Chief of Staff to CEO

Note: This is a hybrid role located in the San Francisco, CA (Bay Area) and requires you to be onsite at least 3x a week. *Relocation Eligible 

Role Scope:

The Chief of Staff (CoS) is a strategic partner to the CEO and senior leadership team, responsible for driving cross-functional initiatives, improving organizational efficiency, and ensuring alignment across departments. In this fast-paced, high-growth environment, the CoS will wear multiple hats — from strategic planner to operational executor — and play a pivotal role in scaling the company. This individual will play a critical role in driving forward top company priorities, owning the company planning process, supporting investor and board engagement, and ensuring the organization operates with focus and clarity. This is a unique opportunity for someone with 5–7 years of experience to step into a high-impact role at the center of a growing, mission-driven company.

Core Responsibilities & Expectations:

Strategic and Enterprise Business Operations:

• Lead annual and quarterly planning processes across the organization.

• Partner with functional leaders to define goals, surface resource needs, and track performance.

• Identify and implement scalable enterprise processes to drive efficiency.

• Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting frameworks and dashboards to support data-driven decision-making and alignment with strategic goals.

• Scope new initiatives, build the supporting process framework, and prioritize accordingly.

• Identify and implement process improvements that increase operational efficiency and scale.

CEO & Leadership Team Support:

• Act as a trusted thought partner to the CEO and executive team.

• Facilitate leadership meetings, drive agendas, capture outcomes, and ensure timely execution of follow-ups.

• Serve as a liaison between the CEO and other internal/external stakeholders to ensure smooth communication and alignment.

• Prepare high-quality internal and external communications on behalf of the CEO.

• Serve as a connective tissue between teams to eliminate silos, remove roadblocks, and accelerate decision-making.

• Lead thought leadership on prevalent healthcare topics

• Develop industry relationships with peers and healthcare associations as the face of Habitat Health

Investor Relations & Board Management:

• Own the end-to-end process for board meetings, including agenda development, content creation, coordination with leadership, and follow-up actions.

• Support the CEO and leadership in preparation for investor updates and fundraising materials.

• Ensure timely, clear, and accurate communication of company performance and milestones to investors and board members.

Internal Communications & Culture:

• Ensure alignment and effective communication across departments.

• Partner with People and Ops teams to strengthen company culture and promote organizational health.

Experience that drives success in this role:

• 5–7+ years of experience in management consulting, strategic operations, business operations, preferably within early-stage, high-growth healthcare startups.

• Proven experience with company planning, OKRs/KPIs, and/or operational reporting.

• Deep understanding of the healthcare industry, including common regulatory environments and operational complexity.

• Strong writing and communication skills; able to synthesize complex topics into concise materials for executive and external audiences.

• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects at once.

• Able to influence across all levels of the organization and build strong relationships.

• Ability to navigate complex corporate structures and align competing priorities.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior leadership.

• Data-driven mindset with strong analytical skills to track performance metrics and drive improvements.

• Comfortable with ambiguity and change often experienced in a startup environment.

Nice to have experience:

• Experience at early-stage healthcare startups.

• Experience supporting board-level or investor-facing communications.
• MBA or other advanced degree is a plus but not required.

Compensation: 

We consider an individual’s qualifications, skillset, and experience in determining a final rate of pay. The expected annual salary range for this role is$144,000 - $199,000and is a bonus-eligible position. The actual offer will be at the company’s sole discretion and determined by relevant business considerations, including the final candidate’s qualifications, years of experience, skillset, and geographic location.

Vaccination Policy, including COVID-19

At Habitat Health, we aim to provide safe and high-quality care to our participants. To achieve this, please note that we have vaccination policies to keep both our team members and participants safe. For covid and flu, we require either proof of vaccination or declination form and required masking while in participant locations as a safe as an essential requirement of this role.  Requests for reasonable accommodations due to an applicant’s disability or sincerely held religious beliefs will be considered and may be granted based upon review. We also require that team members adhere to all infection control, PPE standards and vaccination requirements related to specific roles and locations as a condition of employment.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

Habitat Health is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Habitat Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), or other status protected by applicable law.

Habitat Health is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Habitat Health will take steps to provide people with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs with reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.  Accordingly, if you require a reasonable accommodation to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at [email protected].

Beware of Scams and Fraud

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