Chief of Staff to CEO

Position Title
: CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CEO
Location
: HOUSTON, TX
FLSA Class
: EXEMPT
Responsible to
: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Position Summary: Volta Grid is seeking an experienced Chief of Staff to serve as a trusted strategic and operational partner to the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief of Staff will work directly with the CEO to translate company priorities into action, strengthen alignment across the executive leadership team, and drive critical initiatives across Volta Grid’s corporate functions, manufacturing facilities, and field operations.

This individual will play an important role in the continued integration of the organization and in preparing Volta Grid for the expectations and operating rigor of the public markets.

This is a highly visible, hands-on position requiring exceptional judgment, discretion, business acumen, and follow-through. The Chief of Staff must be equally comfortable in the Boardroom, at a manufacturing facility, in the field, or meeting with customers, investors, and business partners. This is not an administrative role. It is an executive-level position focused on increasing the CEO’s effectiveness and ensuring that the company’s most important priorities are executed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategic Partnership to the CEO

• Serve as a trusted adviser and thought partner to the CEO on business, operational, organizational, and strategic matters.
• Help the CEO prioritize time and attention around the issues and opportunities that have the greatest impact on the company.
• Translate the CEO’s direction into clear objectives, action plans, accountable owners, and measurable outcomes.
• Anticipate issues requiring the CEO’s attention and ensure the CEO has the information needed to make timely, well-informed decisions.
• Provide candid, objective counsel and help pressure-test important decisions, organizational changes, and strategic opportunities.
• Represent the CEO in selected meetings and initiatives when appropriate.
• Work closely with the CEO’s Executive Assistant to coordinate priorities, preparation, travel, meetings, and follow-through.

Travel With the CEO

• Travel regularly with the CEO to Volta Grid facilities, field locations, customer sites, Board meetings, investor meetings, industry events, and other business engagements.
• Ensure the CEO is fully prepared for each engagement through concise briefing materials, relevant background information, key messages, anticipated questions, and clearly defined objectives.
• Participate in meetings alongside the CEO, capture decisions, and commitments, and ensure appropriate follow-up.
• Build relationships with employees, customers, investors, advisers, and business partners while representing the CEO and Volta Grid professionally.
• Use facility and field visits to identify operational challenges, organizational concerns, and opportunities that may not be visible at the corporate level.
• Maintain flexibility to travel on short notice and accommodate business needs outside traditional working hours when necessary.
• Travel is expected to be both planned and situational and may include frequent domestic travel and occasional international travel.

Strategy and Enterprise Execution

• Help convert Volta Grid’s strategic plan into a practical operating agenda for the executive leadership team.
• Lead or coordinate high-priority initiatives that cross multiple functions or business units.
• Establish clear ownership, timelines, milestones, and reporting for the company’s most important priorities.
• Identify barriers to execution and work with executive leaders to resolve them quickly.
• Develop analyses, recommendations, and executive-level materials to support major business decisions.
• Track commitments made by the CEO and executive leadership…