At NexusPoint, our Chief of Staff professionals are dedicated to supporting business leaders by driving operational efficiency, coordinating strategic initiatives, and ensuring seamless execution across the organization. They operate within a culture of speed, high performance, excellence, and passion, helping leadership stay focused, informed, and aligned on business priorities.
Primary Goal
Proactively manage executive workflows, oversee cross-functional projects, and support day-to-day business operations to ensure priorities move forward without constant direction. This role requires a highly resourceful, intellectually curious professional who can anticipate needs, identify potential bottlenecks, and take ownership of operational execution while keeping leadership informed.
Key Responsibilities
Executive Operations & Leadership Support
- Manage executive schedules, coordinate meetings, and ensure leadership priorities are organized and followed through.
- Prepare meeting agendas, capture meeting notes, document decisions, and track action items to completion.
- Maintain consistent communication with executives, providing timely updates on priorities, progress, risks, and outstanding decisions.
- Anticipate executive needs and proactively address operational requirements before they become urgent.
- Step in to coordinate day-to-day operations and maintain business continuity when executive leadership is unavailable.
Project Management & Execution
- Oversee multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timelines, deliverables, owners, and dependencies are clearly defined and tracked.
- Coordinate cross-functional initiatives and follow up with stakeholders to maintain accountability and momentum.
- Identify project delays, operational gaps, and competing priorities, then recommend and implement practical solutions.
- Establish and maintain project tracking systems, status reports, and workflows that provide leadership with visibility into ongoing work.
- Drive projects from planning through execution and completion, ensuring that commitments are fulfilled and objectives are achieved.
Strategic Planning & Business Operations
- Support leadership in translating business objectives into actionable plans, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
- Help evaluate and prioritize initiatives based on urgency, business impact, available resources, and strategic objectives.
- Monitor key performance indicators, project milestones, and operational metrics to identify areas for improvement
- Research business challenges, investigate potential solutions, and provide recommendations backed by relevant information
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, reduce inefficiencies, and strengthen coordination across teams.
Cross-Functional Coordination & Accountability
- Serve as a central coordination point between leadership, team members, and other stakeholders.
- Ensure that relevant stakeholders remain informed about project progress, decisions, changes, and next steps.
- Follow up on commitments and resolve coordination issues before they affect delivery.
- Build repeatable processes and communication practices that improve transparency, accountability, and execution.
- Adapt quickly to changing priorities while ensuring that critical projects and responsibilities remain on track.
Process Improvement & Technology Enablement
- Leverage AI tools, automation, and modern productivity platforms to streamline workflows and improve operational efficiency.
- Help organize business information, meeting documentation, project records, and operational data into accessible systems.
- Identify opportunities to replace manual or spreadsheet-dependent processes with more structured and efficient workflows.
- Learn new business systems and technologies quickly and help teams adopt practical improvements.
Business Development & Marketing Support
- Provide operational support for business initiatives, special projects, and emerging priorities as the organization grows.
- Assist with research, coordination, and execution of marketing-related initiatives when needed.
- Develop familiarity with the company's products, services, customers, and business model to identify additional opportunities to contribute.
- Take on expanded responsibilities as business knowledge and organizational needs evolve.
Experience & Qualifications
- At least 3 years of experience as a Chief of Staff, Executive Operations Manager, Project Manager, Business Operations Manager, or in a comparable role involving executive support and operational ownership.
- Strong project management experience, including coordinating multiple projects, tracking deliverables, managing timelines, and following through with stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, anticipate needs, and take initiative without waiting for detailed instructions.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and confidently with executives and crossfunctional teams.
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
- Sound judgment, problem-solving ability, and resourcefulness when handling ambiguous or changing situations.
- Experience preparing meeting notes, tracking action items, coordinating schedules, and maintaining project visibility.
- Ability to understand business objectives, ask thoughtful questions, and translate discussions into concrete next steps.
- Comfortable learning new technologies, using AI-powered productivity tools, and improving existing workflows.
- High level of ownership, accountability, discretion, and professionalism when handling confidential business information.
Core Tools & Platforms
- Candidates must have intermediate to advanced proficiency in at least one tool from each required category.