Chief of Staff & Executive Partner - Gross Labs | Newport Beach, CA (Hybrid) en Shadow Light Studios

Description

Chief of Staff & Executive Partner

Gross Labs | Newport Beach, CA (Hybrid)


Build culture. Back founders. Shape the future.

Gross Labs is a family enterprise and cultural investment platform operating at the intersection of sports, media, education, hospitality, and consumer brands.

We build, back, and scale companies that influence how people live, learn, and gather.

Unlike traditional private equity or family offices, we don’t sit on the sidelines.
We are builders and operators — partnering closely with founders, launching new ventures, and creating long-term platforms that shape culture and community.

Our ecosystem includes:
• Education technology (Find Your Grind)
• Music and media (Big Noise Music Group)
• Sports and experiential ventures
• Real estate and hospitality concepts
• Strategic investments across emerging brands

We believe culture drives economic value — and we invest accordingly.

About the Founder

Nick Gross is an entrepreneur, investor, and lifelong creator.

Over the past two decades, Nick has built companies, toured internationally as a musician, invested across sports and media, and founded Find Your Grind to help students discover purpose and career direction. His family also built PIMCO, one of the most influential investment firms in the world, instilling a deep respect for long-term thinking, discipline, and stewardship.

Gross Labs was created to bring those two worlds together:
institutional rigor + creative culture.

This role works directly alongside Nick as a strategic partner in building and operating the entire platform.

The Opportunity

This is not a traditional Executive Assistant role.

This is a Chief of Staff–level partner who helps run a fast-moving, multi-company ecosystem.

You will sit at the center of:
• investment decisions
• operating strategy
• new ventures
• partnerships
• and day-to-day execution

You’ll help translate vision into action and ensure nothing falls through the cracks.

If you love being in the room where decisions happen — and then making them real — this role is for you.

What You’ll Own

Strategic Partner to the Founder

• Serve as Nick’s right hand across all priorities
• Prepare for key meetings, deals, and decisions
• Synthesize information into clear recommendations
• Help set weekly, monthly, and quarterly focus

Execution Engine

• Turn strategy into action plans
• Track priorities across multiple companies
• Ensure follow-through and accountability
• Remove bottlenecks before they become problems

Enterprise Coordination

• Connect teams across Gross Labs, Find Your Grind, and portfolio companies
• Align stakeholders and maintain information flow
• Support board meetings, investor updates, and reporting
• Create operational clarity across a complex ecosystem

Operational & Administrative Leadership

• Manage scheduling, travel, and logistics at a high level
• Oversee workflows, vendors, and tools
• Keep the founder’s time ruthlessly optimized
• Design systems that reduce chaos and increase leverage

Special Projects

• New venture launches
• Partnerships
• Offsites and strategy sessions
• Events and summits
• Anything critical and high-impact

No two days will look the same — and that’s the point.

Who You Are

You might be:
• A former startup operator
• A consultant who wants to build instead of advise
• A founder-minded generalist
• A Chief of Staff ready for more ownership
• Or an elite EA who naturally operates at a strategic level

You thrive in ambiguity and move fast without needing constant direction.

You don’t wait to be told what to do — you see what needs to happen and make it happen.

Traits That Matter Most

• Extremely organized and detail-oriented
• Calm under pressure
• High judgment and discretion
• Proactive and resourceful
• Clear communicator
• Systems thinker
• Energized by building, not maintaining

Bonus if you love culture, sports, music, education, or entrepreneurship.

What Success Looks Like

• The founder is focused on the highest-value work only
• Priorities are clear and moving
• Teams feel aligned and informed
• Decisions happen faster
• Nothing important slips through the cracks
• Gross Labs runs smoother and more effectively because you’re here

Why This Role Is Special

This is a front-row seat to building a modern family enterprise and investment platform from the inside.

You’ll learn:
• investing
• operating
• brand building
• partnerships
• governance
• entrepreneurship at scale

Few roles offer this much exposure, trust, and impact.

Location & Structure

• Hybrid (Newport Beach / Orange County preferred)
• Full-time
• Competitive compensation + performance upside

If This Sounds Like You

Send a thoughtful note on why this role resonates with you and how you’ve been a force multiplier in past work.

We care more about judgment, ownership, and energy than titles.