Chief of Staff, Mesa

• 2+ years of experience in high-growth startups, consulting, banking, or financial services
• Demonstrated ability to partner with executives and lead cross‑functional teams
• Strong project management and analytical mindset—comfortable with ambiguous, evolving environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication—able to craft compelling narratives for diverse audiences
• Proficiency with data-driven decision-making—able to synthesize insights across functions

Desirable

• Reporting to: CEO
• As Chief of Staff, you will be the CEO’s right hand - strategically orchestrating our highest‑priority initiatives
• You’ll help transform our mission into operational reality by ensuring cross‑functional execution, surfacing insights, and driving alignment across the company
• You will work closely with the executive team to scale Mesa and help us make homeownership more affordable and rewarding
• Serve as a leadership integrator - aligning the CEO and executive team on company priorities
• Drive cross‑functional execution of strategic initiatives from ideation through delivery
• Help define and roll out KPIs and OKRs for key business verticals, tracking progress and ensuring accountability
• Manage executive meeting cadence, priorities, and communications—including leadership offsites, Board materials, and all‑hands events
• Surface risks and opportunities to the CEO and executive team, enabling proactive decision‑making
• Own end‑to‑end planning and execution of time‑sensitive programs: new product launches, strategic partnerships, special projects, and fundraising
• Partner closely with cross functional department heads to ensure execution
• Strengthen company operating processes as Mesa scales—from 25 to 2000+ employees
• Identify process gaps; propose and implement best practices that support increasingly complex operations
• This is an in person role for our Austin office