Executive Chief of Staff

**Lazo** is the all-in-one SaaS platform that offers a VC-ready solution for founders solving bookkeeping, finance, legal, tax, payroll, and fundraising tools.

Lazo is granted by: AWS Startups, EY, Endeavor & Tampa Wave Bay.

As both a strategic operator and trusted right hand, the Executive Chief of Staff ensures alignment across teams, drives key priorities forward, protects the CEO’s time and focus, and handles a mix of company-wide initiatives and personal/professional support. It requires a unique blend of operational rigor, startup intuition, and service-oriented leadership.

**Responsibilities**:
**Strategic & Cross-functional Execution**
- Be the integrator across teams, ensuring alignment, accountability, and fluid execution.
- Coordinate and monitor company OKRs, ensuring clarity, focus, and timely delivery.
- Coordinate and monitor company OKRs, ensuring clarity, focus, and timely delivery.
- Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives focused on efficiency, delivery, and scale.
- Translate strategy into clear plans of action together with area leaders.
- Detect operational bottlenecks and proactively propose and implement solutions.
- Supervise special projects and strategic tasks that lack clear ownership.
- Support internal communication and ensure the CEO’s priorities are reflected across the org.

**CEO Support & Experience Management**
- Own and optimize the CEO’s calendar and inbox with precision and foresight.
- Prepare briefing notes, agendas, and follow-ups for key internal and external meetings.
- Protector the CEO’s focus and energy, including managing personal-professional boundaries
- Handle select personal matters with discretion and flexibility, recognizing that in startup life, both worlds are deeply integrated
- Monitor startup ecosystem movements, competitor news, and AI innovation to keep the CEO informed and aheah.
- ** Investor & Stakeholder Management**
- Own and optimize the CEO’s calendar and inbox with precision and foresight.
- Manage investor relations materials: updates, metrics, agendas, follow-ups.
- Collaborate on fundraising processes, including data rooms and investor presentations.
- Act as a liaison with external stakeholders, partners, and advisors as needed.

**Success Metrics**:

- Timely and effective implementation of company OKRs
- Streamlined communication between CEO and leadership team.
- High satisfaction and trust from the CEO in day-to-day support.
- Measurable progress and delivery of strategic initiatives.
- Improved operational efficiency and reduced friction across teams.
- Quality, consistency, and impact of investor communications.
- CEO experiences smoother, more focused, and energized workdays.

**Requirements**:
**Hard Skills**
- 3+ years supporting C-level executives or founders, ideally in startups.
- Strategic thinking and analytical mindset with a focus on execution.
- Strong command of project management and OKR tracking tool.
- Understanding of SaaS metrics, startup growth, and investor dynamics.
- Proficiency with Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, and digital productivity tools.
- Fluent in both **Spanish and English** - this is a must.
- Strong writing and communication skills.

**Soft Skills**
- Highly organized, calm under pressure, and excellent at prioritizing
- Ability to influence without formal authority.
- High emotional intelligence and political sensitivity
- Discretion, confidentiality, and strong ethical standards.
- Curious, proactive, and deeply comfortable with change and ambiguity.
- Genuinely enjoys helping others — and helping leaders thrive.
- **Strong AI orientation** - not just interested in AI, but actively engaged in how it can be leveraged to improve decision-making, workflows, and impact.
- IA First Mindset.

**Benefits.**

Compensation in USD.

‍ #Flexible work culture - we focus on goal achievement

100% remote.

️ 3 weeks of vacation.

‍ Week off between Christmas and New Year's Eve.

Health benefits.

Birthday day off.

Marriage leave, maternity/paternity/adoption leave.

**And it gets better**:
Develop in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

Be part of a highly committed team with an excellent work environment.

Work for one of the most challenging ecosystems: the United States.

Lazo, we provide peace of mind to fast-growing startups by ensuring all financial, accounting, tax, and legal needs are being met while they focus on product and traction. We provide information in a timely manner, ready to be shared with investors, ensuring the startup is always investment-ready.