes." You find satisfaction in enabling others to succeed and are comfortable with work that is more often felt than seen.

outreach disciplines, pipeline tracking, relationship management, and the routines that turn networks into opportunities.
Shape content and voice.

Salary for this position is commensurate with experience.
Total compensation (base salary + yearly bonus) typically ranges between $120,000 and $150,000 of which approximately 15% is variable compensation.
Drive execution against annual and quarterly goals.

strategy execution, business development, team cohesion, financial health, and the systems and routines that allow a small, ambitious team to punch well above its weight.
We are looking for someone who is energized by that, finds deep satisfaction in creating conditions for others to do their best work, and who brings an entrepreneurial mindset to everything they do.
Total compensation (base salary + yearly bonus) typically ranges between $120,000 and $150,000 of which approximately 15% is variable compensation.
Play a central role in building the teamwork of the platform by fostering collaboration, creating shared learning opportunities, and ensuring the team is intentional about talent development.

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