Chief of Staff (m/f/d)

Good Hood GmbH

📍 Berlin

📋 Descripción

Deine AufgabenWe're looking for a results-driven Chief of Staff to build the operating backbone behind our leadership team. This role exists to support our COO and the wider C-level move faster: turning strategy into structured decisions, taking high-priority initiatives from idea to delivery, and making sure the way we work as a company actually keeps up with how we want to work. You'll sit at the intersection of strategy, organizational design, and daily execution, with real ownership over how well the company runs, reporting directly to the COO. Turning strategy into action <ul><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Help teams move and settle into our new team structure, support them in working together effectively, and shape how our enabling teams support other teams</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Own high-priority initiatives end-to-end, partnering directly with senior leadership and department heads from first concept to delivery</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Steer and track cross-departmental projects, keeping them accountable to their timelines</li></ul>Organizational design<ul><li style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Assess our organizational structure, spot capability gaps, and lead the work to close them</li><li style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Design and refine the internal processes, workflows, formats, and meeting rhythms that keep the company moving</li><li style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Prepare & steer internal leadership meetings, keep track of deliverables</li><li style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Support the build-out and optimization of processes, tools, and automation</li><li style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Improve cross-team collaboration and introduce new ways of working</li></ul>Daily operations & project management<ul><li style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Work closely with the C-level on delivering key priorities and operational topics in day-to-day business</li><li style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Take on high-visibility administrative and organizational special topics, stepping in with hands-on coordination when leadership needs it to unblock something important</li></ul>Executive communication<ul><li style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Prepare analyses, presentations, decision papers, and management reporting for leadership</li><li style="font-size:14px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Organize and follow up on management meetings, workshops, and steering sessions</li></ul> Dein Profil<ul><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Outstanding academic background, MBA preferred</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">2-5 years of experience ideally in consultancies, scale-ups, VCs, or PEs; previous experience as COO of a small start up, CoS or Head of Operations or Special Projects in a mid-sized start up beneficial</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Excellent project management skills, building slides (Google Slides) and spreadsheets for daily business use cases with an analytical, structured, and process-oriented approach</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Professional and clear communication in both written and verbal form</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Ability to thrive in ambiguous situations and be able to lead something with little input/context</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Strong analytical skills and a high affinity for data, business models, and operational metrics</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Structured, self-driven, and pragmatic way of working, with a steep learning curve and strong follow-through</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">A natural ability to build and maintain relationships and anticipate needs and challenges as well as thinking ahead</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Resilient, persistent, and proactive attitude as well as trustworthy with confidential information</li><li style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Business-level proficiency in both German and English is a must</li><l