Your mission
At hexafarms, we imagine a future where global agriculture produces significantly more food using fewer resources. Growers utilizing hexafarms achieve a 30% increase in yield using the same resources, with reduced complexities. We see this as the dawn of the Fourth Agricultural Revolution, and we want to lead it globally.
As the Chief of Staff at hexafarms, your mission will be to maintain our current 10x growth trajectory by ensuring our growing family is aligned and our teams are focused on performance.
We’re a rapidly growing startup, and our recent success is a direct result of increased efficiency and productivity experienced by our customers. From day zero, you will have an immediate impact on our productivity by streamlining initiatives, overseeing projects and long term and short term goals, and communicating objectives across departments. The ideal candidate will have proven success in a fast-paced startup environment.
Your profile
Application Requirements
- Strong communication skills and the ability to proactively support, manage, and at times lead teams.
- At least 4+ years of professional experience, ideally as a Chief of Staff or in a similar roles (e.g. consulting, start-ups, strategy or operations).
- Proven ability to structure complex setups and translate feedback into actionable insights, influencing strategic decision-making.
- You have a hands-on mentality, ready to work both on strategic as well as operative tasks – especially in the beginning.
- You have strong analytical skills and experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives
- Experience in maintaining long-term relationships with key stakeholders and ensuring alignment with company goals.
- Fluency in German & English. Our team speaks about 10 languages and primarily uses English, but due to the nature of the Chief of Staff role, German fluency is essential.
A strong skill set in project management, organizational and strategic thinking, combined with an analytical mindset and hands-on mentality is needed.
What Will Make You Stand Out
- Proven track record of building teams and processes in fast growing startup culture.
- Anything and everything else that will⚡️us.
- #Product, #People, and #Growth should excite you, a lot.
- You know that you will enjoy working us- you can easily find us online (e.g. David, Huijo, Felix, Ties, Philipp, Mohanna, Stefan, ... etc.)
- As soon as you apply, we will review your submission and get back to you asap.
- If we see the mutual spark, we will schedule an introductory online call.
- If the spark persists, then we will schedule a further set of interviews to evaluate mutual fit. Not only will we interview you, but we will also give you a chance to interview us! Rest will be taken care of in due time.
Why us?
Here are just some of the reasons:
- Admiration and Trust: We won't proceed with your application unless we genuinely admire you. And because we admire you, we will deeply trust you and give you the freedom to set new records.
- Growth Opportunities: We are a young company full of entrepreneurial spirit, and we will help you grow!
- Hybrid Work Culture: Work the way you're most productive. We are flexible with how you work, as long as you get the job done.
- Connected Networks: Our network becomes your network. From connecting you with experts, partner companies, customers, and investors, to building new friendships, we foster connections that elevate your career.
- Zero Tolerance for Misconduct: We have zero tolerance for harassment, discrimination, office politics, or any other kind of foul behavior.
- Welcoming Diversity: We warmly welcome diversity of ideas, languages, approaches, and cultures.
About us
We are building the company that is building the software for the future of commercial food production. We create a peace of mind for commercial food producers by interfacing their entire operations to our ML and AI services.
hexafarms helps growers to get the most out of their production through yield forecasting, disease and pest detection, climate optimisation, and real-time plant analysis- all in one place. Day by day, we are bridging the gap between sensing, plant biology, and real-time market needs to ensure our customers focus on what is really important, and keep growing at their best.
