Chief Of Staff Milano

Chief Of Staff
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

About the Role

Empatica, a series B healthtech company, is looking for a Chief of Staff to provide the CEO with leverage and help the company deliver on its ambitious plans for growth.

The Chief of Staff will report to the CEO, providing support for strategy, execution, leadership and special projects.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with an entrepreneurial spirit to execute key projects and initiatives across the company.

The role will be full-time, **based either in Milan (IT) or Boston, MA (USA)** with competitive compensation as well as potential performance-related bonuses and equity in the business, depending on experience.

**Key role responsibilities

- Prioritisation & Execution

- Help the leadership team define and prioritize key initiatives and oversee their implementation

- Own OKR process end-to-end (setting/ monitoring/ execution)

- Define the cadence of leadership and broader company meetings

- Ensure that each meeting has the right objectives, agenda and follow-ups

- Strategy & Leadership

- Plan and lead collaborative/ brainstorming events (e. g.

offsites, quarterly prioritization exercises)

- Write cross-functional presentations, such as strategy, investor updates, all hands

- Coordinate board meetings - agendas, attendees, materials, pre-reading, follow-up

- Draft and cascade major internal communications

- Special Projects

- Lead early stages of new cross-functional initiatives - partnerships, corporate development, new business lines etc.

- Lead any ad hoc, high-priority projects for the CEO (e. g.

research acquisition targets, evolve sales reporting, scale processes, etc.

)

**Requirements**:

Essential

- Master's degree in Business Administration or similar field

- 6+ years of professional experience

- 2+ years in management consulting, or similar fast paced analytical roles

- Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives

- Project management experience, including leading cross-functional projects

- Experience at a rapidly growing start-up or scale-up

- A passion for Empatica's products and mission

Desirable

- Degree relevant for the company/industry

- Experience relevant for the company/industry

- Previous Chief of Staff or Head of Operations experience

Likely personality traits

- Entrepreneurial - entrepreneurial spirit and self starter

- Problem solver - ideally with experience in a startup or management consulting

- Fast mover - capable of setting and driving ambitious agendas forward

- Analytical and numerate - able to derive deep insights from data

- Focused and resilient - ability to handle complex situations and comfortable dealing with ambiguity and change

- High EQ - strong communicator able to build relationships across all levels

**About Empatica

Empatica is a full-stack, digital healthcare company, forever changing the way health is monitored and new treatments are developed through our AI platform, digital biomarkers, and state-of-the-art medical wearables.

Our customers range from some of the world's largest institutions (such as NASA, Harvard University, and top-tier pharmaceutical companies, to name a few), to individual users who message us every day and tell us how our products changed their lives.

If you are looking to join a fast-paced growth environment and do meaningful work that can make a true impact in the world, then keep reading.

You will join a fast-growing, international, and diverse team of 100+ talented people who care passionately about what we do and the difference we are making in the world.

You'll get the opportunity to work directly with colleagues across all levels of the organization, no matter their seniority, and learn from the people that built the business and our products.

If you jump on board, we can guarantee it won't be an easy ride, but it will be one of the most rewarding experiences in your career, one that will allow you to learn a lot, have true ownership of your work, and test your whole skillset on multiple projects which are helping thousands of people worldwide.

Read our blog post and find out some reasons why we love working at Empatica.

**Inclusion & Diversity

At Empatica we embrace diversity and inclusion.

We have colleagues from 26 different countries, while more than 50% of our team is women (double the tech average!)

We believe this makes Empatica a more exciting and stimulating place to work, and brings different points of view to the table while fostering a spirit of communication, collaboration, and care, where everyone's opinion and thoughts matter.

**Benefits

- Multiple opportunities to be challenged and step up your career in a fast-growth company in one of the hottest areas of tech

- Competitive salary

- Employee stock options - we want everyone who joins us to own part of the company and our success

- ? We have offices in Milan City Center and Downtown Boston.

And every summer, we hold an amazing beach retreat in Sardinia, Italy

- Health Insurance

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