Chief of Staff to CEO chez Skillz Inc.

About the job

If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career!

Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move!

Why Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally, take advantage of our 401K matching, equity incentives, pre-tax benefit options, and more.

• Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.

• Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays, including a company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Years, to help you recharge and pursue your passions.

• Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot headquarters. Enjoy free daily breakfast and catered lunch, snacks,a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, insurance, team bonding events and many more. 

• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.

• Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup, and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling, and that also pertains to your growth. 

The Chief of Staff will serve as the CEO’s strategic partner and operational right hand. In this highly cross-functional role, you’ll be responsible for keeping the executive leadership team aligned, ensuring critical initiatives move forward efficiently, and driving execution on the company’s top priorities. You’ll blend strategic thinking, operational rigor, and strong influencing skills, with exposure to all parts of the business. As Skillz continues to scale, the complexity of decision-making and cross-functional collaboration is increasing, and this role will be critical to keeping the executive team focused, aligned, and operating at a high velocity.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO to drive OKRs and business planning, providing data-driven insights to support strategic decisions and ensure cross-functional alignment.

• Lead high-impact initiatives on behalf of the CEO, streamlining workflows, removing bottlenecks, and building scalable processes to improve execution speed and quality.

• Act as a strategic extension of the CEO by developing executive materials, driving internal communication, and representing the CEO in key meetings when needed.

• Provide strategic leverage to the CEO by managing their core team, supporting executive alignment, and leading business analysis around acquisitions, investments, and strategic partnerships.

Key Competencies

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex information into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders and cross-functional teams.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to use data and research to support sound decision-making.

• Demonstrated ability to quickly assess competing priorities, identify what matters most, and surface the most critical insights or actions for executive decision-making.

• Highly collaborative, with strong interpersonal and leadership skills and the ability to lead through influence rather than authority.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; familiarity with project management and operational tools is a plus.

• Comfortable building decision frameworks and financial models to support investment, partnership, and strategic decisions.
• Ability to balance long-term strategic goals with near-term execution, consistently delivering measurable outcomes.

Experience 

• 5+ years of experience in private equity, investment banking, or a hedge fund, ideally with a focus on the TMT (technology, media, telecom) sector.

• Direct experience analyzing investment opportunities involving complex project management and building multi-layered decision and financial models.

• Hands-on experience managing operations, projects, or workflows with clear business impact.

• A track record of driving process improvements that reduced costs, increased efficiency, or improved delivery.

• Proven ability to perform in high-pressure environments requiring discretion, confidentiality, and fast, thoughtful problem-solving.

Nice to Have 

• Experience in the gaming industry

Total Starting Compensation including Base + Bonus + Equity:  $247,200

Location: New York

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