Foundation Partners
Chief of Staff- Stride
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About Stride
Normal health isn't good enough - tired, stressed and slowly declining shouldn't be the baseline. Stride is building a next-generation preventative health membership: a full multi-omic profile (DNA, microbiome, blood biomarkers, epigenetics, oral health), 500+ markers retested twice yearly to track direction of travel, turned into concrete action - diet, training, supplements - with a coach, dietitian or physiologist alongside each member. Elite longevity concierge, everyday price, no clinics required.
The role
We're well funded and moving fast - product, growth, operations and a US launch, all at once. That speed means things get built in parallel by people with no time to look up. This role is the person who does.
You'll sit alongside the CEO, turning intent into action: in the room when decisions are made, then making sure they actually happen, the right people informed, steps sequenced, follow-up chased without being asked twice. The job calls for structure that doesn't slow anything down, and the judgement to know how much is enough. One hour it's a leadership meeting, the next an operational snag, then a document that shapes a decision: nothing is beneath it, nothing above it.
Core Responsibilities
- Run the cadence of leadership meetings, offsites and planning cycles - agendas, pre-reads, decisions, follow-through
- Track the priorities that matter most, and chase down what's at risk of slipping
- Turn ambiguous direction from the CEO into clear ownership, timelines and next steps
- Close loops - notice when something agreed weeks ago has quietly stalled
- Step into whichever part of the business needs structure that month - ops, launch planning, hiring, or a cross-team project with no natural owner
- Run specific initiatives end to end, including ones outside any single function's remit
- Build lightweight trackers and rituals that keep a growing team coordinated without adding bureaucracy
- Prep the CEO for board meetings, investor updates and other high-stakes moments
- Act as a sounding board and second pair of eyes, with the discretion that comes from seeing most of the business
- Know when to escalate, when to decide, and when to let something go
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Success looks like:
- fewer things falling through the cracks
- leadership time spent on decisions rather than discussion
- visible improvement in how the team plans and delivers
- a CEO who trusts that whatever's handed off gets done
What You'll Likely Bring
- Experience as a chief of staff, in a founder's office, general management or high-ownership operations - ideally where you had to build structure, not inherit it
- A track record working closely with a founder or senior leader under genuine ambiguity
- Strong organisational instincts - you build the tracker, write the follow-up, notice the gap
- Comfort without a defined lane, judged on outcomes rather than whose job it was
- Excellent written communication - turning a messy conversation into a document others can act on
- A bias to action, and working fluency with AI tools to move faster than headcount alone would allow
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Bonus points:
- experience through a fundraise, board process or new market launch
- exposure to consumer health, wellness or DTC subscription businesses
- both strategic and operational range
- experience setting up OKRs, planning cycles and reporting rhythms - and knowing when not to bother
Why Stride
- Work that matters - preventive health is where the industry is heading, and this role helps get there faster
- A seat at the centre of the whole business, across every function
- Learn directly from a founder who's built, sold and IPO'd in this space
- Full StrideOne membership free after probation, plus friends & family discount
- Equity as part of your package
- Hybrid - Manchester base, 2–3 days in office
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays, pension with employer contribution, annual learning budget, your own kit
We are reviewing applications rolling, so don't hesitate to send yours in!
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