Chief Of Staff

Key Responsibilities

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• Serve as a strategic thought partner and confidant to the CEO, offering candid counsel on the firm's most complex and sensitive decisions.
• Drive execution of enterprise-wide initiatives, ensuring tight alignment with corporate strategy and long-term growth objectives.
• Partner with the CEO to shape and pressure-test strategic plans, competitive positioning, and new market opportunities.
• Track priorities, deliverables, and action items across the executive team, holding leaders accountable to commitments and timelines.
• Coordinate and facilitate executive leadership meetings, offsites, and strategic planning sessions while driving rigorous discussion, and documenting decisions.
• Establish and refine the processes, metrics, and governance mechanisms that keep the organization operating at a high standard of discipline.
• Partner with leaders across the business to clear obstacles, resolve cross-functional tension, and accelerate decision-making.
• Serve as a connective force between the CEO, executive team, employees, clients, and external stakeholders (including Strategic Advisory Board members), ensuring information flows efficiently in both directions.
• Manage discrete high-stakes projects on the CEO's behalf, from special initiatives to board-level deliverables.
• Working closely with the CEO, develop executive presentations, board materials, and organizational communications.
• Act as a credible, senior-level presence in rooms where the CEO cannot be, representing their perspective with judgment and discretion.
• Maintain a pulse on organizational sentiment and emerging risks, surfacing issues to the CEO early and with clear recommendations.
• Anticipate organizational and market challenges before they surface, bringing forward solutions rather than problems.
• Identify opportunities for growth, efficiency, and competitive advantage, positioning the CEO to act decisively.

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Qualifications

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• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related analytical field required; MBA or other advanced degree (JD, MPP) preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, or a Chief of Staff / senior operational role, with meaningful exposure to executive decision-making.
• Demonstrated experience partnering directly with a CEO, founder, or senior executive in a high-growth, professional services, or technology environment.
• Strong command of business fundamentals, including strategy, finance, operations, and organizational design, with the judgment to move fluidly between them.
• Working knowledge of consulting and technology business models (e.g., utilization and billability metrics, engagement economics, recurring revenue/SaaS metrics) preferred.
• Demonstrated experience building and interpreting financial models, P&L statements, and board-level reporting.
• A track record of managing ambiguous, high-stakes initiatives to completion, often without formal authority.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, with direct experience producing board-level materials and investor communications.
• Unimpeachable discretion in handling confidential financial, strategic, and organizational information.
• A bias toward action, sound judgment under pressure, and comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Willingness to travel as needed to support client and stakeholder engagements.
• High sense of urgency with the ability to meet deadlines and changing priorities. 
• Receptiveness to performance feedback within a team environment is essential. 
• Candidate must reside or relocate to Houston, TX 

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Benefits

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alliant offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package including 100% employer paid medical /dental premiums for single coverage for certain options, 401(k) matching, PTO, company provided life insurance and disability, onsite gym and group exercise classes, paid covered parking, and more!

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