Chief of Staff

Hi! We’re so happy that you’re here.

Think-it is a software engineering collective on a mission to unlock human potential through sustainable use of technology. Our high-performance, low-carbon solutions help innovative teams around the world lower costs, democratize data, and reach net-zero faster.

With a focus on digital transformation, smart infrastructure, and the UN SDGs, we tackle meaningful problems that can only be solved with future-proof technology. Our team includes experts in Full Stack Engineering, Machine Learning, and DevOps and Cloud.

Founded in 2017, Think-it is home to a diverse community of changemakers — we represent 8+ nationalities, and 40% of us are women. We’re proud to be backed by mission-aligned partners, and our goals are people- and planet-centric.

The Challenge

At Think-it, we are invested in conscious and meaningful growth. After almost 4 years of operation, our collective is transitioning from reactive to proactive. With this shift comes an opportunity for our directors to focus more on future opportunities, while our domain leaders overtake more ownership for the day-to-day. To help make this shift successful, we are looking for a talented generalist who can who can help our leadership to unlock our human and executive potential for the better.

As Chief of Staff, you will partner with the CEO on the strategic and operational activities of building a mission-focused and high-performing collective during a period of meaningful growth. You will play a critical role in developing, prioritizing, and executing company objectives, as well as communicating them with internal and external stakeholders including but not limited to shareholders, executives, team members, potential team members, customers and partners. You would seamlessly master various tools and systems such as G-Suite, Slack, Notion, and others to accomplish an array of tasks. You would “stay on top of the game” as a proactive resource to both our leadership team and wider collective.

We are looking for someone who is self-driven, well-organised, collaborative and experienced in managing multiple tasks and levels of responsibilities. You should be exceptionally empathetic with a good sense of judgment and foresight -can you help us anticipate important needs and exciting opportunities on the horizon?

This will be a dynamic role that will expose you to all aspects of Think-it’s business. It is an excellent opportunity for someone who aspires to an impact-driven career in operations and entrepreneurship.

80% Key responsibilities

• Empower our CEO and leadership team
• Support the CEO on internal commitments, while helping keep the rest of our leadership team accountable for results;
• Keep the CEO accessible & open to new ideas and proposals;
• Work with our CEO and leadership team to keep track of our quarterly OKRs and identify opportunities to help us deliver a “wow” experience to our partners and ourselves – and take ownership of key quarterly initiatives from start to finish in collaboration with relevant teams;
• Support our CEO in investor relations and other external communications, including quarterly reports, presentations, and events as needed;
• Plan events such as team-wide strategy discussions, off-sites, and company kick-offs as needed;
• Unlock internal excellence in our collective
• Prepare for and run key weekly & monthly meetings ex. company all-hands, leadership team syncs, retrospectives, etc.;
• Take our internal communications to the next level by ensuring upcoming meetings are relevant, well-structured, and that the preparation is complete and compelling;
• Keep track of action points from leadership meetings and support their implementation alongside accountability owners;

Requirements

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in consulting, finance, operations, sales or staff management, ideally in a fast-paced, intellectually-challenging environment;
• Proven ability to quickly learn new things;
• Highly collaborative with excellent verbal, written, English communication and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent attention to details, capable of running efficient and well-prepared meetings;
• Ability to drive internal initiatives with minimal support and build influential relationships, within the team;
• Willingness to get your hands dirty, lead by example, and motivate teams through both in-person and remote management;
• Proactive profile who is able to deal with ambiguity, prioritize own work and resources, and juggle multiple tasks in a manner transparent to the team, and work independently to achieve results with a high degree of accuracy.

Who You Are

• Natural leader who excels at building relationships with many different types of people;
• Good at context switching you can easily transition between the big picture and tactical execution for multiple projects;
• Self starter – you can figure things out without a playbook;
• Thrives on helping others reach their full potential.

It would be great if you also have

• Experience working with international and/or distributed teams in a fast-paced environment;
• Professional proficiency in additional languages like French, Germ and Tunisian Arabic.

Benefits

Additional information

What we offer you

• Competitive compensation package & performance-based bonus
• Fantastic growth opportunity to become an operations leader and role model
• Autonomous and remote-friendly workplace culture (we don’t have working hours and you can work from anywhere)
• A MacBook or other high-specced laptop
• Personal Learning & Development Budget
• Free weekly team lunches
• Team activities, retreats, and reflections
• Peer-to-peer learning and development
• Globally conscious culture invested in the ethical use of technology to solve real problems
• A lifetime community of like-minded changemakers

Think-it is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, veteran status, disability, history of disability or perceived disability.