Chief of Staff

Teaching kids to think critically and communicate effectively has never been more important, and NoRedInk helps students become better writers in more than 60% of U.S. school districts.

We're looking for a VP-level Chief of Staff to serve as a force multiplier for NoRedInk’s executive leadership team. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will drive the successful execution of critical cross-functional programs and projects through your impeccable attention to detail and consistent follow-through. You’ll enhance organizational efficiency and decision-making by ensuring the right processes and data are in place to inform key decisions for the executive leadership team.

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Key Responsibilities

Company Operating Calendar

Build and maintain the schedule of board meetings, internal company events and communications, and external company events, such as conferences.

Board Meeting Preparation

Facilitate the Board Meeting preparation process.

Foster alignment on priorities as they pertain to the business strategy.

Collaborate closely with executive leaders to facilitate the completion of pre-work tasks, enabling readiness for focused discussions during the meeting.

Create reports and decks for internal meetings and board meetings that balance data visualization with storytelling.

Strategic Planning Preparation

• Ensure highly productive quarterly strategic planning sessions by aligning priorities as they relate to the overall business strategy, partnering with our facilitator to design the meeting agenda, and preparing all relevant materials in advance of the session—partnering with executive leaders, as needed, to ensure pre-work is completed.
• Support the executive leadership team in operationalizing key initiatives and staying aligned with the strategic vision.
• Leadership Team Meeting Effectiveness
• Support clear accountability during weekly executive team meetings by capturing accurate meeting minutes and ensuring clarity of the next steps.
• Special Projects Management
• Drive pivotal cross-functional initiatives by spearheading collaborative efforts, ensuring alignment across departments, and orchestrating the seamless execution of strategic projects to achieve organizational goals and enhance operational efficiency. This will be accomplished through owning initiatives directly and enabling other executive leadership team members to achieve their initiatives.
  
About You


• Professional Background: At least 5 years in management consulting or corporate strategy. Ideally, with experience working at tech companies.
• High Self-Efficacy: Driven, self-motivated, and gritty. Doesn’t easily lose confidence when answering questions or receiving constructive feedback.
• Exceptional attention to detail: Approaches all tasks meticulously and consistently delivers with high quality and precision. Nothing falls through the cracks.
• Project Management: Demonstrated experience executing large-scale, cross-functional projects and initiatives. Proven Track Record: Significant experience and high confidence in engaging with executive leaders.
• Collaborative Vision: Adept at synergizing insights and objectives across multiple teams.
• Entrepreneurial Drive: Naturally self-motivated with an innate ability to navigate challenges, operate independently, and meet ambitious targets within tight timelines.
• Analytical Acumen: Data-centric with mastery in Excel and the ability to articulate data insights.
• Strategic Leadership: Solid experience in business strategy, operations, and championing transformative changes. Proven prowess in steering high-level cross-functional planning and effective execution.
  
  
What NoRedInk Offers


• A competitive salary and equity package in a well-funded startup with a strong product-market fit
• Excellent health, vision, and dental benefits (U.S. Only)
• 100% remote work environment
• Flexible PTO and paid parental leave
• 401(k) (U.S. Only)
• LinkedIn Learning subscription with unlimited access to thousands of expert-led online courses
• Team retreats and events to connect with fun, talented coworkers
• The ability to help millions of students and teachers and address a critical societal need
  
  
About NoRedInk

NoRedInk helps students in over 60% of US school districts become better writers. Our deeply engaging, adaptive curriculum personalizes exercises to kids' interests, guides them through the writing process with instructional support, and boosts their skills through targeted practice. Students have completed over 10 billion exercises on our site, and our mission is to help all students harness the power of the written word.

Check out our press page, including our 2-minute pitch on NBC and articles in The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Forbes.

NoRedInk believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates are critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. At NoRedInk, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Compensation at NoRedInk is robust and includes a full range of benefits, unlimited PTO, monthly co-working stipends, an initial home-office set-up stipend, and generous equity. Our salary ranges are based on factors such as expectations as laid out in the job description, location-specific market data, internal parity, and the experience and skills of individual candidates. Therefore, the on-target compensation range (OTE), inclusive of base and bonus, is $175,000 - 225,000, accounting for various locations and skills/expertise. Please know that if you are invited to speak with a recruiter at NoRedInk, they will have an open discussion about compensation during your first call to ensure alignment.


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