About the role
We're in search of our first-ever Chief of Staff to join our team and provide crucial support to our COO, CEO, and the wider executive crew. We're after someone who's like the Swiss Army knife and can help level up our Exec team. You will be reporting to the COO and ensuring smooth sailing across the board, from strategy and decision-making to keeping everyone in check.
Your role? Think of yourself as the mastermind behind keeping everyone in the loop and fired up about our goals. You'll be diving into the nitty-gritty alongside our Exec team and senior leaders, tackling the trickiest challenges head-on. You'll likely have Halter's mission, strategy, tactics, and values memorised, always knowing how and where to apply them.
This isn't your run-of-the-mill job. It's a unique opportunity that could open doors to other senior roles within Halter. You'll have your hands in everything from supporting on capital raising to shaping our strategy, all while playing a vital role in keeping our team humming along smoothly. You might find yourself, supporting on market entry to Europe or stepping up to oversee departments like Marketing or Customer Support until we find the perfect leader.
Aside from being on the Halter rollercoaster as we take on the world, you will also gain great exposure to Senior leaders within and outside of Halter, gaining valuable insight into executive decision-making, and work closely with our Exec team and Board.
What your day could look like
- Drive strategic clarity: Team up with the COO and other Execs to diagnose, analyse, plan out, and bring major strategic shifts and critical priorities to life. Dig into data, whip up presentations and memos, and marshall key people to help make and action critical decisions.
- Keep Things Running Smoothly: Make sure our day-to-day operations are running like a well-oiled machine by setting up and fine-tuning processes. Help folks get on board with changes and upgrades to how we operate, making sure everyone's clear on what's happening and why.
- Making Things Better: Hunt down ways to make things easier and faster around here, then roll out plans to make it happen. Keep everyone on track by setting up meetings, taking notes, and making sure we're following through on what we said we'd do.
- Be The Glue: Be the go-between for the COO and other department heads, keeping everyone on the same page and working together smoothly. Take charge of projects that involve different teams, making sure we're all hitting our deadlines and working together effectively.
- Tracking How We're Doing: Set up fancy reports and dashboards to keep an eye on how we're doing as a company and whether we're hitting our goals. Give the big bosses regular updates on how we're doing, what's going well, and what we could do better.
- Other Special Side-Projects: Take the lead or lend a hand on special projects we throw your way, whether it's diving into what the competition is up to or stepping in to run a team or key project for a period of time.
Who we’re looking for
- 5+ years of experience in consulting, finance, legal, business strategy, or operations, with a preference for those who've navigated the dynamic world of startups or rapid-growth companies.
- A team player with exceptional relationship-building skills, able to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and influence outcomes without formal authority.
- A master of time management, adept at prioritising tasks and orchestrating multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
- Results-oriented with a hands-on approach, willing to dive into the trenches to ensure goals are met.
- Proven track record in project management and organisational prowess, ensuring smooth execution from start to finish.
- Possesses a high degree of dynamic range, seamlessly transitioning between strategic vision and detailed execution as needed.
- Demonstrates sound judgment, capable of making quality decisions amidst complex, ambiguous, multi-dimensional challenges.
- Strong financial acumen and commercial savvy, capable of swiftly developing models and scrutinising numbers.
- Highly flexible and responsive to changing priorities, able to pivot seamlessly when circumstances demand.
- Sharp critical thinking skills, equipped with keen observational abilities and adept problem-solving prowess.
- Exceptional executive communication skills, adept at distilling complex information into clear and concise insights.
Why our team loves working at Halter
- Every now and again a company comes along that disrupts and transforms an entire industry, leaving society in a better place; few people get the opportunity to work at companies like these. Halter is an incredible technology transforming an essential industry. We have a genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- Dedicate yourself to solving real-world problems alongside an epic team in a culture designed around high growth. The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up on the global stage.
- Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and our impact is real.
- State-of-the-art, dog-friendly office that’s been thoughtfully designed right in the heart of Auckland city. Did we mention dogs and cows?
- Healthy body, healthy mind. We’re partnered with Southern Cross Health Insurance to support your well-being.
- We offer 6 months of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 4 weeks of fully paid secondary caregiver leave and many other parental benefits that support you and your family.
- Our personal growth is important. Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget to be used for anything that fuels personal growth.
- Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave and unlimited paid annual leave.
- We offer an inclusive and attractive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan.
- Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.
