Chief of Staff to CEO, Babylist
$255.3-269.5k
+ Equity & bonus opportunities
1-2 days a week in office (Emeryville, CA)
Online universal baby registry
Open for applications
Online universal baby registry
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$255.3-269.5k
+ Equity & bonus opportunities
1-2 days a week in office (Emeryville, CA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help expecting parents get exactly what they need for the arrival of their new baby.
Role
Who you are
- A strategic operator with at least 10+ years of experience in consulting, product, general management or corporate strategy at a high-growth, scaling start up organization
- Exceptional program/project management skills, broad business acumen, and the ability to align teams across functions to drive results
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data to inform decision-making, optimize processes, and identify growth opportunities
- Can take data insights and distill them into actionable recommendations and narratives
- Experience managing a senior executive’s corporate profile, including speaking prep, conference and stakeholder engagement, and thought leadership on LinkedIn
- Skilled at crafting compelling narratives in decks, memos, and presentations for internal and external audiences, including investors and board members
- Demonstrated ability to lead multiple strategic initiatives and projects in a cross-functional environment on tight deadlines
- Comfortable moving between ambiguity and structure—able to both set strategy and execute with precision
- Adept at driving alignment across executive leaders and ensuring accountability on critical initiatives
- You exercise excellent judgment, handle confidential information with care, and build credibility quickly
- Thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments with a bias for action and high emotional intelligence
- Strong understanding of financial storytelling, business principles, and investor expectations
What the job involves
- Babylist is seeking a strategic Chief of Staff to amplify the impact of our CEO and CFO/COO
- In this role, you will be a force multiplier for the CEO by ensuring her time is focused on the highest-impact opportunities, managing her calendar and priorities, and elevating her public profile through speaking engagements, thought leadership, and external visibility
- You will also lead and support high-priority initiatives and special projects for the CEO and CFO/COO, including strategic growth opportunities such as evaluating new market opportunities and potential M&A. You’ll gain firsthand exposure to company-wide priorities, leadership decision-making, and the inner workings of a high-performing organization
- Act as a thought partner and advisor to the CEO—helping prioritize, execute, and track key initiatives across the entire Babylist org
- Manage special initiatives and tasks as directed by the CEO and CFO/COO, adapting to changing priorities and needs
- Gather and analyze data, assess market trends, and provide insights and recommendations to inform key decision-making processes
- Ensure the CEO is effective in allocation of time by focusing on high-impact activities and maintaining proactive follow-up with key internal/external stakeholders to strengthen relationships and drive progress
- Support the CEO in building and elevating their public profile, including thought leadership, media presence, speaking engagements, and industry visibility
- Craft compelling external presentations and communications, and lead strategic projects outside the core business to help shape CEO communications & strategy
- Conduct market studies to evaluate opportunities in new international markets, including competitive analysis, product assessment, and recommendations for market entry
- Assess potential M&A opportunities, supporting strategic evaluations and due diligence to accelerate growth
- Manage complex projects and critical initiatives, define objectives, establish timelines, coordinate stakeholders, and monitor progress to ensure successful outcomes
Our take
Since its 2011 launch, Babylist has grown into one of the most highly rated baby registries in the US. The difference it offers is that it allows users to include products from any store in their registries. On top of this, the company’s model also focuses heavily on creating informational content, which allows it to generate ad revenue while building customer loyalty.
Originally scaled with fairly low venture funding, Babylist claims half of new parents in the US now use its services. This, given that the baby products industry is worth close to $90 billion, shows the immense growth of the company as well as speaking to the impact it has made in the space.
Babylist has seen strong funding in the past which fuelled projects such as the launch of virtual showrooms, and facilitated the company's expansion further into the market. The company acquired Expectful, a health and wellness tool, in 2023 with the long-term vision to combine the companies into a larger health and wellness media property, that can help people navigate all parts of parenthood from fertility to diapers.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
67% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2021
$40m
SERIES C
Total funding: $40m
Company benefits
- HAPPIER WEEKENDS – We work to live, not live to work. That means we generally don’t work nights or weekends, and we offer 10 paid holidays throughout the year, in addition to your paid time off.
- PAID TIME OFF THAT WORKS FOR YOU – Life is unpredictable. Use your time off for what you need, whether that’s a vacation, family event or a day to unplug.
- PARENTAL LEAVE – We offer a flexible, 12-week paid parental leave policy.
- FLEXIBLE BENEFITS – Choose from benefits that support your working style, whether that's remote, in the office or something in between.
- HEALTH & WELLNESS – Wellness benefits include 100% paid coverage for medical, vision and dental for full-time employees.
- BABYLIST STORE DISCOUNT – All full-time employees receive a generous Babylist Store discount.
Company HQ
Emeryville, CA
Leadership
Natalie Gordon
(CEO)Former Software Engineer at Amazon. Initially founded Babylist as a side project and has since taken the company to a market leading status.
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