Chief of Staff
Hi, we're Brigit! A holistic financial health company helping every American build a brighter financial future. With a business model that is aligned with our customers, we create transparent, fair, and simple financial products that put money back in the hands of our members, help them spend wisely, avoid unfair fees and build their credit quickly. We're backed by leading VC's including Lightspeed Venture Partners and DCM, a number of the world's most influential social impact investors like Flourish and Sound, and several mission driven celebrity investors like Kevin Durant and Will Smith! If autonomy, ownership, and having meaningful input at the company you work for is important to you, come join our growing team!
We're looking for a mission-driven Chief of Staff to help lead Brigit through its next growth phase. Reporting to the CEO, you'll play a critical role in helping to drive the decision making process across our business and help us scale through our next stage of hyper-growth.
What You'll Be Doing:
The role primarily includes analysis and research to help drive prioritization of initiatives, lead strategic plans and work with the CEO to define objectives across the organization. This role is a thought partner to the CEO, playing a key role in how we make critical decisions as well as executing on projects on behalf of leadership.
In this role you will also have the opportunity to interface with investors and partners as well as stand in for our CEO during meetings and speak on their behalf. The Chief of Staff will leave an indelible mark on the company and its operating culture, helping set the standard for strategy formation and organization as we grow. You will be an extension of the executive team, specializing in planning and execution. You’ll have an up-to-the-minute pulse on each function of the business, able to recall specific details at a moment's notice in order to keep the team aligned on our quarterly objectives and key results.
Your comprehensive knowledge of the business and its people will transform you into a trusted internal expert, able to guide and assist any member of the team. We are looking for motivated and independent thinkers who excel in fast-paced environments. We value tenacious curiosity and the drive to set and execute on ambitious business goals.
- Act as a swiss army knife, helping the CEO execute the company’s priorities on a given day or week while working on medium term special projects and initiatives
- Serve as a thought partner to leadership, standing in during meetings and speaking on their behalf when necessary
- Support the CEO in communicating overall business strategy and goals to each function, while helping set these goals at the beginning of every quarter
- Help the entire company work together more effectively through better process and documentation
- Organize and coordinate cross-functional team projects, helping prioritize resources and bandwidth constantly
- Identify and resolve issues on behalf of the executive team, maintaining a pulse on each business unit and ensuring teams are constantly aligned on priorities
- Communicating with investors while helping to prepare board decks, investment decks, executive presentations and other high-value collateral
- Collaborate with the CEO and leadership team on strategic priorities i.e. budgets, company OKR creation and alignment, and additional one-off strategic/operational projects
- Ensure team priorities are linked to planning and execution; provide frequent visibility to the CEO and leadership team regarding progress toward OKRs
Who You Are:
- You are organized and systematic in your approach to managing multiple deliverables, and relentless in getting over the finish line
- You bring a broad mix of generalist ‘hard’ skills (e.g., financial modeling & analysis, story boarding & presentation building) and soft skills (e.g., EQ, first principles thinking, composure) to all interactions
- You are a clear and articulate communicator and able to process and distill information; your oral and written communication is concise and structured
- You are comfortable with change and ambiguity and thrive in a dynamic environment
- You are a critical thinker, who invests the time to understand the full complexity of a problem and adopt a structured approach in how you tackle it
- You enjoy working on multiple projects at once and are comfortable being put in new situations
- You love being challenged and learning beyond your job “title”
- You are a self-starter who thrives in fast paced, hyper growth environments
Your Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, MBA is an asset
- 7+ years experience across startups, quantitative analysis, investment banking, financial services, consulting, or other quant/data-driven related fields
- Proficient with financial modelling and data analysis
- Experience in a fast paced environment
Our Benefits & Team
-Help hard working Americans build a brighter financial future
-A chance to join a high-growth company at an early stage
-Competitive salary and benefits and equity participation
-A dynamic, flexible and collaborative start-up work environment with a highly talented team
-Flexible PTO
-401k Plan
-Paid Parental Leave [Primary and Secondary]
-Monthly reimbursements to use against wifi and cell phone bills
At Brigit, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.