Chief of Staff

Madison, OH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 8 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Summary

Realta Fusion is seeking a Chief of Staff to serve as the CEOs trusted right hand focused on driving internal alignment execution and operational excellence across the organization. This highly visible role partners closely with the CEO to translate strategy into action improve internal processes and ensure the company operates effectively as it scales.

The Chief of Staff will work across engineering operations and leadership teams to keep priorities moving forward identify and resolve issues and enable the CEO to focus on the most critical external and strategic responsibilities.

Company Overview

Realta Fusion is a rapidly growing start-up developing compact magnetic mirror fusion energy systems to address the biggest challenge of our time tackling global climate change while ensuring a sufficient energy supply for at least ten billion people on (and off) earth. We are building a team with diverse talents dedicated to making fusion energy a real solution to humanitys most pressing problem.

Key Responsibilities

CEO Support & Strategic Execution

Act as a thought partner to the CEO helping prioritize initiatives track progress and follow through on key decisions.
Translate company strategy and leadership direction into clear plans milestones and internal communications.
Prepare materials for leadership meetings board meetings and strategic reviews.
Serve as a proxy for the CEO in internal meetings when appropriate.

Operational Alignment & Process Improvement

Drive cross-functional coordination to ensure teams are aligned on goals timelines and dependencies.
Identify operational gaps inefficiencies or risks and lead efforts to address them.
Help establish and maintain scalable internal processes operating rhythms and execution frameworks.
Support the development and tracking of company-wide objectives and key results (OKRs) or similar goal-setting systems.

Internal Communication & Information Flow

Ensure clear consistent internal communication across leadership and teams.
Synthesize information from across the organization to surface risks decisions and priorities to the CEO.
Help manage sensitive or complex internal matters with discretion and professionalism.

Special Projects & Problem Solving

Lead or support high-priority cross-functional initiatives on behalf of the CEO.
Conduct analysis synthesize information and provide recommendations on internal challenges.
Step in where needed to unblock teams and maintain momentum on critical initiatives.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelors degree in engineering business operations or a related field.
8 years of experience in operations management consulting strategy project management or a similar role.
Demonstrated ability to work closely with senior leadership and manage complex cross-functional initiatives.
Exceptional organizational communication and problem-solving skills.
High level of judgment discretion and trustworthiness.

Preferred

Experience in a startup or high-growth environment.
Background in deep tech energy or science-driven organizations.
MBA or advanced degree.
Experience supporting a CEO or executive team directly.

Additional Information

Highly adaptable proactive and resourceful.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence without authority.
Detail-oriented while maintaining a strategic big-picture perspective.
Calm under pressure and motivated by mission-driven work.

Compensation & Benefits

What we are working on is hard and hugely important. Realta Fusion is assembling a talented team bound together by a passion to solve humanitys biggest challenge with first-of-a-kind technology. Additionally Realta offers:

Competitive compensation package including equity stock options
Comprehensive benefits including health dental and vision insurance plus a 401(k)
Flexible paid time off (PTO) to support work-life balance
Work and live in Madison Wisconsin one of Americas most livable and vibrant cities

We value diversity as a critical factor in innovation and believe a diverse team is necessary to solve the toughest problems. We aim to create an inclusive environment that unleashes the full creativity of our team members from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on merit and without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other protected status under applicable laws.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Position SummaryRealta Fusion is seeking a Chief of Staff to serve as the CEOs trusted right hand focused on driving internal alignment execution and operational excellence across the organization. This highly visible role partners closely with the CEO to translate strategy into action improve inter...