Chief of Staff, FitXR

£90-115k

+ Stock options

Mid, Senior and Expert level

Remote from UK

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VR/AR fitness company

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VR/AR fitness company

21-100 employees

B2CGamingFitnessAugmented RealityVirtual RealityWellbeing

Be an early applicant

£90-115k

+ Stock options

Mid, Senior and Expert level

Remote from UK

More information about location

21-100 employees

B2CGamingFitnessAugmented RealityVirtual RealityWellbeing

Company mission

To redefine fitness and prove that exercise can be fun and for everyone. FitXR believes in a future where exercise is everywhere. Whether that is the gym, the park, or at home - is enhanced through engaging technology that extends your reality.

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Who you are

Have at least 3 years’ experience in a high ownership / high accountability environment using first principles to tackle business critical problems at pace
Don’t wait to be told, instead you anticipate and move extremely proactively
Have a very strong track-record of delivering in async and remote teams
Have high standards for the quality and impact of what you ship
Are energised by doing both hands-on execution and strategic work
Have a genuine “figure it out” mindset - ambiguity doesn’t phase you
Are comfortable driving accountability across teams of all seniorities
Can process large amounts of information without being overwhelmed
Know how to manage an intense workload - you won’t be able to do everything and you’ll need to relentlessly prioritise so you don’t get overwhelmed
Are looking for the steepest growth curve of your career so far

What the job involves

We’re looking for a Chief of Staff to be a force for change. Your remit is to turn priorities into progress, make the CEO and Senior Leadership team more effective and help the business win. This is a high-agency, execution-focused role. It’s intense and the range of responsibilities is wide but this is where you’ll spend most of your time:
Creating leverage for the CEO: Help Sam stay focused on the highest-value work. Filter out noise, assess trade-offs, pressure-test thinking and bring challenges using first principles. You’ll also work closely with Sam on market research, partnerships and new business opportunities
Helping the Senior Leadership Team operate as a high-performing unit: Anticipate what’s coming for Sam and the SLT. Ensure key meetings and decisions land well because the right groundwork has been done. Improve clarity around ownership, tighten decision making, call out drift and ensure accountability without creating bureaucracy
Driving change from idea to adoption: You own ambiguous cross-functional initiatives including Special Projects - moving experimental ideas into plans, plans into action and action into measurable change which sticks. You’ll need to be proactive with strong project management skills
Providing direction for ops: You’ll own people, legal and general ops as well as managing a Business Ops Associate. Together you’ll ensure that internal processes and tools work smoothly and protect the team’s focus and momentum
Processing and applying business context: This role asks you to absorb and make sense of large amounts of industry, product and operational information on a daily basis. You’ll need to switch context a lot while maintaining clarity and applying strong commercial judgement

Application process

We usually respond within a week

Our take

FitXR is rewriting the rules of fitness through immersive technologies. Using VR, it offers 5 studios, with hundreds of high energy classes on demand and choreographed by industry-leading fitness experts.

FitXR has successfully set itself apart in the space, becoming known for its engaging content and even referred to as the "most intense workout". This suggests they have bought users the same type of workout they would get in the gym, but in the Metaverse.

There has been a sharp rise in interest to use VR for fitness, and FitXR are well set to succeed in this growing market. To help attract new users (including those brand new to fitness), the company has partnered with the renowned Dr Brendon Stubbs, PhD - one of the world's leading exercise researchers.

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Insights

26% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.9)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Nov 2021

$14.1m

SERIES A

Dec 2020

$1.3m

GRANT

Total funding: $22.9m

Company benefits

Remote first: your life, your way of working
Unlimited annual leave
Stock options
£800 per annum learning budget
£900 per annum wellbeing budget (Private Health Insurance available within this through our benefits platform)
£400 work from home budget
Bi-annual company retreat (last year we went to Portugal!) & regular get togethers
Laptop & VR headset
12 weeks full paid family leave

Company HQ

City of London, London, UK

Leadership

Sam Cole

(CEO)

Previously Analyst - Consulting at PwC for 2 years and Investment Manager at E2Exchange for 6 months.

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