Chief of Staff

About

CREW’s technology and services make wastewater treatment cheaper and more efficient, while permanently sequestering CO2. Leveraging advanced chemistry, natural minerals, and AI, CREW has developed and is deploying a category-defining process intensification technology, with decarbonization at its core. CREW helps wastewater treatment facilities and operators improve efficiency, reduce operational costs, avoid expensive upgrades, and capture & store CO2. The company has offices and labs in New Haven, CT and Brooklyn, NY and is currently deploying its technology across the US with $33M+ in carbon removal offtake agreements with leading corporations including JP Morgan, Google, and Stripe.

Position Overview

As the Chief of Staff, you will support the CEO and help drive disciplined execution across the company by translating strategy into structured plans and action, coordinating execution frameworks, strengthening project tracking and dashboards, and ensuring accountability across teams. This full-time role is onsite at the Brooklyn office with 10–20% travel.

Responsibilities

• Support the CEO to drive execution discipline and translate strategy into organized action.
• Act as a trusted force-multiplier for CEO to ensure organizational alignment and priority execution.
• Implement planning frameworks company-wide and at the team level.
• Introduce and coach teams on agile or hybrid execution methodologies.
• Identify bottlenecks and resolve cross-functional friction.
• Address high-priority complex problems not otherwise owned.
• Gather and analyze quantitative and qualitative data for operational decisions.
• Own communications from the CEO’s office to internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare board materials, investor updates, and internal reporting.
• Review NDAs, MSAs, partnership and vendor agreements before counsel review.

Experience & Qualifications

• 4-6 years in Chief of Staff, consulting, operations, PMO, or legal/contract-heavy roles.
• Proven success implementing systems and improving execution discipline.
• Strong fluency in structured planning tools like Gantt charts and project dashboards.
• Experience training teams on tools and ways of working.
• Comfortable reading and redlining contracts.
• Exceptional organization and written communication skills.
• Highly process-oriented, calm, rigorous, detail-driven, and able to enforce accountability without bureaucracy.
• Low ego, high ownership. Mission-driven and excited about climate infrastructure.

Compensation

Annual salary range $120,000-$170,000 commensurate with experience and location. Competitive benefits including multiple health insurance options with 100% covered plan, vacation, retirement, and equity options.

CREW Highlights

• Signed a carbon credit offtake agreement with the Frontier Climate Fund in 2024.
• Selected as one of 24 companies by the US Department of Energy in 2024 to supply high-quality carbon credits to the federal government.
• Highlighted as “Innovator of the Month” by US Senator Chris Murphy in 2024.
• Selected by ImagineH2O, the leading water sector innovation accelerator in 2024.
• Highlighted by Business Insider as “One of the Most Promising Climate-Tech Startups of 2023.”

CREW Carbon is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, strict wage minimums, generous benefits, and safe, rewarding, empowering work environments.