We are very specifically looking for a candidate who has spent 4-5 years in a strategy consulting firm, and is looking to take their toolkit and experience into a PE backed portfolio company.

About the Company

Our client is a fast growing PE backed marketing and fundraising agency serving mission-driven organizations across North America. We partner with leading nonprofits to drive sustainable revenue growth, deepen donor engagement, and build modern, resilient organizations. Our model brings together strategy, data, creative, media, and technology to help clients move beyond campaign-based thinking toward always-on, system-driven growth.

We are entering our next phase of evolution — transforming how we operate, how we go to market, and how we deliver for clients. This includes investing in talent, modernizing our commercial engine, embedding AI-enabled capabilities, and building a more disciplined, execution-focused operating model.

About the Role

To support this next chapter, we are hiring a Chief of Staff to the CEO. This is a high-impact, highly operational role. The Chief of Staff will act as a true extension of the CEO — driving strategic initiatives, establishing operating discipline, and ensuring execution happens at pace across the organization.

Responsibilities

Drive Strategic Initiatives: Own and drive execution of highest-priority growth initiatives across the business.
Stay Three Steps Ahead: Operate as a forward-looking partner to the CEO — anticipating needs, identifying gaps, and ensuring the organization is prepared for what’s coming next.
Build the Operational Rhythm: Design and implement the operating backbone of the company, including ways of working, KPI frameworks, dashboards, and execution cadences that drive accountability and results.

Qualifications

A. Strategic Initiative Leadership

Work alongside CEO and senior leaders to support in driving execution across 5 core priorities:

Talent Transformation

Redesign and support the rollout of talent management and performance frameworks
Build and scale a new recruiting capability
Develop an approach to learning and development capabilities
Shape and implement a differentiated onboarding experience
Ensure goals are clearly defined and cascaded across the organization

Marketing as a Demand Engine

Shift marketing from a top-of-funnel support function to a demand generation engine
Develop and rollout an approach to account-based marketing
Build structured lead generation capabilities across channels
Standup a content creation factory to be used when targeting prospects
Partner closely with sales to drive pipeline creation and conversion

Value Proposition and Go-to-Market Enablement

Refresh and sharpen the value proposition across Marketing within different brands
Arm sales and client account teams with clarity on capabilities and offerings
Create practical sales enablement tools and sales assets
Enable teams to consistently and effectively communicate our value

AI and Agentic Capability Build

Drive adoption of AI to improve internal efficiency and service delivery
Shape AI-enabled client offerings across strategy, piloting, and implementation
Build capability to serve as an AI advisory partner to clients

Client Delivery and Experience Transformation

Support the transformation of delivery capabilities to improve quality and speed
Evolve delivery to feel more like a high-touch, boutique experience at scale
Transform client service from reactive to proactive through new ways of working
Support in shaping initiatives to drive improvement in client retention and satisfaction

Required Skills

Establish and run the company’s operating cadence
Build KPI frameworks and dashboards that provide clear visibility into performance
Drive accountability across the leadership team for strategic priorities
Ensure initiatives move from idea to plan to execution to measurable outcomes

Preferred Skills

4-5 years in a strategy consulting firm OR similar in a PE backed portfolio company
Act as an extension of the CEO in key meetings, initiatives, and follow-ups
Prepare materials, synthesize insights, translate decisions into action
Proactively identify risks and opportunities
Improve leadership team effectiveness through structure, clarity, and follow-through

Pay range and compensation package

We are looking for a high-agency, high-capability operator who thrives in fast-paced, transformation environments.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.

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