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Chief of Staff to the Chairman

Chief of Staff to the Chairman

GVW GroupBirmingham, AL, US
18 days ago
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Chief Of Staff To The Chairman

GVW Group is a dynamic private investment and industrial holding company dedicated since 1993 to growing and starting businesses. We take an entrepreneurial approach to building value for our scalable early stage, high-growth, and mid-sized operating companies by providing strategic expertise and resources. Along the way, we have expanded globally into diverse industries ranging from manufacturing to technology, distribution, big data, engineering, and energy efficiency.

The Chief of Staff to the Chairman is a trusted strategic executive who functions as the Chairman's force multiplier ensuring that vision, intent, and priorities are executed with precision, velocity, and consistency across the enterprise. This role occupies a uniquely high-leverage seat, responsible for translating strategy into action, structuring complex initiatives, managing cross-functional alignment, and ensuring accountability across the portfolio. As a senior leader, you will fill the voids before they are visible, stabilize chaos before it surfaces, and drive outcomes across diverse teams and contexts. You are the integrator between ambition and execution, and the embodiment of the Chairman's operating philosophy.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Serve as the Chairman's senior executor, overseeing the implementation of top priorities and resolving barriers to execution across businesses, initiatives, and investments.
  • Translate abstract vision and directives into actionable, measurable, and delegated initiatives with clear accountability structures.
  • Own the rhythm of executionensure forward motion, mitigate inertia, and enforce results.
  • Drive operational alignment across the portfolioensuring leaders are rowing in the same direction, on time, and to spec.
  • Monitor enterprise-wide initiatives with a "no-drop" execution standard; surface issues before they become risks and resolve bottlenecks without escalation when possible.
  • Instill discipline, accountability, and follow-through by creating transparency in progress, quality, and outcomes.
  • Directly own mission-critical and time-sensitive initiativesincluding M&A, transformation projects, restructurings, and special ops.
  • Act as interim leader in underperforming or transitional areas; stabilize and structure quickly while preparing permanent leadership solutions.
  • Mobilize task forces to solve emergent problems or seize fast-moving opportunities.
  • Structure, protect, and optimize the Chairman's time, energy, and attention by serving as a problem preventor, integrator, and proxy where appropriate.
  • Maintain clear situational awareness across all strategic and operational domains the Chairman touches.
  • Represent the Chairman internally and externally ensuring his expectations, style, and ethos are always embedded in messaging and decisions.

Requirements :

  • Education : 1015+ years in high-consequence environments such as top-tier consulting, private equity, military command, investment banking, or executive operating roles in entrepreneurial, high-growth firms.
  • Experience : Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams in ambiguous, fast-paced, and mission-critical contexts. Experience reporting directly to or advising C-level leaders, with a track record of influencing decisions at the highest levels. Prior Chief of Staff, COO, GM, or equivalent senior roles strongly preferred.
  • Skills : Strategic Operator : Can go from 30,000 feet to the ground floor, seamlessly translating strategy into structured plans and outcomes. Executional Rigor : Project management mastery across multiple concurrent initiativesplanning, tracking, communicating, and enforcing execution. Financial Fluency : Deep comfort with models, financials, valuations, forecasting, and P&L ownership. Communication Excellence : Writes, presents, and speaks with clarity, precision, and tone-matching at every altitude. Industry Exposure Experience in industrials, manufacturing, logistics, or other B2B operational contexts is preferred but not required. Experience navigating family-office dynamics or multi-portfolio holding companies is a strong plus.
  • Personal Characteristics & Leadership Traits : Judgment & Discretion : Absolute integrity and confidentiality. Trusted with sensitive decisions and information. Loyalty & Alignment : Unwavering alignment with the Chairman's mission and operating principles. Relentless Execution : Urgency without recklessness. Drive without drama. Servant-Leadership : No task is too small; no challenge is too large. You show up where the work is needed. Emotional Intelligence : High EQ, able to navigate stakeholders ranging from shop-floor operators to Fortune 500 boardrooms. Low Ego, High Standards : You do not seek credit, only outcomes. You demand excellence and model it.
  • Work Environment : Ex. Office setting and plant environment.

    Availability : This is not a 95 role. You are on when the Chairman is on.

    Physical Requirements : Capable of wearing task specific personal protective equipment which may include safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, and ear protection. Capable of meeting OSHA standards for manual lifting guidelines :

    Legal and Compliance Statements :

    At-Will Employment : This job description does not create a contract of employment, nor does it alter the at-will employment relationship. Employment with the company is voluntary and may be terminated at will by either the employee or the company, with or without cause, and with or without notice.

    Job Duties Disclaimer : The duties and responsibilities outlined here are representative but not exhaustive of the tasks that the employee may be required to perform. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other tasks as necessary to meet business needs.

    Equal Employment Opportunity : Autocar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

    Compliance with Laws and Policies : The employee must adhere to all federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, as well as all company policies and procedures.

    Reasonable Accommodations (ADA Compliance) : Autocar complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Employees who require assistance or accommodations should contact Human Resources.

    Confidentiality and Data Protection : Employees are expected to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information and comply with company policies regarding data protection and proprietary information, in accordance with applicable laws.

    Non-Exhaustive List of Duties : This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities or qualifications associated with the position.

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