About Us

The Athletic is a direct-to-consumer digital sports media company committed to helping subscribers experience storytelling in a whole new way. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, The Athletic has more than 575 full-time employees and covers more than 250 professional sports and collegiate teams in the US, Canada and the UK. The Athletic’s newsroom has produced thousands of in-depth articles along with more than 120 podcasts and premium video content.

About the Role

At The Athletic, we're hiring for a Chief of Staff to the CEO. This is a high-impact role where you'll work cross-functionally throughout the company. Responsibilities will range from running staff meetings and preparing board decks to running point on special projects with high strategic value.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with our CEO to drive the most critical initiatives of the company
• Run all executive and management recurring meetings
• Support CEO in decision-making, project management and execution of strategic projects
• Keep the CEO accountable for commitments, while helping keep reports accountable
• Manage and ensure appropriate and timely follow up on internal and external requests for information or action
• Work with the leadership team to help build and implement company strategy
• Act as a key partner on ad hoc special projects as needed

Requirements

• 3+ years experience managing and/or running complex new, ambitious, and sometimes ambiguous projects
• Obsessive focus on the details of a project
• Successful track record of running experiments big and small
• Ability to use data to prioritize and communicate decisions
• Quantitative mindset but also comfortable leading a group of executives through a meeting or presentation
• Understanding of the subscription revenue model in the digital media space
• Role will be based in our San Francisco headquarters

The Company is backed by Founders Fund, Evolution Media, Courtside Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Bedrock Capital, Advancit Capital, Y Combinator, and other leading investors. The Athletic is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The Athletic was awarded a 2020 Great Place to Work.

The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.