Chief of Staff

Coreshells metallurgical Silicon anode technology delivers high capacity fast-charging and superior safety. Our low-cost Silicon-dominant batteries have higher energy density superior intrinsic thermal safety and significantly lower cost/kWh compared to current LIBs. Coreshells Si anode material is lower than the cost of graphite and utilizes the largest abundant critical mineral supply in the US and Europe. We strive to transform the global energy and transportation market by enabling cost effective and secure domestic battery supply.

Position: The Chief of Staff will serve as a strategic thought partner operator and extension of the CEO helping translate company priorities into action driving cross-functional initiatives improving information flow and decision-making and stepping into high-priority projects that do not fit neatly within a single function. This position will work directly with Coreshells CEO to build and operate an effective Office of the CEO and dramatically increase the CEOs and leadership teams ability to execute.

The ideal candidate combines strong strategic judgment with exceptional execution. You should be equally comfortable developing a recommendation for the CEO building a financial or strategic analysis running an executive meeting coordinating multiple functional leaders preparing a Board presentation and personally driving an ambiguous project to completion.

Core Responsibilities:

• Increase the CEOs effectiveness by helping determine where CEO attention is most valuable and ensuring important issues are surfaced prepared decided and followed through.
• Maintain a clear view of the CEOs and companys highest-priority initiatives identify conflicts or execution gaps and help keep leadership focused on what matters most.
• Represent the CEO in selected internal and external discussions advance work on the CEOs behalf and serve as a trusted extension of the CEO when appropriate.
• Lead high-priority strategic initiatives on behalf of the CEO particularly projects that span multiple functions or lack a natural organizational owner. Work across departments to resolve bottlenecks and accelerate company priorities.
• Support development and execution of company strategy including commercialization strategic partnerships manufacturing scale-up capital strategy new market opportunities and organizational growth.
• Partner with the CEO and executive team to develop Board meeting materials strategic updates operating reviews and follow-up actions.
• Help translate complex technical commercial and strategic topics into clear narratives for investors customers partners government stakeholders and employees.
• Support fundraising investor updates diligence strategic investor discussions and other capital-related initiatives.

Core Objectives:

• Leadership Team Cadence: Help design and run Coreshells executive operating rhythm including leadership meetings company priority reviews quarterly planning and strategic planning processes.
• Execution & Accountability: Establish simple mechanisms for tracking major company commitments decisions milestones and ownership without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Cross-Functional Visibility: Create an accurate real-time view of the most important initiatives across the company and proactively identify risks dependencies or decisions requiring executive attention.
• Decision Follow-Through: Maintain accountability for major executive decisions and ensure commitments do not get lost between functions or meetings.
• Information Flow: Improve how information moves between the CEO executive leadership team Board and broader organization so leaders have the context required to make effective decisions.

Example Day to Day Objectives:

• Oversee strategic business initiatives from development through successful execution under the guidance of the CEO senior leadership and department heads.
• Improve current processes and optimize organizational procedures for efficiency and productivity.
• Support with the CEO and executive staff in maintaining a detailed financial and operating plan.
• Support the CEO and other executives in facilitating strategic commercial and product development including market analysis competitive analysis and forward thinking strategy.
• Develop and build on relationships with all employees for increased efficiency and responsiveness of existing operations and help define new operational strategies by working with CEO and other executives on special projects.
• Serve as liaison with staff executives senior leaders and CEO regarding company climate employee well-being project updates proposals and planning.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert handling inquiries developing action plans and assisting with preparation and dissemination of communications.

Required skills and qualifications

• 7 years of professional experience with increasing responsibility in roles such as startup operations business operations strategy management consulting investing investment banking corporate development program leadership or similar environments.
• Bachelors degree in a technical field (Sciences/Engineering) Business Administration or other related fields required; MBA or other relevant advanced degree is a plus but not required.
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with CEOs founders senior executives or executive leadership teams on high-priority strategic and operational issues.
• Track record of independently leading complex cross-functional projects from ambiguous starting points through successful execution.
• Strong financial and business acumen and comfort working with financial models operating metrics strategic analyses and presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously in a fast-moving environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to distill complex topics into concise executive-level materials.

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Experience at a rapidly growing startup or growth-stage technology company; experience in battery EV or other related industries (energy climate technology advanced manufacturing automotive defense hardware or another technically complex industry) preferred.
• Experience supporting fundraising Board processes major strategic partnerships or corporate strategy.
• Experience in financial and budget management project coordination.

Benefits & Location

San Leandro CA. Full-time onsite. Salary range of $150000-$225000 based on experience with stock incentives. Dental vision healthcare and 401(k) benefits are included. Applications will be screened as received.

Coreshell Technologies is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) national origin ancestry age disability genetic information military or veteran status marital status or any other protected status under California law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process should notify the recruiting team.