As a fully distributed company our entire team works remotely, so you will have the chance to be based anywhere you will want. We work on WIB timezone (and here a sneak peek of our )
At , we are on a mission to transform the state of higher education in Southeast Asia, and together with it, the lives of millions of people.
We are building a more effective alternative to traditional universities and vocational schools, rethinking how education should serve both students' and employers' needs in Indonesia's booming digital economy.
Working hand in hand with industry leaders, top companies, and learning scientists we develop together the most effective programs to deliver the learning that today's job market needs. We obsess about our students' success and are relentlessly driven by unlocking each of our student's full potential, regardless of their background.
In our first 3 years, we have already helped thousands of students transform their careers in our journey to become the leading higher EdTech player in SouthEast Asia. Our relentless focus on student success allowed us to build our reputation as the best platform to learn the most in-demand skills for today's rapid changing economy.
In business terms, this is translating into a triple digit growth trajectory (y-o-y) of our top line, combined with positive unit economics and overall profitability on our bottom line.
If you are looking to have a real impact on people's lives by giving them the education needed to change their professional lives for the better, we might have a role for you!
As a Chief of Staff, you will work as a trusted advisor to the the CEO as his right hand and force-multiplier, working closely together across a wide range of topics.
The position is a unique opportunity for exceptional talent to fast-track their career, by getting exposed to every aspect of a fast scaling startup, unlike any other role.
The role is designed to transition over time into a senior management position within the organisation, by leading an entire function or BU.
Responsibilities
Including but not limited to:
- Spearheading special projects, for example: leading a metrics overhaul, doing customer research on an adjacent business opportunity or leading the search for a key executive hire. These could be within a specific function/team or multi-functional
- Filling in gaps in the organization, for example: helping our BD team on the partnerships front, supporting our marketing team in building their analytics & data warehouse infrastructure or deep diving into analysing our unit economics
- Manage our quarterly OKR and annual planning processes, including our weekly OKR sync
- Setting up or improving systems and processes across the entire scope of our operations
- Serve as a proxy for the CEO by attending meetings in place of the CEO and ensure action points coming out of key meetings are being implemented
- Create investor updates, pitch decks, memos and presentations on behalf of the CEO
- Act as the communication arm for the CEO within the company and towards external stakeholders (investors, clients, customers)
We are mainly looking for people who:
- have a track record of multiple promotions within a short time span in fast growing mid & large sized startups or have already worked in the CEO office for 100+ FTE startups
- want to step out from their prestigious position in high demanding and selective companies, such as tier-1 consulting firms or investment banks, to move to a job which can give them more meaning, with a very wide and ever changing range of responsibilities. That is, no day will look the same
More specifically we are looking for the following skills:
Problem solving skills: you will be expected to help the CEO make better and quicker decisions across a wide range of topics. To do so, you will need to excel in creating decision frameworks, outlining possible scenarios, detailing pros/cons or trade-offs and coming up with your own recommendations.
Structured about how to prioritize work and time: you will be working at any given time on multiple projects, very different among themselves. You will need to have the ability to prioritize and be extremely efficient with your time
Highest standards: impeccable attention to details and high standards approach to any of your work output. You can read more on what we mean by having a culture of high standards. The quality of your work and outputs will need to inspire every team and employee you will interact with * Ability to get things done: the role will combine highly strategic work but also a lot of day-to-day lower level execution. You will need to enjoy getting your hands dirty and display an extreme sense of ownership in each of the projects assigned
- Communication and presentation skills (both verbal and written): as per the responsibilities outlined above, you will be acting as the communication arm for the CEO, creating memos and presentation on his behalf. Together with it interacting with almost all teams and leaders. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills (Bahasa + English) are required.
- Highest level of integrity and trustworthiness: you will have access to all the most delicate information and are expected to act as a trusted advisor to the CEO. Highest level of integrity is a conditio sine qua non
- Research skills: you will be expected to spend a lot of time, especially in the beginning, in researching the market (not only ID but worldwide) to help you come up with the best go to market strategy
- Passionate about education and our mission: we are building a culture of people obsessively passionate about our mission and the impact we can have on the lives of millions of people. Hiring people with the same degree of genuine drive, makes everything much easier (and more fun)
Our first promise - the ride of a lifetime
You will be joining the company in its most exciting phase, where things will move and change at a crazy pace and where the impact you will have on the overall business trajectory will be huge.
Our company growth will mean much faster career growth than other companies of similar size. Our most talented junior employees who joined us 2 year ago, are for example now in charge of entire teams, working on some of the most exciting strategic and operational topics within the education industry.
The second promise - a good place to work
We are building a company that takes the growth of its employees on the same level as that of its students. It's our mandate to make every one of our employees perform at the maximum of their capacity so that they can do here, at RevoU, the very best work of their lives. In practical terms:
You can read more in our
The third promise – you will feel proud about your work
We believe that finding a fulfilling career should be among the most important priorities in one's life and that today's job market offers endless opportunities to change the lives of many, for the better. You will play a fundamental role in making this possible.
And nothing will beat the sense of accomplishment once you will see that happening. Especially once you see that happening at scale.
You can see the impact we had on some of our students by reading some of
These are 3 most important promises we are making to you.
If you are looking for typical ‘startup' benefits: flexible and remote working environment, a very attractive package, premium health insurance, etc => we are offering you all these benefits as well
But don't join us for these, join us first and foremost for the 3 reasons above
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