Chief of Staff and Head of External Affairs
The Lumber Manufactory (TLM) is building the future of sustainable lumber with next-generation sawmill technology. We design and operate state-of-the-art modular sawmills that produce high-grade dimensional wood products with greater efficiency and less waste. Backed by leading investors including Cantos, Slow Ventures, Susa Ventures, Banter Capital, Humba Ventures, and Ravelin Capital.
Key Responsibilities
- Advise the CEO on company strategy, organizational priorities, major decisions, and new market opportunities.
- Establish and manage the executive operating cadence, including leadership meetings, strategic planning, performance reviews, and follow-through on key decisions.
- Track progress against company priorities, identify execution risks and dependencies, and work with functional leaders to resolve them.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives that require coordination across teams or new efforts that lack an existing organizational owner.
- Support organizational planning, including leadership hiring, headcount allocation, organizational design, and other priorities required to scale the company.
- Support TLM’s growth pipeline from market evaluation through deployment, ensuring strategic, financial, operational, commercial, and external-affairs workstreams remain aligned.
- Manage relationships with investors and board members, including board materials, investor updates, meeting preparation, and follow-up.
- Support financing processes alongside the CEO, CFO, and CSO.
- Develop and maintain TLM’s corporate narrative across investor materials, press, public statements, presentations, and stakeholder communications.
- Lead government relations at the state and local levels, including relationships with elected officials, regulators, public agencies, and economic development organizations.
- Support new mill deployments through government engagement, public incentives, community outreach, and local stakeholder relationships.
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