Strategic Operations Lead - Associate Chief of Staff

Cerbo; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Cerbo in Atlanta, GA is seeking an Associate Chief of Staff to partner with the CEO and leadership team, driving strategy-to-execution across engineering, product, sales, and delivery. The role emphasizes turning ambiguous problems into actionable plans, accelerating decisions, and ensuring accountability with a strong emphasis on AI-driven process improvements.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in operations or strategy, proven cross-functional leadership, and the ability to manage multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in business operations, strategy, consulting, project management, executive operations, or related discipline.
• Experience working directly with senior executives or organizational leadership.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives and driving outcomes without direct authority.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, establish priorities, track deliverables, and drive initiatives through completion.
• Strong analytical skills with experience working with business data, building analyses, identifying trends, and using data to develop, validate, or challenge hypotheses.
• Experience developing executive-level reporting, dashboards, presentations, or other materials used to inform business decisions.
• Demonstrated proficiency with modern productivity, collaboration, data, and AI tools, with a track record of quickly learning and implementing new technologies.
• Experience identifying opportunities to streamline, automate, or eliminate manual processes; hands-on experience using AI or automation tools to build or implement solutions.
• Experience developing and implementing business processes, operating cadences, or systems that improve organizational efficiency and accountability

Responsibilities

• Maximize CEO effectiveness: Act as a strategic partner to the CEO by managing priorities, coordinating follow-through, and ensuring the CEO's time remains focused on the highest-value opportunities and decisions.
• Drive executive accountability: Own follow-through on leadership commitments, decisions, and action items.
• Lead cross-functional execution: Serve as a liaison across departments to drive alignment, remove roadblocks, and keep critical initiatives moving toward completion.
• Drive strategic initiatives: Take ownership of high-priority initiatives from concept through execution, translating business objectives into clear plans, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Create structure from ambiguity: Turn broad ideas into actionable plans with research, analysis, and stakeholder coordination.
• Leverage data to inform decisions: Conduct ad hoc analyses, financial modeling, research, and quantitative work for insights.
• Own executive meeting execution: Prepare for leadership meetings, capture decisions, and track commitments.
• Enable organizational communication: Ensure teams have the information and clarity needed to execute effectively.
• Identify and implement AI and automation opportunities: Build practical AI solutions to improve speed and scalability.
• Lead ad hoc strategic projects: Tackle high-priority projects ranging from research to financial modeling and expansion opportunities.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Executive operations

Analytical skills

Project management

Data-driven decision making

AI & automation awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, Finance, Economics, or related field

Job description

Cerbo in Atlanta, GA is seeking an Associate Chief of Staff to partner with the CEO and leadership team, driving strategy-to-execution across engineering, product, sales, and delivery. The role emphasizes turning ambiguous problems into actionable plans, accelerating decisions, and ensuring accountability with a strong emphasis on AI-driven process improvements.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in operations or strategy, proven cross-functional leadership, and the ability to manage multiple