Chief of Staff

The Good Crisp Company; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Technology stipend

Equity

Medical, dental and vision insurance

4 weeks paid time off + holidays

401(k) employer contribution

Job summary

The Good Crisp Company, based in Boulder, CO, is seeking a Chief of Staff to the CEO to scale strategy-to-execution and improve operating cadence. You will be the trusted partner across the leadership team, aligning priorities and driving critical initiatives as the company grows.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and executive support, coordinating initiatives, improving cadence, and ensuring leadership alignment.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of experience in a Chief of Staff, Business Operations, Strategy, Consulting, Executive Operations, or similar role.
• Experience working closely with senior executives or leadership teams in a high-growth company environment.
• Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional projects and drive execution across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong organizational, communication, and project management skills.
• Experience preparing executive presentations, reporting, strategic planning materials, and leadership communications.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to synthesize information and identify actionable insights.
• High emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and professional maturity.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, Communications, or a related field preferred

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the CEO to help prioritize time, focus, and company initiatives.
• Coordinate leadership team operating rhythms, including meeting agendas, action tracking, follow-up, and communication flow.
• Help drive accountability across the organization by tracking priorities, commitments, and key deliverables.
• Project manage high-priority company initiatives and ensure cross-functional teams remain aligned and on track.
• Prepare executive presentations, leadership meeting materials, board materials, and strategic planning documents.
• Build and maintain company dashboards, KPI reporting, and executive scorecards.
• Organize and facilitate leadership offsites, strategic planning sessions, and company-wide initiatives.
• Identify execution bottlenecks, organizational gaps, and opportunities to improve operating effectiveness.
• Improve visibility into company priorities, risks, timelines, and progress.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to the CEO and leadership team on organizational effectiveness and execution.

Skills

Executive partnership

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Strategic thinking

Prioritization

Communication

Analytical thinking

Emotional intelligence

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Who We Are

The Good Crisp Company is a rapidly growing snack brand, offering great-tasting, guilt-free snacks designed for healthier lifestyles. Our products are Certified Gluten-Free, NON-GMO Project Verified, and free from artificial ingredients and top allergens. Based in Boulder, Colorado, we are in our seventh year of North American market development, with products available in over 20,000 grocery stores across the U.S. and a robust e-commerce presence.

Our values as a company are our north star. It isimportantevery employee contributes to them as we strive to create a successful business that contributes to a more joyful life.

1. We make work a place we all want to be.
2. We’reentrusted to deliver quality work. How we get there is up to us.
3. We choose thoughtful solutions even whenit’snot easy.

WhatYou’llDo

The Chief of Staff to the CEO is a strategic and execution-oriented role that helps scale the effectiveness, alignment, and operating rhythm of The Good Crisp Company as we enter our next phase of growth.

Reporting directly to the CEO,you'llserve as a trusted partner across the leadership team, helping turn strategy into execution while improving accountability, communication, and follow-through across the business.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, project management, and executive support.You'llhelp keep the company focused on its most important priorities by coordinating leadership initiatives, improving operating cadence, managing critical projects, and ensuring the CEO and leadership team remain aligned as the business continues to grow.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, proactive, and comfortable working across all areas of the business. You enjoy bringing clarity to complexity, building systems that scale, and helping leadersoperate more effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the CEO to help prioritize time, focus, and company initiatives.
• Coordinate leadership team operating rhythms, including meeting agendas, action tracking, follow-up, and communication flow.
• Help drive accountability across the organization by tracking priorities, commitments, and key deliverables.
• Projectmanagehigh-priority company initiatives and ensure cross-functional teamsremainaligned and on track.
• Prepare executive presentations, leadership meeting materials, board materials, and strategic planning documents.
• Build andmaintaincompany dashboards, KPI reporting, and executive scorecards.
• Organize andfacilitateleadership offsites, strategic planning sessions, and company-wide initiatives.
• Identifyexecutionbottlenecks, organizational gaps, and opportunities to improve operating effectiveness.
• Improve visibility into company priorities, risks, timelines, and progress.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to the CEO and leadership team on organizational effectiveness and execution.

Who You Are

• You have extensive experience partnering directly with CEOs/executive leadership on a day-to-day basis.
• You lovemanagingsystems, with experience building operating systems and new processes from scratch.
• You build trust with others easily and quickly.
• You are highly organized and naturally createstructurein fast-moving environments.
• You balance strategic thinking with a strong bias toward execution and follow-through.
• You are proactive, resourceful, and comfortable taking ownership of ambiguous challenges.
• You communicate clearly and confidently with senior leaders and caninfluencewithout formal authority.
• You are exceptionally strong at prioritization, project management, and keeping multiple initiatives moving simultaneously.
• You enjoy solving problems, improving processes, and helping teamsoperatemore effectively.
• You are low ego, highly trustworthy, and comfortable operating behind the scenes to help others succeed.
• You thrive in entrepreneurial environments where priorities evolvequickly and no two days look the same.
• You are energized by the opportunity to help build and scale a high-growth company.

What You'll Bring

• 5-8+ years of experience ina Chiefof Staff, Business Operations, Strategy, Consulting, Executive Operations, or similarrole.
• Experience working closely with senior executives or leadership teams in a high-growth company environment.
• Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional projects and drive execution across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong organizational, communication, and project management skills.
• Experience preparing executive presentations, reporting, strategic planning materials, and leadership communications.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to synthesize information andidentifyactionable insights.
• High emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and professional maturity.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, Communications, or a related field preferred

Position Details

Whilewe’reideally looking for candidates in the greater Boulder/Denverarea,we’realso open to remote candidates for this role. For local candidates, we expect a hybrid work schedule, coming into the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to work together in person. For remote candidates, occasional travel isrequiredfor team meetings or company events.

This role reportsintotheCEO.

The compensation for this position is $120,000-140,000 plus equity.

In addition to the annual salary,we’llalso offer:

• Technology Stipend
• Equity
• Full-time employees and dependents are eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance
• 4 weeks paid time off + paid holidays
• 401(k) program with employer contribution