Chief of Staff to The CEO

We're looking for a
**Chief of Staff **to report to and support our CEO. The Chief of Staff will work closely with the CEO and serve as a trusted partner—acting as a force multiplier to get twice as much done as the CEO can alone. This is a unique opportunity to see every aspect of a fast-growing, venture-backed startup at the CEO level.

This is a highly dynamic role with unprecedented breadth. You will be asked to work with various areas of the business, with responsibilities changing weekly. The position is loosely divided into two types of work:
**- Structured and recurring work** - such as running leadership team meetings, developing high-impact company presentations, reporting, and yearly strategy planning.

**- High-priority special projects** - projects in areas that the CEO is interested in driving forward but needs more capacity to do so, which may include (but are not limited to) optimizing our organization structure, expanding into new geographic regions, and leading executive searches.

We are welcoming applicants from
**Toronto, Canada **for this position.

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Note_***:This position is designed as a tour of duty with an anticipated tour length of 12-18 months*. While BenchSci is a remote-first organization, this position must be in the Toronto office for 2+ days per week.*While this is a temporary position, there is potential for extension or permanent placement following the initial tour of duty, depending on business needs.

**You Will**:

- Work closely with the CEO on critical issues
- Act as a thought partner and drive strategic decisions in alignment with key stakeholders
- Facilitate senior leadership team meetings, preparing all pre-work (agenda, pre-reads, etc.), and following up on action items to ensure forward movement
- Lead the planning and execution of our annual Scientific Advisory Board Summit — our most important customer event of the year
- Manage end-to-end special projects that are urgent and important, monitoring their status, removing blockers, and driving momentum
- Manage a team of senior professionals in the Office of the CEO team, including the CEO's Executive Assistant
- Project-manage cross-team initiatives—removing blockers, escalating, and intervening where applicable
- Keep a pulse on company culture and appropriately acknowledge successes and concerns to ensure the CEO adequately addresses them
- Build and maintain credibility throughout the business as a strategic advisor and team player

**You Have**:

- 4+ years of experience with at least 2 of which include exposure to consulting, startup, or VC spaces
- 2+ years in a role directly owning client relationships
- Proven ability to exercise sound and independent judgment in a variety of different situations
- Top-notch verbal, written, and presentation communication, project management, and organizational skills
- Experience in facilitating workshops, events, convenings, and planning sessions
- Ability to deal with ambiguity, be self-driven, multitask, and manage dynamically changing, competing priorities and deadlines
- Strategic thinker with the ability to see the big picture while also jumping into the weeds to move projects forward
- Proven ability to build relationships at all levels within an organization, from entry-level to C-Suite

**Nice to Haves, but Not Mandatory Qualifications**:

- Experience working at a startup
- Educational background or work experience in a life sciences-related discipline
- MBA

**Benefits and Perks**:

- An engaging remote-first culture
- A great compensation package that includes BenchSci equity options
- 15 days vacation plus an additional day every year; plus company closures for 15 more days throughout the year
- Unlimited flex time for sick days, personal days, religious holidays
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits Emphasis on mental health with $2500 CAD* for Psychologist, Social Worker, or Psychotherapist services
- A $2000 CAD* Annual Learning & Development budget
- A $1000 CAD* home office set-up budget
- A $2500 CAD*wellness, lifestyle and productivity spending account for employees
- Generous parental leave benefits with a top-up plan or paid time off options
- Benefits are tied to Canadian dollar amounts and would be converted to local currency for those in other countries. Moving to local currency allotments in the future.

**About BenchSci**:

- BenchSci's mission is to exponentially increase the speed and quality of life-saving research and development. We empower scientists to run more successful experiments with the world's most advanced, biomedical artificial intelligence software platform.
- Backed by Generation Investment Management, TCV, Inovia, F-Prime, Golden Ventures, and Google's AI fund, Gradient Ventures, we provide an indispensable tool for scientists that accelerates research at 16 top 20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,300 leading academic centers. We're a certified Great Place to Work®, and top-ranked company on Glassdoor.