Principal, Chief of Staff

As Principal, Chief of Staff at Hut 8, you report directly to the CEO and serve as their trusted advisor. You ensure the company's strategic priorities are executed efficiently and effectively, design and execute growth initiatives, drive critical projects across the organization, and inform strategic decision-making at the highest level. This role is intense and entrepreneurial in a startup-style environment, with substantial opportunities to take on increasing responsibility and shape the company's growth and evolution.

What you'll do

• Design, prioritize, and execute critical growth and optimization initiatives for the business.
• Build a deep, nuanced understanding of the energy infrastructure and data center markets, identify key market dynamics and trends, and understand business differentiators.
• Serve as a trusted partner to the CEO by generating and delivering rigorous quantitative and qualitative insights to drive business strategy and decision-making.
• Participate in or lead key meetings with internal and external stakeholders with or on behalf of the CEO, shaping program design and execution and ensuring that initiatives are executed to the highest standard.
• Align and manage internal and external stakeholders across special projects ranging from cross-functional initiatives to executive-specific needs.
• Produce materials for internal and external stakeholders, including memos, presentations, and materials for Board of Director meetings.
• Collaborate with the broader leadership team to develop organizational OKRs, ensuring effective communication of objectives, accountability tracking against objectives, and effective presentation of progress.
• Partner with the CFO to execute organizational planning and budgeting initiatives.
• Monitor and assess organizational performance, diagnosing areas of improvement and offering well-communicated insights and solutions.
• Identify opportunities to train team members, elevate work products, and enhance processes, systems, and tools to drive greater impact and efficiency across the organization.

What you bring

• 5+ years of experience in highly strategic, analytical, or operational roles such as: a pre- or post-MBA role at a top-tier strategy consulting firm or investment bank; an investment role at a bulge bracket or leading middle-market private equity firm; a market-facing strategy and operations role at a high-growth technology startup; or an officer role in the U.S. Military with demonstrated ability leading teams and supporting more senior officers or a legislative assistant or press secretary role to a U.S. Senator or Congressman.
• A Bachelor's degree.
• An agile and organized working style to manage and consistently prioritize key initiatives.
• Detail-oriented strategic thinking with strong quantitative aptitude and an analytical approach to problem-solving.
• The ability to learn quickly and maintain high standards in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience with financial modeling.
• Strong emotional intelligence and professionalism as a representative of the CEO.
• An entrepreneurial and driven mindset, with a track record of high efficiency and output.
• A strong orientation towards outcomes and a willingness to roll up your sleeves and get the job done. You can be expected to be available outside of normal working hours.
• A passion for energy, data centers, and next generation computing.

Nice to have

• An MBA.
• Startup experience.

About the work environment

This role is in office at Hut 8's corporate headquarters in the Brickell area of Miami, Florida. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About Hut 8

Hut 8 builds infrastructure for AI and energy technology at scale. The company aims to be the defining physical infrastructure company of its generation, solving consequential problems at the intersection of energy and technology.