Chief of Staff (Hedge Fund)

Job Description:

Rapidly Growing Hedge Fund in Midtown, Manhattan is seeking a Chief of Staff to directly support their executive team!

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The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring operational excellence across the organization. Your primary goal will be to increase our organization's productivity, efficiency, and profitability. You will advise the COO on key operational insights as well as provide coaching to employees.

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Responsibilities:

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• Oversee the leaders and vendors across: legal, business operations, fund operations & compliance, IT, finance, and client service ensuring execution across the business while optimizing internal systems, information flows, and planning cadences
• Responsible for making sure the firm runs with precision across people, process, and priorities while ensuring accountability, driving cross-functional alignment, and unlocking leverage for senior leadership
• Strategic thinking, operational rigor, people management, and technical fluency
• Ensure all departments and external vendors are aligned, executing, and accountable
• Create visibility and clarity across the firm with clean documentation, fast decision loops, and real-time information flow
• Oversee projects on budgeting and planning, legal and fund formation work, banking/payroll, performance management, and client service
• Help these teams break down quarterly and annual goals into actionable project plans with clear ownership and deadlines
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks across the business, whether strategic, organizational, or tactical
• Build and maintain core internal systems for team coordination, documentation, onboarding, and goal setting

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Qualifications:

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• 10+ years experience working in a similar position at a hedge fund or asset manager
• Must have experience at a hedge fund or asset manager
• Strategic planning and business development experience
• Strong written and verbal and presentation skills
• Strong leadership and organizational skills
• Bachelor's Degree
• Advanced degrees are a plus
• Willingness to do whatever it takes to keep the company going from an operational perspective