Chief of Staff to the CFO

Role Overview

Lila Sciences is searching for a highly capable Chief of Staff to collaborate closely with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in managing financial, operational, people, and strategic priorities crucial for the company's growth. This pivotal position acts as a central point for the CFO's responsibilities, ensuring critical initiatives are efficiently prioritized and executed with agility and thoroughness.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the CFO to focus on the most impactful tasks spanning finance, human resources, operations, marketing, and strategy.
• Design and manage the CFO’s operating rhythm, including meetings, planning phases, decision-making milestones, and follow-ups.
• Develop preparatory materials, contextual insights, and strategic recommendations for leadership engagements, vendor negotiations, and operational assessments.
• Monitor and advance projects owned by the CFO from initial questions through decisions, execution, and completion.
• Coordinate follow-ups with vendors, external collaborators, and internal teams regarding operational priorities.
• Facilitate coordination among departments including Finance, HR, Legal, Marketing, Operations, and Strategy to ensure clarity in task ownership and next steps.
• Identify stalled projects, unresolved decisions, or ambiguous transitions and escalate or address them as necessary.
• Compose concise decision documents, meeting summaries, operational updates, and executive communications.
• Maintain comprehensive awareness of the CFO’s agenda to track priorities, dependencies, and risks.
• Introduce structure and momentum to rapidly evolving workflows while maintaining flexibility and pace.

Qualifications

• Minimum seven years' experience in roles such as Chief of Staff, business operations, strategy, finance, people operations, consulting, or executive support.
• Proven ability to assist senior leaders in managing complex, cross-functional tasks.
• Sound business insight covering finance, personnel, operations, procurement, and strategic planning.
• Skill in converting ambiguous assignments into clear workstreams with designated owners and actionable decisions.
• Exceptional written communication skills in creating executive updates, decision memos, and follow-up content.
• Strong confidentiality and judgment when managing sensitive financial, personnel, vendor, and organizational matters.
• Adaptability to work in a dynamic environment with fast-changing priorities.
• Proactive mindset with excellent follow-through and the resolve to seek clarity when required.

Desirable Attributes

• Experience supporting top executives such as CFOs, COOs, or Chief People Officers with wide-ranging operational duties.
• Knowledge of budgeting, planning, vendor management, people operations, and organizational rhythms.
• Background in strategic finance, business operations, consulting, or executive-level operations.
• Previous involvement in startups or high-growth environments with evolving processes.
• Familiarity with tools including Notion, Slack, Google Workspace, Greenhouse, HiBob, Ramp, NetSuite, or equivalents.

Compensation and Benefits

The company provides a competitive base salary ranging between $204,000 and $320,000 USD, inclusive of bonus opportunities and early-stage equity. Benefits for U.S. employees include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage; employer-paid life and disability insurance; flexible time off with generous holidays; paid parental leave; educational support; commuter perks (including bike share memberships for on-site staff); and a subsidized lunch program. International employees receive regionally tailored benefits with local market salary adjustments.

About Lila Sciences

Lila Sciences pioneers Scientific Superintelligence™ aimed at addressing humanity’s most significant challenges. Their approach combines advanced AI with proprietary instruments to autonomously execute the scientific method, accelerating discovery across medicine, materials, and energy sectors. Driven by values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, the company operates swiftly like a startup while solving historic problems.

Diversity and Inclusion

Lila Sciences is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities without discrimination on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Candidate information is managed according to the organization's privacy policies.

Recruitment Policy

The company does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or third parties unless contacted directly by their internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes submitted without a signed agreement become company property without referral compensation.