Junior Chief of Staff - OutThink

Remote (CET +/- 2 hours)

We are excited to be partnering with OutThink to support them in hiring a Junior Chief of Staff.

Founded in 2016, OutThink is a young, VC-backed start-up building the world's first Cybersecurity Human Risk Management Platform (SaaS).

Using cutting-edge science and technology, OutThink protects organisations of any size by reducing the risk of security breaches caused by human behaviour. Our platform is used by large, complex organisations around the world.

We are seeking a Junior Chief of Staff to support the CEO, join our amazing team and play an important role in growing the business.

As one of our early hires, this role offers significant greenfield opportunities and incredible career growth.

Requirements

As Junior Chief of Staff for OutThink, you’ll be working directly with our Founder and CEO, Flavius Plesu. This is an opportunity to get to know the Founder in-depth and support him with anything he needs. There is great freedom in this role. OutThink is looking for someone who’s driven, uses initiative and works effectively.

You will take action, progress things swiftly and solve problems as they arise, incl.:

• Diary management for the CEO
• Travel arrangements
• Problem-solving
• Actioning enquiries and emails on behalf of the founder
• Supporting or taking ownership of and delivering special projects

This role will give you an excellent understanding of how unicorn businesses are built and the scaling journey of a fast-paced start-up. You will work with amazing people.

What You’ll Need

• You crave growth and know impossible is nothing
• You are a top performer with a track record of excellence – in sports, education, work
• You are a self-starter with strong attention to detail
• You have embraced the work-life integration concept
• A strong communicator, both verbally and in writing, building relationships across the business – internally and externally as well
• Extremely well organized – a safe pair of hands, and comfortable managing a significant and varied workload that needs constant prioritization
• Inquisitive and get to the bottom of things
• Collaborative, emotionally intelligent and someone people are excited to work with
• The ability to gauge and understand the demands and pace that the CEO is required to work to so you can mirror that and flex your working style to support the business demands
• A good understanding of frequently used computer software/applications, such as Microsoft Office, HR, Finance and CRM systems.

Benefits

In Return, You’ll Receive

• This a rare opportunity to help build a global SaaS business and have full visibility of the entire operation
• You’ll learn and grow at a breakneck speed
• Great start-up culture in a fun, friendly, and hardworking team.
• Flexible remote working
• Share options package - a rare opportunity to get in early and have a stake in what could potentially be a unicorn start-up, with a huge financial payback
• 34 days paid holiday (including public holidays)
• Plus, an extra day off on your birthday!

Join us!

We are a remote-first company headquartered in London with teams across EMEA. You will be based in the UK, Spain or South Africa and are willing to travel, as the role requires.

We believe in: Trust and Integrity, Innovation, Customer Centricity, Purpose and Collaboration and are looking for someone who lives and breathes our values. We strive to be ‘exceptional’ in everything we do and have a lot of fun along the way!

All OutThinkers are part of our journey, so we offer equity options with every role and benchmark against other VC-backed companies to provide above-market-rate salaries for companies of our size.

Beyond this, plenty more makes OutThink an incredible place to work!