The Role
The Chief of Staff partners with the CEO to build systems that drive growth. The role coordinates across Growth, Sales, Solution Specialists, and go-to-market teams; converts strategic ideas into repeatable processes, campaigns, and qualified opportunities; identifies and escalates problems; uses data and AI for decision-making; and owns high-priority business problems from strategy through execution.
Summary Generated by Built In
Are you passionate about making a significant impact on one of our generation's most pressing environmental challenges? Join us in creating and leading a new category in the Climate Tech industry.
About Waterplan
Waterplan is a pioneering Series A Y Combinator-backed Climate Tech startup dedicated to accelerating the journey toward a water-secure future. Through our leading AI B2B Enterprise SaaS platform, we empower companies to understand, respond, report, and monitor their ever-evolving water risk. We help businesses see the tangible benefits of mitigating water risks, fostering a future where organizations are motivated to conserve water and preserve our precious ecosystems.
About the role
We are looking for a highly entrepreneurial, analytical, and execution-oriented Chief of Staff to the CEO.
This person will work side-by-side with the CEO to build and operate the systems that drive growth. You will sit at the intersection of the CEO, Growth, Sales, Solution Specialists and our go-to-market teams, turning ideas and signals into repeatable processes, campaigns and qualified opportunities.
Who you are
Why Join Waterplan?
About Waterplan
Waterplan is a pioneering Series A Y Combinator-backed Climate Tech startup dedicated to accelerating the journey toward a water-secure future. Through our leading AI B2B Enterprise SaaS platform, we empower companies to understand, respond, report, and monitor their ever-evolving water risk. We help businesses see the tangible benefits of mitigating water risks, fostering a future where organizations are motivated to conserve water and preserve our precious ecosystems.
About the role
We are looking for a highly entrepreneurial, analytical, and execution-oriented Chief of Staff to the CEO.
This person will work side-by-side with the CEO to build and operate the systems that drive growth. You will sit at the intersection of the CEO, Growth, Sales, Solution Specialists and our go-to-market teams, turning ideas and signals into repeatable processes, campaigns and qualified opportunities.
Who you are
- Professional experience in relevant roles such as Growth, Revenue Operations, Strategy & Operations, Solution Consulting / Solution Specialist, Commercial Strategy, Chief of Staff, consulting, or similar high-ownership operating roles.
- You have extremely high ownership. When something falls within your domain, you don't wait for someone else to solve it.
- You are commercially minded and naturally curious about customers, markets and what creates an opportunity.
- You are highly structured. You can take something messy and turn it into a clear process, system or workflow.
- You are comfortable operating both strategically and tactically.
- You are proactive.
- You identify problems before they become visible to everyone else and escalate early when needed. You have high standards and are comfortable holding others accountable to them.
- You communicate clearly and can work effectively with senior executives, AEs and cross-functional teams. You enjoy using data and AI to make better decisions and move faster.And, most importantly, you are someone who wants to own a business problem rather than simply execute a list of tasks.
- What matters most is a combination of commercial judgment + systems thinking + extreme ownership + execution speed.
Why Join Waterplan?
- Impactful Mission: Contribute to a meaningful cause with a clear vision of fostering a water-secure future.
- Dynamic Team: Work alongside a talented and passionate team dedicated to making a difference.
- Growth Opportunity: Be at the forefront of our industry's growth, shaping the future of water security and sustainability.
- Culture & Values: Enjoy a remote working environment with unlimited PTO, rooted in our core values: I dive in & own the outcome; I’m guided by nature when making decisions; I treat every customer as precious as water; I’m always iterating towards excellence; I make others successful; I listen with depth and respect.
- Diversity & Inclusion: Thrive in a workplace that champions diversity and inclusivity at every step of our journey.
If you're ready to join a transformative division at a groundbreaking company, then we'd love to get to know you. Apply today and help chart the course to a water-secure world.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of professional experience in Growth, Revenue Operations, Strategy and Operations, Solution Consulting, Commercial Strategy, Chief of Staff, consulting, or similar high-ownership operating roles.
- Commercial judgment and customer- and market-oriented thinking.
- Ability to structure ambiguous problems into clear processes, systems, or workflows.
- Ability to operate strategically and tactically with strong execution speed.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with senior executives, account executives, and cross-functional teams.
- Experience using data and AI to improve decisions and execution.
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The Company
What We Do
Waterplan is the corporate water sustainability platform to measure, respond, and report water risk. With Waterplan's technology, sustainability teams can comprehensively assess water risk across their operations and supply chain, streamline reporting processes, and expedite progress towards achieving their water targets. Our platform provides access to the best-in-class water risk data and water expert leaders, saves time from water data collection to reporting and acting, and enables stakeholder alignment to take action on water risks. Waterplan has partnered with multiple large corporations across industries and regions, including Amazon, Meta, AB InBev, Colgate-Palmolive, Kurita, Suntory, Mars, and Cemex. We are a fast growing venture-backed company with a mission to accelerate the transition to a water-secured world.
