Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive Officer of Eurasia Group

About Eurasia Group and GZERO Media  

Eurasia Group is the world's leading global research and advisory firm. We help clients understand, anticipate, and respond to instability and opportunities everywhere they do business. 

Together with GZERO Media—the go-to source of first insight into geopolitics—and our full-fledged events team, the Eurasia Group umbrella provides a complete political risk solution.

Headquartered in New York, we have offices in Washington, London, São Paulo, Brasilia, Tokyo, Singapore, and San Francisco, as well as on-the-ground experts in more than a hundred countries in every region of the world. We are committed to analysis that is free of political bias and the influence of private interests. 

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Position Overview

The Chief of Staff to the CEO serves as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to the executive, enabling the leadership team to focus on Eurasia Group’s biggest priorities in a fast-paced, global environment. Applicants must have proven experience in managing a high-level executive and associated support team, preferably in both commercial and geopolitical environments. Key elements of the role include coordinating and aligning top priorities across the organization with the CEO, accelerating the execution of critical initiatives, ensuring follow-through on client-facing and growth opportunities where the CEO is engaged, and fostering a positive, inclusive culture that supports innovation and high performance. The right candidate will embrace EG’s values and bring a sense of urgency and ownership to their work.

Key Responsibilities

• Directly manage and oversee a team of 5 responsible for supporting the executive’s business analytics and administrative priorities
• Independently oversee special projects that support the CEO’s vision, including ownership of planning, coordination, execution, and/or results.
• Act as a gatekeeper and sounding board, offering insights and anticipating needs.
• Efficiently triage requests, prioritize the CEO’s time, and maintain focus on high-impact activities.
• Coordinate all external / client-facing activities for the CEO, optimize trip objectives, ensure excellent meeting prep, tracking, and follow-through on all commercial engagements and opportunities
• Work with the CEO’s Executive Assistant to maintain a strategic calendar of corporate milestones, leadership meetings, events, and key company deliverables.
• Prepare for meetings, track and follow up on action items, and ensure timely implementation of decisions.
• Shape internal and external communications and presentations for the CEO.
• Represent the CEO in internal and client meetings as needed, providing concise summaries, insights, and follow-up.
• Lead and collaborate in a matrix environment, managing and directing activities of others with or without direct line management responsibilities, to drive excellence.
• Manage strategic and annual planning sessions and recurring executive meetings by setting clear objectives and agendas, tracking key decisions and deliverables, and ensuring alignment, accountability, and successful execution.
• Communicate key messages and drive critical initiatives with authority and credibility, ensuring buy-in f