Chief of Staff; Hybrid

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Founded in 2016, Moonshot is recognized nationally as a model for a community-based approach to identifying a diverse pipeline of leaders and accelerating them to design and launch innovative solutions that center youth on the margins. Moonshot grows a community of BIPOC and historically marginalized leaders with the skills to design solutions that disrupt inequities impacting youth. Moonshot is supporting our seventh cohort of Fellows and growing our alumni network and services.

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As Moonshot enters its next phase of growth, we are hiring a Chief of Staff to build the organizational systems and infrastructure that will enable a high‑performing, joyful, and equitable organization for years to come.

Moonshot is hiring a Chief of Staff to partner closely with CEO, Kat Ling, and serve as the organization’s strategic and operational architect. This is a senior leadership role responsible for strengthening organizational effectiveness, operationalizing strategy, and ensuring the CEO and Leadership Team are equipped to make high-quality decisions in service of Moonshot’s mission. This is a primarily internal-facing role focused on building the systems, clarity, and operating rhythms that enable Moonshot’s small but mighty team to execute effectively.

The Chief of Staff will lead cross-functional planning, build people and operational systems, establish clear decision-making frameworks, and bring analytical rigor to strategic and partnership decisions. This role is ideal for a leader who thrives in complexity, builds clarity from ambiguity, and has the judgment to advise the CEO while driving execution across the enterprise. Because Moonshot is a small, entrepreneurial team of nine, the Chief of Staff will “right‑size” systems—strengthening what works, simplifying where needed, and ensuring processes remain agile as the organization evolves.

• 7+ years in operations, organizational strategy, project management, or organizational effectiveness in mission-driven environments
• Proven ability to translate strategy into actionable plans, clear roles, decision pathways, and resourcing models with an emphasis on designing systems proportionate to a lean team
• Experience building organizational infrastructure such as hiring, onboarding, performance systems, planning cycles, and internal communication systems while avoiding unnecessary complexity or over-systematization
• Strong change-management skills that center equity, transparency, and psychological safety
• High EQ, with the ability to anticipate needs, strengthen relationships, and build trust across diverse teams
• Thrives in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments—comfortable navigating ambiguity, shifting priorities, and continuous iteration

• Build financial models and evaluation frameworks to assess ROI, guide strategic decisions, and ensure new opportunities align with mission, capacity, and strategic priorities
• Develop evaluation criteria and decision-making frameworks that support data-driven choices
• Use data to prioritize, sequence, and resource work across competing demands
• Lead strategic budget planning with cross-functional alignment

• Experience as a trusted advisor to senior leaders; exercises sound judgment and balanced, strategic thinking
• Protect the CEO’s bandwidth by structuring priorities, managing information flow, and establishing quality-assurance processes
• Represent the CEO internally to maintain momentum and alignment
• Maintain organizational continuity during CEO travel or periods of high demand
• Facilitate thoughtful decision-making and navigate complex trade-offs

• Exceptional communicator: warm, direct, clear, and able to translate complex ideas for diverse audiences
• Skilled…