Chief of Staff, Havenly
$90-130k
3-5 days a week in office
Interior design platform
Be an early applicant
Interior design platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$90-130k
3-5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help people create and refine their little corner of the world.
Role
Who you are
- Our ideal candidate is overwhelmingly curious, has a passion for solving business challenges, is a true self-starter, and has a background working in finance, management consulting, or with fast-growing startups
- 3+ years experience in venture capital, private equity, management consulting, investment banking, or at a high-growth startup
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in business, management, or a related field; MBA strongly preferred
- Deep analytical skills, you can pull data, understand the story behind the data, and continue to dive into data to solve problems, without direction
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously under tight timelines and rapidly shifting priorities
- Self-starter with an active sense of urgency and impeccable follow-through
- Capable of managing stakeholder relationships across multiple functions internally and externally
- Trustworthy and can keep sensitive information confidential at all times
- Extremely organized, and detail-oriented with excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent presentation skills - you can develop and deliver engaging presentations, and run efficient and productive meetings
- Are a highly analytical, strategic, and creative thinker with strong business acumen and modeling skills
- No job should be too small, nor any problem too big to work through, particularly through collaboration with the team
- A desire to work at Havenly because you have a passion for and believe in what we’re doing and want to play a major role in our growth. We look forward to getting to know you!
What the job involves
- A Chief of Staff to the CEO can mean many different things at different companies
- What we’re looking for is a super analytical, strategic doer who acts as a key resource and force multiplier to our CEO
- At Havenly Brands, this role is a cross between finance and strategy role, with a healthy dose of on the ground management and execution on top
- Our Chief of Staff will support key strategic and financial analyses, internal and external stakeholder communication and organization, special projects, and partnerships
- They will have the opportunity to support the development of results-oriented and action-driven recommendations to key business questions that support long-term growth and strategic decisions
- Provide decision support through research, analysis of information, scenario modeling, and clear presentation of considerations
- Consistently monitor health KPIs of our business with an eye towards seeing the strategic picture, uncovering areas of opportunity and driving improvement
- Monitor, report on, and assess critical changes in the competitive landscape, global marketplace, and external business environment
- Conduct meeting preparation and research: You will be responsible for providing research and insight for all CEO meetings, as well as defining agendas and preparing materials
- Prepare presentations for internal and external audiences. This will usually involve designing highly compelling presentations for company-wide meetings, board meetings, partner meetings, and speaking engagements
- Provide ad-hoc support on projects small to large; these could include presentations,, research tasks, financial modeling, internal Havenly initiatives, new market explorations, and more
- Track progress against strategic objectives and flag status issues to executive leadership
- Develop, author, and create presentations-- conceptualize, lead, analyze, and present qualitative and quantitative plans
- Understand and own data/analytics of all CEOs projects, identify data stories in the correct way, synthesize comprehensive information to tell a cohesive story
- Communicate updates to CEO in a clear, concise, organized and timely manner on agenda, projects, etc… to ensure no ball is dropped
- Do whatever needs to be done - Some tasks will be glitz and glam, some will be nitty-gritty. You must have a can-do/will-do attitude for this role
Application process
- Step 1: The introductory interview
- We want to learn about your career, what you're looking for in your next role, and why you're excited about Havenly. This is also a great time for you to ask questions and get to know us
- Step 2: The manager interview
- Next, you’ll speak with the hiring manager for the role. We’ll do a deep dive into the specifics of the job and the organization as a whole. Make sure to bring all of your nitty-gritty questions
- Step 3: The experiential interview
- Next, you get the opportunity to show off your skills and see what it's like to work in this role. This could mean a take home project, a case interview, or a live working session with your manager
- Step 4: The team interview
- Now is the time to meet some of the people that you'll be working with. This could be members of your own team, cross-functional team members, direct reports, or members of our executive team. Each person you meet will share their perspective on the company, our culture, and the specific role
- Step 5: The offer
- Yay, we made it! We’re likely crossing our fingers and toes that you’re as excited about us as we are about you. We’ll do our best to make this process quick, informative, and positive. Throughout the offer process, we’ll be available to chat and answer questions
Our take
Founded in 2014, Havenly has grown to be a major startup in the online interior design space. Its platform connects customers with professional interior designers and product purchase recommendations. And, along with the sector at large, it has seen a healthy upswing in recent years.
Though rivals like Modsy and Roomstyler make for tough competition, Havenly's professional consultations put them ahead of simple visualization services, and are attractive to customers looking for an affordable version of a previously hard-to-access personal service.
Havenly's two-pronged approach to the interior design business could see it win big over the coming years. It has lately focussed on acquiring brands such as The Inside, Interior Define and The Citizenry, as well as venturing into IRL services with the launch of “Havenly At Home”.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2021
$28m
SERIES C
Oct 2019
$32m
SERIES C
Total funding: $85.9m
Company values
- Exhibit gumption - Meet every challenge with spirit and energy. Believe the impossible is possible. Draw the f*#$ing owl
- Overperform - Work hard. Move fast. Be scrappy
- Stay playful - No jerks, no whiners. Have fun and laugh. Maintain perspective
- Act like an owner - This is your company. Be accountable. Speak up. Act in the best interest of Havenly
Company HQ
River North Art District, Denver, CO
Articles
Leadership
Lee (Motayed) Mayer
(Co-Founder & CEO)A Columbia and Harvard Business School graduate who started out in Strategic Development at Canon. They also worked at Bain & Company from 2009 to 2011.
Emily Motayed Lancaster
(Co-Founder)They have an MBA from the Wharton School and were Chief of Staff at Bread. They also co-founded Nurture& and Livi Beauty.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 8 more jobs at Havenly