People Operations ( Chief Of Staff)

People Operations & Executive Assistant (Growth Track to Chief of Staff)

Location: Remote (Eastern Europe)
Compensation: $2500 $3500 USD/month(The final offer is at the clients discretion and depends on the candidates interview result skills and experience.)
Type: Full-time (overlap with U.S. MST timezone)
Reports to: CEO / Founder

About the Role

Were looking for a high-ownership operator who can sit at the intersection of people priorities and pace. This role blends three critical functions:

• People Operations: establish and run clean scalable people systems.
  
• Executive Assistance: unblock the CEO by owning schedules comms and follow-through.
  
• Growth/Operations Support: drive special projects that move the business forward.
  

This is not a traditional EA role and not a narrow HR role. Its an operator seat for someone who wants to grow into a Chief of Staff position over the next 1224 months.

Youll work directly with leadership gain high context fast and become a core execution partner across the company.

What Youll Own

1) People Operations (Core)
Youll build and run People Ops systems that are lightweight but solid as we scale.

Responsibilities include:

• Own hiring logistics end-to-end: posting screening coordination interview flow candidate experience.
  
• Maintain and improve onboarding/offboarding (checklists accounts IT handoff welcome flow).
  
• Keep employee records contracts and policy documentation accurate and compliant.
  
• Support performance cycles: pulse checks reviews scheduling feedback processes.
  
• Create consistent rituals: team updates all-hands support culture moments.
  
• Be the first point of contact for people-related questions.
  

What success looks like: Hiring and onboarding feel seamless; team members get fast answers; people processes are documented simple and respected.

2) Executive Assistant to CEO (Core)
You will protect the CEOs time and attention and make sure priorities land.

Responsibilities include:

• Own the CEOs calendar: scheduling rescheduling prioritising time-blocking.
  
• Draft or polish internal/external emails and messages on behalf of the CEO.
  
• Keep the CEO prepared for meetings: agendas context docs pre-reads reminders.
  
• Track action items from leadership meetings and follow through to closure.
  
• Manage travel planning and logistics as needed.
  
• Serve as a trusted gatekeeper and second brain.
  

What success looks like: CEOs schedule is under control decisions are well-informed and follow-ups dont drop.

3) Growth & Business Operations Support (Stretch Development)
Youll help leadership execute cross-functional priorities and growth projects.

Responsibilities include:

• Drive special projects (e.g. launching a process improving a funnel organizing a partnership pipeline).
  
• Maintain simple dashboards / trackers for key business priorities.
  
• Coordinate across teams to unblock bottlenecks.
  
• Take rough ideas from the CEO and turn them into scoped executed plans.
  
• Spot gaps before they become fires.
  

What success looks like: Projects move faster because youre there; ambiguity turns into structured execution.

Why This Role Might Be Perfect for You

You might be a fit if you:

• Love systems people momentum equally.
  
• Are usually the person who just makes things happen.
  
• Want proximity to leadership and a career path into Chief of Staff / Ops leadership.
  
• Thrive in ambiguity and can translate chaos into operations.
  
• Get energy from helping teams work better together.
  

Growth Path to Chief of Staff

This role is designed to evolve. As you gain context and trust you will take on more of:

• Strategic planning support
  
• OKR / priority management
  
• Cross-team execution
  
• Internal comms and alignment
  
• Operating cadence ownership
  

Your 1224 month trajectory:
People Ops EA Strategic ops partner Chief of Staff.

About the Candidate

Were looking for someone who:

• Has 37 years experience in a hybrid People Ops / EA / Ops role (startup experience a big plus).
  
• Strong operational instincts: notices whats missing and fixes it without being asked.
  
• Excellent written communication and judgment.
  
• Obsessed with organization and high attention to detail.
  
• Comfortable working directly with executives; high discretion and trustworthiness.
  
• Remote-ready: proactive responsive and great at async updates.
  

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience building early-stage people systems (hiring onboarding policies).
  
• Familiarity with tools like Notion Google Workspace Slack ATS systems basic spreadsheets.
  
• Experience owning cross-functional projects.
  
• Interest in startup growth or business ops.
  

Hard Skills

• People operations: onboarding hiring employee lifecycle management
  
• Executive assistance: calendar comms meeting prep action tracking
  
• Growth/project support: dashboards cross-team coordination execution
  

Soft Skills

• Ownership and initiative
  
• Excellent communication & judgment
  
• Organization and attention to detail
  
• Calm under pressure and prioritization skills
  
• Bias toward simple scalable systems
  

Salary Recommendation Rationale

• Range: $2500 $3500 USD/month
  
• Reflects the high responsibility of the role which combines People Ops Executive Assistance and Growth/Operations support with direct exposure to leadership.
  
• Competitive for remote talent in Eastern Europe or South Africa with 37 years of experience in hybrid People Ops / EA / Ops roles especially with startup experience.
  
• Aligns with market rates for candidates who can operate independently manage cross-functional initiatives and scale operational systems.
  
• Balances attracting top-tier candidates while respecting budget for a high-impact growth-oriented hire.

Required Experience:

Senior IC