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A. Build out the strategy/BizOps team as “Director of Strategy/bizops”
B. Move into Product Management
C. Move into chief of staff to CEO/COO
D. Movie into Corp Dev (as the company becomes more acquisitive)
E. Stay in current org structure.
I currently report to the Head of Sales who reports to the chief revenue officer. My team is highly regarded in the company, but I am a high performer and think am in a highly cross functional role. Reality is, anything in tech that is somewhat Ops related takes backseat to product/eng/design in terms of pay and prestige.
I have the optionality. What should I do?
Coach
I should also add that I have 6 months of growth equity / VC experience if that matters. I worked at an “emerging firm” over the summer and fall.
Woah.... hire me?
Chief of staff to VC is doable. You’ll be an attractive candidate for VC firms since you’ll have the POV of an “operator” along with your finance exp
Chief of staff -> network with VC funds/stay visible to your current firm’s investor -> Transition into VC
Mentor
C seems best here. You’ll have the strategic and operational experience of scaling a startup + exposure to startup’s VCs
Coach
So basically you just care about compensation? Because roles are all over the place..
Coach
Yes. And exit ops into growth/VC. I have a broad enough skill set/experiences that I do a bit of each rn
Move to product management, best skill and way forward in tech.
Option A for most companies you are likely too young without requisite experience, they will bring someone in more senior for you to report to and learn from. Will be exceptions but generally tough to actually do this the way you imagine.
Coach
Option A would be about a 2-3 year process for sure. I’m not tenured enough to run that now. I think there’s def something to say about niche industry experience that I don’t think could be replicated by someone unless they came from a competitor