Chief of Staff, Founder & Executive Chairman’s Office

About the position AccuWeather is seeking a highly experienced Chief of Staff to support its Founder and Executive Chairman. This role is designed for someone who can serve as a strategic and operational extension of a highly engaged Founder & Executive Chairman with evolving priorities while helping oversee the effectiveness, coordination, and execution flow of the Executive Office. This individual will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations and coordination of the Founder’s Office, ensuring alignment of priorities, and driving execution across internal and external stakeholders. This is not a traditional administrative role, but rather a leadership position focused on ownership, coordination, and influence. This role is primarily remote, with expected monthly travel to the State College, PA office for approximately 2–3 days at a time to support executive collaboration, leadership meetings, relationship-building, and ongoing operational alignment.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic right hand to the Founder, ensuring priorities are clearly defined and executed
• Anticipate needs and proactively manage competing priorities
• Serve as a liaison between the Founder and executive leadership
• Provide leadership and structure across the Executive Assistant team
• Establish workflows, communication standards, and accountability
• Ensure cohesion across the office, especially when priorities shift
• Provide strategic oversight of the Founder’s calendar to ensure alignment with business priorities
• Ensure the Founder’s time and calendar remain aligned with the organization’s highest-impact priorities
• Partner with administrative support staff to execute scheduling and logistics
• Ensure travel is aligned with business objectives and optimized for impact
• Oversee meeting effectiveness by ensuring proper preparation, agenda clarity, and outcomes
• Translate executive ideas into actionable plans and ensure follow-through
• Track key initiatives and ensure accountability across teams
• Help accelerate execution across strategic initiatives by improving prioritization, organizational coordination, communication flow, and operational follow-through across leadership teams.
• Track executive priorities, communications, and key initiatives to help ensure projects continue progressing effectively, the appropriate stakeholders remain aligned, and organizational efforts stay focused on the highest-impact priorities
• Simplify complex operational discussions and evolving ideas into organized action plans, clear ownership, and executable next steps.
• Draft and manage high-level correspondence on behalf of the Founder
• Interface with senior executives and external stakeholders
• Attend and help coordinate recurring meetings with the CEO and executive leadership team, along with committee and action-oriented meetings across marketing, sales, product development, and strategic initiatives to support organizational alignment, prioritization, communication flow, and execution across key initiatives.
• Prepare executive materials, briefings, and summaries
• Manage sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• Handle highly confidential and sensitive business and personal information with professionalism, discretion, sound judgment, and reliability.

Requirements

• 7+ years supporting C-suite executives within founder-led, private company, high-growth, or fast-paced environments, including experience supporting highly engaged Founder and/or CEO leadership structures
• Experience in a Lead or Senior Executive Assistant, Chief of Staff, Executive Business Partner, or hybrid executive operations role supporting senior leadership
• Experience managing or coordinating other Executive Assistants
• Proven ability to operate in fast-paced, founder-led environments
• Strong emotional intelligence and executive presence
• Exceptional organizational and prioritization skills
• Ability to operate independently and influence cross-functionally
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Prior experience working remotely while supporting executive leadership

Nice-to-haves

• Highly adaptable and resourceful
• Calm under pressure and does not become flustered easily
• Maintains strong attention to detail and operational accuracy within fast-paced environments
• Professional, proactive, and solutions-oriented demeanor
• Strong judgment and discretion and maintains confidentiality at all times
• Able to balance structure with flexibility
• Comfortable supporting a highly engaged Founder with evolving priorities
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to guide and coordinate administrative support staff and executive office operations

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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