Chief of Staff

Bodily•New York, NY

About The Position

Bodily is a category-defining maternal and women's health brand built on the belief that every woman deserves honest, expert-backed guidance through the biggest physical transitions of her life. We sell direct-to-consumer and through major retail partners including Target. We're a lean, high-output team that takes our work seriously and moves fast. Our culture is collaborative and mission-driven — and we hold ourselves to a high analytical and executional standard. If you want to do work that matters, with people who care about getting it right, Bodily is that place. We're hiring a Chief of Staff to serve as the right hand to the CEO and executive team. This is a high-visibility, high-ownership role at the center of Bodily's most important strategic and operational work — not a coordination or scheduling role. You will be the CEO's primary thought partner on the most consequential questions facing the business: financial analysis and modeling, board and investor communications, cross-functional problem solving, strategic initiatives, and organizational execution. You will own workstreams end-to-end, influence outcomes across every function, and have the opportunity to manage 1–2 direct reports as the team grows. This role is designed for someone with a rigorous finance and investment foundation — private equity, investment banking, or both — who has made a deliberate move into an operating environment and is ready to go deep inside a growth-stage consumer brand. You will see and touch more of the business here than in almost any other role at this stage. This role reports directly to the CEO, a former Goldman Sachs and PE investor who served as CFO before becoming CEO. She thinks analytically, moves fast, and has high standards — and will be an active mentor and collaborator to the right person. Chief of Staff roles at growth-stage companies are rare in their breadth. You will be present for and contributing to nearly every major decision the company makes. The scope expands quickly as you demonstrate judgment. This is an exceptional platform for someone who wants to understand what it takes to build and run a company — and who eventually wants to step into a senior operating or finance leadership role. Immediate start preferred.

Requirements

5+ years of private equity at a recognized firm or top tier investment banking (M&A or coverage at a bulge bracket or elite boutique) — genuine deal experience, complex financial modeling, high-performance environment
Advanced financial modeling: you build multi-tab, driver-based models from scratch and use them to drive real decisions
Board and investor communications: experience preparing materials for sophisticated financial stakeholders
Structured problem solving: ambiguous high-stakes question → clear components → data-supported recommendation
Executive presence: you hold your own with senior leaders, push back with data, and communicate clear points of view
High autonomy and judgment: you figure out what needs to happen and make it happen
Direct and candid: you say what you think, back it up with data, and engage constructively when challenged
High confidence, open-minded, and truth-seeking: you care about getting to the right answer, not being right

Nice To Haves

1–2 years of operating experience inside a company — Chief of Staff, strategy, FP&A, or general management — strongly preferred; candidates seeking their first operating role from a strong finance foundation will also be considered
The ideal profile: a few years of IB or PE, followed by a meaningful operating stint, and now ready to go deep inside a growth-stage brand with real ownership
Consumer, DTC, e-commerce, or retail experience
Prior management of junior team members
Women's health or mission-driven brand background

Responsibilities

Build and maintain complex financial models to support high-stakes decisions: scenario analyses, sensitivity tables, business case modeling, and ad hoc quantitative work
Own board materials and investor-facing reporting — synthesizing financial performance, business highlights, and strategic narrative into clear, executive-ready communications
Conduct deep-dive analyses on critical business questions — channel economics, pricing strategy, new product ROI, partnership and M&A evaluation
Develop and maintain KPI dashboards and reporting infrastructure that give the CEO and executive team real-time visibility
Serve as a thought partner and analytical resource to the CEO on the highest-priority strategic and operational questions
Prepare the CEO for board meetings, investor conversations, and key internal reviews — including pre-reads, briefing materials, and talking points
Act as a force multiplier for the executive team: identifying gaps, connecting workstreams, and ensuring follow-through on decisions and commitments
Represent the CEO's perspective and priorities across the organization when appropriate
Lead high-priority, high-consequence projects end-to-end — from problem structuring through recommendation and implementation
Spearhead cross-functional planning where CEO-level coordination is required: annual planning, go-to-market launches, organizational changes
Identify where critical work is falling through the cracks and drive it forward, regardless of function
Manage 1–2 direct reports as the team scales
Help build organizational infrastructure: frameworks, processes, and reporting rhythms that create leverage for the executive team