Chief of Staff

About Level Zero Health

Level Zero Health is advancing cutting-edge biosensor technology designed to provide accurate, real-time monitoring of key endocrine biomarkers. Recognized globally as one of the top 20 startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 and supported by major backers like Redalpine, SOSV, and Entrepreneur First, we are redefining personalized health by integrating biochemistry and nanotechnology innovation.

Our founders, experienced engineers with backgrounds in research and development, technical innovation, and commercial strategy, aim to transform health management by enabling clinical-grade data access for individuals anywhere.

Role Overview

We seek a Chief of Staff to collaborate closely with founders and leadership to architect the organizational structure and talent strategy, establish streamlined operating rhythms, and introduce clarity to recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and compensation as we expand. This position offers impactful engagement across people strategy, HR operations, and cross-team initiatives within a fast-evolving, mission-driven environment at the forefront of biosensing and personalized healthcare technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and translate company objectives into effective organizational design, headcount planning, and recruitment priorities.
• Manage a consistent people operation cadence, including review of relevant metrics and talent planning processes.
• Implement structured frameworks for leveling, compensation, performance evaluation, and promotion decisions.
• Oversee hiring systems, maintaining quality processes, tools, scorecards, interviewer training, and candidate experience enhancement.
• Collaborate with leaders on detailed role development and hiring closure to ensure smooth recruitment pipelines.
• Design and iterate onboarding programs to accelerate new hire integration and impact.
• Drive performance management cycles, including goal setting, review facilitation, calibration, and promotion handling.
• Equip managers with practical resources for one-on-ones, feedback delivery, coaching, and role clarity.
• Establish learning and development initiatives suitable for the current growth stage.
• Manage compensation, benefits administration, benchmarking, salary banding, review cycles, and communications.
• Maintain HR foundational policies, documentation, and employee relations, partnering closely with payroll and HRIS for reporting enhancements.
• Promote company culture, coordinate employee engagement mechanisms such as surveys and feedback loops, and support leadership communications on organizational priorities and updates.
• Lead cross-functional organizational programs, including team setups, location and hybrid work policies, and company-wide policy rollouts.
• Coordinate diverse stakeholders to ensure timeline adherence, remove obstacles, and drive project execution.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of three years in People Operations, HR, talent management, business operations with a focus on human resources, or experience in a Chief of Staff role with significant people management responsibilities.
• Previous experience in startup environments, particularly early-stage or scale-up phases.
• Demonstrated ability to build and operate scalable people processes within fast-paced settings.
• High level of discretion and sound judgment handling confidential matters and complex interpersonal dynamics.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; adept at producing clear and decision-ready documentation.
• Proven analytical skills with expertise in program management, prioritization, and execution based on metrics.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience collaborating closely with founders and executive leadership teams.
• Knowledge of fundamental UK HR compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with payroll systems, applicant tracking systems, and process design.

Personal Traits

• Upholds integrity, approaching challenges with transparency and honesty.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic about problem-solving and owning outcomes independently as well as collaboratively.
• Values clear, open communication and regards feedback as a vital tool for personal and professional growth in a data-driven environment.
• Driven by a desire to impact human health positively through meaningful work.
• Capable of balancing independence with teamwork, recognizing when to seek input or involve others.
• Confident in advocating ideas respectfully and embracing constructive discourse to enhance solutions.
• Resilient and adaptable, thriving amid the evolving demands of a startup setting.

What We Offer

• A competitive salary package coupled with equity participation aligned with role significance.
• Direct collaboration with the company founders, providing strong influence over scaling strategies.
• The opportunity to help develop a leading scientific team from inception.
• Engaging work characterized by urgency, ambition, and meaningful impact.

Additional Information

If you are excited by the vision of pioneering biosensing innovation and enjoy dynamic, learning-oriented environments, we encourage you to apply. Candidates with unconventional backgrounds but unique contributions that do not exactly match the stated requirements are also welcome to get in touch with a brief explanation of their potential fit.