We place Chiefs of Staff, Office of the CEO teams, Executive Assistants, Investor Relations professionals, Founder Associates, and Business Managers where they create the most leverage - in financial services, family offices, and high-growth technology. Choose a role to learn more about how we hire and where we place.
There's a version of this role that most firms settle for: someone organized, pleasant, good with calendars. And then there's the version that actually changes how a leader operates. The gap between the two is significant, and in our experience, most hiring processes aren't built to find the second one.
Learn moreAsk ten executives what a Chief of Staff does and you'll get ten different answers. That's not a coincidence. It reflects something genuinely true about the role: "Chief of Staff" is a title that gets applied to wildly different positions, with wildly different responsibilities, compensation levels, and career trajectories. Understanding that variance is the starting point for any serious search, whether you're hiring or looking.
Learn moreEvery other hire we specialize in has a job description that can be written, a scope that can be defined, and outcomes that can be measured with reasonable precision. The Personal Assistant is different. This role lives in the space between the professional and the personal, and the best people in it are exceptional precisely because they can move between those worlds without losing a step.
Learn moreThe most effective CEOs in the world share something that rarely appears in profiles or press releases. Behind the decisions, the deals, and the direction sits a carefully constructed operating environment: a team of people whose entire function is to make the principal more effective. This is the Office of the CEO, and when it works well, the impact on business outcomes is profound.
Learn moreInvestor relations inside a fund is not a communications role. It is the function that holds the relationship between a GP and the capital that makes the entire business possible. The IR professional owns LP reporting, manages the fundraising process from first meeting to final close, coordinates capital calls and distributions, handles DDQs and data room management, and serves as the day-to-day point of contact for every investor in the fund. When this person is excellent, LPs feel informed, respected, and confident. When they are not, the GP hears about it, usually at the worst possible time.
Learn moreBefore there is a Chief of Staff, before there is an executive team, before there is an org chart that means anything, there is a Founder Associate. This is the person who sits next to the founder and does whatever needs doing, not because the job description says so, but because the company needs it and nobody else is going to do it.
Learn moreThe Chief Operating Officer is the person who turns strategic intent into operational reality. In financial services and high-growth technology, the role carries a weight that is difficult to appreciate from the outside: the COO is responsible for everything that needs to work in order for the business to function, from infrastructure and compliance to people and process, while the principal focuses on the things that generate returns.
Learn moreThe Business Manager is one of the most important and least visible roles in financial services. They sit within a specific team, desk, or division, typically in an investment bank, asset manager, or large fund, and own the operational and commercial management of that unit. They are not the revenue generators. They are the people who ensure that the revenue generators can focus on generating revenue.
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