Chief of Staff

Chesapeake Search Partners is partnering with a growing real estate organization to identify a Chief of Staff reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer. This highly visible role sits at the intersection of executive partnership, business operations, and project management, serving as an extension of the CFO to keep priorities moving across Accounting, Financial Reporting, HR, Property Management, Legal, and Asset Management.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, proactive, and comfortable driving accountability across multiple senior-level stakeholders and initiatives.

• Serve as an extension of the CFO, managing priorities, preparing for key meetings, and helping drive execution across competing business needs.
• Lead cross-functional project tracking across multiple departments, identifying bottlenecks, monitoring milestones, and ensuring initiatives remain on schedule.
• Develop executive-level dashboards, roadmaps, presentations, and visual reporting that provide clear visibility into priorities, progress, and deliverables.
• Attend key meetings with or on behalf of the CFO, document decisions and action items, and drive follow-through and accountability across department leaders.
• Build and maintain project plans, schedules, timelines, and Gantt charts to manage multiple concurrent work streams.
• Support process improvement, SOP development, AI-enabled workflows, and special projects that strengthen organizational effectiveness and executive decision-making.

• 5+ years of experience in executive business partnership, Chief of Staff, business operations, or project management, ideally supporting C-suite or senior executives.
• Demonstrated project management experience with the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Advanced proficiency with , including project boards, Gantt views, and executive dashboards.
• Strong PowerPoint and visual communication skills with the ability to translate complex information into clear executive-level reporting.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to improve process documentation, drafting, workflows, and operational efficiency.
• Confident, proactive communication style with strong judgment, discretion, and the ability to drive accountability among senior leaders.