Chief of Staff to the CEO

About FeX

At FeX Energy, we're leading a revolution by unleashing the power of dense, stable, safe, and fully decarbonized energy stored in iron. Our dynamic team of entrepreneurs and innovation leaders is passionate about liberating entrepreneurial potential to keep our planet habitable for generations to come. 

Born in McGill University's Alternative Fuels Lab and in partnership with the leading cleantech Venture Studio, Hard Climate, we've closed our seed round, established problem/solution fit, developed a strong pipeline of interested customers, and are now moving toward pilot deployment, product commercialization, and company growth. 

Our mission is guided by our foundational values of trust, care, and impact. We treat each other with deep respect and constantly seek out opportunities to learn and grow. Our customers choose us because our innovations and attitude meet their needs. Ultimately, we see our business as a gateway to a sustainable planet for future generations. 

Join us to unleash the power of iron and your own human energy 

Role Summary

FeX Energy is scaling a breakthrough long-duration energy storage technology that can transform how the world stabilizes and decarbonizes power grids. As a fast-moving climate-tech venture, FeX requires a Chief of Staff who can act as the CEO's strategic thought partner, operational amplifier, and organizational integrator. 

This role exists to multiply the CEO's capacity, drive clarity and alignment across the company, and ensure the most critical priorities move from concept → decision → execution with discipline and speed. You will sit at the center of FeX's technical, commercial, and strategic activities—helping the CEO and leadership team make better decisions, move faster, and stay focused on what matters most. 

Core Responsibilities

1. Executive Partnership & Strategic Advisory

• Serve as a CEO thought partner, providing analysis, recommendations, and structured decision support on strategic, commercial, technical, and organizational priorities.

• Anticipate risks, bottlenecks, and emerging issues before they reach the CEO; propose solutions and drive follow-through.

• Prepare the CEO for key external meetings (investors, customers, partners), ensuring clear objectives, tight materials, and strong narratives.

2. Operational Excellence & Company Rhythm

• Own FeX's operating cadence: weekly leadership meetings, sprint planning, Demo Days, quarterly OKRs, and board meeting preparation.

• Drive operational clarity by ensuring decisions, actions, and dependencies are documented, communicated, and completed.

• Improve and scale internal processes as the team grows—balancing structure with startup pragmatism.

3. Strategic Initiative Management

• Lead or oversee high-priority cross-functional initiatives (e.g., pilot deployments, partner engagements, techno-economic analysis projects, preparation for grant applications, due diligence support).

• Ensure initiatives have clear owners, timelines, milestones, and measurable outcomes.

• Connect technical progress to commercial and strategic implications; help ensure the company is advancing in alignment with its long-term model.

4. Cross-Functional Coordination

• Act as a connective layer between technical, commercial, product, operations, and external collaborators.

• Facilitate information flow and support team cohesion as FeX moves through critical technology development milestones.

• Identify misalignments, escalate early, and enable teams to make faster, better-integrated decisions.

5. Board, Investor & Stakeholder Engagement

• Support the CEO in preparing investor updates, fundraising materials, board pre-reads, and strategic narrative documents.

• Maintain a structured record of commitments, deliverables, and communications with investors and advisors.

• Ensure FeX presents a unified, credible story across all external touchpoints.

6. Communications & Knowledge Management

• Draft or refine communications on behalf of the CEO and leadership team (internal updates, external messaging, strategic briefs).

• Create and maintain knowledge-management systems (decision logs, project trackers, risk registers) that help FeX scale.

• Translate technical information into executive-ready insights where needed.

Qualifications & Experience

At FeX, we hire first for purpose and mindset, then for skills and experience. You are motivated by the chance to empower industry decarbonization with iron energy, and you align strongly with our culture of impact, care, and trust. You thrive in collaborative, purpose-driven environments, where respect, learning, and customer and planetary impact come first. 

Required

• 5-7+ years in strategy, operations, product, consulting, engineering, or a hybrid role in climate, deep tech, energy, or advanced manufacturing.

• Proven ability to operate across both technical and commercial domains.

• Demonstrated excellence in project management, prioritization, and operational execution.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication; ability to synthesize complexity into clarity.

• High emotional intelligence, discretion, and ability to build trust quickly across teams.

Preferred

• Experience in a seed-stage or Series A hard-tech startup.

• Background in energy systems, electrochemistry, materials science, power markets, industrial engineering, or adjacent fields.

• Experience supporting senior executives or leading cross-functional teams.

• Familiarity with OKRs, agile-inspired workflows, and early-stage commercialization.

• Bilingual in English and French

Work Terms

• Location: In-person (Montreal)

• Compensation: Competitive package including salary, vacation, and additional benefits.

• Opportunity for professional development and growth within a fast-paced startup environment.

• Some domestic and international travel may be required for business meetings, conferences, and industry events.

What Success Looks Like (First 12 Months)

• The CEO has dramatically more time for high-leverage activities: fundraising, customer development, and strategic partnerships.

• FeX's operating cadence is running smoothly and predictably, with clear decisions and accountability.

• Cross-functional alignment improves—technical and commercial teams move faster with fewer bottlenecks.

• High-priority initiatives (e.g., pilot development, grant proposals, commercialization milestones) advance on pace.

• Investors remark on FeX's clarity, organization, and momentum.

• The company feels focused, coordinated, and confident in its path to scale.

Why This Role Matters

FeX is
developing technology that can transform
the fundamentals of global energy resilience. This role ensures that the CEO and leadership team have the clarity, structure, and support needed to move a complex, high-stakes technical company from breakthrough science to real-world impact. 

You will shape the story, the rhythm, and the execution discipline of one of the most promising emerging climate solutions—and help accelerate FeX's path toward commercialization and scale. 

If this sounds like something you'd love to be part of, we'd love to hear from you