Chief of Staff to the CEO
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19 hours ago
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Job Summary
About Us
At Open Farm we are transforming the way people feed their pets with a focus on producing premium healthy food and treats all ethically sourced from farm-to-bowl. Headquarteredin Torontoand with teammembersacross the US Open Farm is one of the fastest growing CPG companies in North America. We believe that the best foods are made with consciously sourced top-quality ingredients from farmers and fisheries who believe in doinggood for all animals and the environment.
The Role: Were looking for a dynamic and hands-on Chief of Staff to the CEO to serve as a strategic partner and this high-impact role you will work closely with our CEO and other leaders across the business to shape priorities drive clarity and alignment and to accelerate execution across the organization.
As the Chief of Staff you will partner with the CEO & Co-founder and Senior Leadership to keep key initiatives on track decision-making informed and the business operating with focus and discipline. Your work will amplify the CEO & Co-founders leadership impact drive the business forward and foster collaboration across all levels of the organization. The ideal candidate is equal parts strategist and operator comfortable rolling up their sleeves to build dashboards and board decks one day and facilitating strategic decision-making executive alignment or leading cross-functional projects the next.
Primary Responsibilities
Strategic Partnership & Alignment
- Work directly with the CEO & Co-founder to shape and drive strategic priorities across the business.
- Partner with senior leaders to align initiatives with the companys vision and long-term goals.
- Anticipate risks and opportunities distilling complex inputs into clear recommendations for the CEO & Co-founder.
- Lead Open Farms operating cadence including biweekly leadership meetings annual strategic planning and executive leadership offsites.
- Serve as a confidential advisor and sounding board to the CEO & Co-founder providing candid perspective testing assumptions and supporting sound decision-making.
- Partner closely with Finance and functional leaders to ensure operational and financial plans are integrated achievable and transparent.
- Optimize the CEO & Co-founders time and focus by managing priorities protecting bandwidth and ensuring attention is directed to the highest-value opportunities.
Program & Initiative Support
- Lead special projects and CEO-sponsored initiatives ensuring they are well-structured executed and aligned with strategic priorities.
- Provide oversight and support for executive-level projects (e.g. board preparation investor decks CEO-driven initiatives or cross-functional priorities requiring CEO sponsorship).
- Track deliverables and outcomes to ensure initiatives are completed on time and with measurable results.
- Own investor reporting and board deck constructionsynthesizing company metrics narrative and visuals into clear concise materials.
- Build and maintain business dashboards and analytics for leadership decision-making.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational processes systems and data flows.
Communication & Influence
- Act as a liaison between the CEOs office leadership team employees and external stakeholders.
- Prepare for and help run key internal and external content including company all-hands strategy discussions investor conversations board meetings and public facing events such as user conferences.
- Draft and maintain briefing decks onboarding materials and tailored talking points for internal and external meetings ensuring the CEO is equipped with clear compelling narratives.
- Reinforce company values and drive organizational effectiveness by fostering alignment transparency and accountability across the leadership team.
- Ensure consistent messaging and clarity in cascading strategic priorities.
- Enhance organizational alignment by ensuring clear communication of goals priorities and progress across all levels.
- Prioritize triage and follow up on the CEOs communications ensuring timely responses and alignment with critical priorities
Required Experience
- 7 years of experience in strategy consulting investment banking private equity and/or high growth operating roles with exposure to consumer/retail a bonus
- Deep strategic financial and operational acumen; proven ability to connect strategic priorities to business and financial outcomes
- Proven track record of managing complex cross-functional initiatives
- Strong analytical and strategic problem-solving skills;with a strong ability to synthesize complex issues into actionable recommendations
- Exceptional communication and storytelling abilityparticularly in translating complex data into compelling narratives.
- Highly organized and process-driven
- Comfortable with ambiguity with a bias toward action.
- Able to work in-office in Toronto 4 days per week.
Our Values
We Raise the Bar We Open the Barn Doors We Graze Lightly We Are Customer Obsessed We Are One Team Win-Win Partnerships
To learn more about Open Farm follow us onInstagramandLinkedIn.
Open Farm values diversity in its workforce and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. Applicants requiring a disability-related accommodation at any stage of Open Farmsrecruitment process should contact As required by legislation Open Farm will consult with applications requesting such an accommodation to ensure that Open Farms recruitment processtakes into accounttheir accessibility needs.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Compliance Management
- Customer Retention
- Quality Assurance
- Customer Service
- Extensive Knowledge
- Account Management
- Front Office
- Telephone Calls
- Needs Analysis
- Cold calls
- Business Relationships
- Customer Complaints
- Sales Goals
- Sales Process
- New Clients
