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I did it for a business unit of ~350 people for a mid level exec. Then moved up to an entire division of ~2,000 for a very senior exec. You're the right hand man/woman that does everything the admin doesn't. You see everything, you're the eyes and ears for the exec, you basically run the show. Sometimes was referred to as COO of the unit instead of CoS, my official title was business manager, but in my last role I was SVP and it was fairly senior. I loved it.
A friend left Bain 8 years ago (2y post MBA) took a CoS role at a privately held company, and is now CFO of that company, making $2-3m / year. Its a great springbord.
P1, pretty much everything and anything. You're expected to do a lot of the thinking for the senior C suite you're supporting, in my case, it's the CEO. I have been asked to get involved on a lot of the stuff my boss wants to get regular updates on and give my input on, in some cases on behalf of him. Also involved in multiple projects at the moment, looking at a market entry, another one on Brexit, another piece on a regulation and one on profitability. There's other BAU type stuff such as preparing the CEO for the Board and key regulator meetings, sitting on various SteerCos looking at Talent/Culture, how we look to get more females into the workforce etc., and a few other bits and bobs. This role is super broad.
The pay was good for me. I was at a bank. $120 at 26, it was pretty fucking solid. Got a raise for consulting, came over as manager now director, but I kinda miss the job honestly. The scope was bigger than I have currently, so there's less pressure in my role now... enjoying the travel for a while. Tradeoff. But couldn't agree more with OP... consulting translates extremely well to these roles and vice versa. I'd love to go back to industry as a COO of a small or midsize company.
I did the opposite, and totally agree OP! Olivia Pope the shit out of that job.
Been wanting to do a chief of staff role as well. What's the industry you're in and how'd you get approached?
*csuite. Although I would take Josh Lyman over Kelly any day.
^CoS for an NGO, that sounds rewarding as well. How many years of experience did she have in consulting? Can you tell I'm looking at exit ops? I can't do this m-th travel forever
The one I was interviewing for was 160 base in Austin
What type of work do you do in this role?
I'm in FS (investment management specifically). Got approached by the HR team. Have seen Chief of Staff / Business Manager roles advertised by recruiters and on company websites
Shit, I'm way underpaid it seems. I'm a Chief of Staff also and like it a lot. Agree that consulting prepares you quite well for this.
Look for roles with these titles - Chief of Staff / Business Manager / Head of Special Projects, and some firms even use the title Executive Assistants, which I know is a title sometimes used for PA's too, so pay attention to the job description
I was only a consultant for a year and a half and am now a CoS. However I am older and am prior military. Consulting skill plus prior leadership experience works great to set you up as a CoS.
This is my second role since leaving consulting last year. First role I didn't enjoy and decided to make a quick move into something that I thought I was going to enjoy. In total from when I was in Consulting, I've got a a total 60% jump in base.
4.5 years
I think I just found my dream job.
Big 4, alignment was Ops, but did work on a few Strat projects
Know someone who left BCG as a 3rd year out of undergrad, took chief of staff role and made VP after two years.
Following... what kind if title would we look for when applying or on linkedin