Shield AI is seeking a Chief of Staff to support the Vice President of Middle East & APJ. This role serves as a force multiplier for regional leadership, driving operational excellence, strategic execution, and commercial growth initiatives across the region. The position sits at the intersection of business operations, commercial strategy, and executive leadership, ensuring alignment across business development, programs, finance, and corporate functions. The Chief of Staff will lead regional operating rhythms, drive strategic initiatives, support capture and growth activities, and provide data-driven insights that enable leadership to make informed decisions in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. What You'll Do: Strategic Leadership & Execution - Partner directly with regional leadership to translate strategic priorities into executable plans and measurable outcomes. - Drive execution of key regional initiatives, ensuring alignment across business development, programs, finance, legal, and operations teams. - Lead regional business reviews, operating cadences, and executive reporting to provide visibility into performance, risks, and opportunities. - Manage special projects on behalf of regional leadership, including market expansion, organizational scaling, and operational transformation initiatives. Commercial Operations & Growth - Support regional growth objectives through pipeline management, forecasting, capture planning, and opportunity prioritization. - Maintain executive visibility of business development activities, key pursuits, customer engagements, and strategic partnerships. - Partner with business development teams to develop and maintain capture plans for priority opportunities across the region. - Provide market intelligence, competitive analysis, and customer insights to support business development and strategic decision-making. - Coordinate cross-functional resources to support major pursuits, bids, demonstrations, and customer engagements. Business Operations - Support regional financial planning, resource allocation, and operational performance management. - Develop and maintain business performance dashboards, KPIs, and leadership reporting to drive accountability and informed decision-making. - Identify operational inefficiencies and implement scalable processes that improve execution and organizational effectiveness. - Facilitate communication and alignment between regional teams and corporate functions to ensure seamless execution of business priorities. Executive & Regional Leadership Support - Act as a trusted advisor to regional leadership, providing analytical support, recommendations, and decision-making frameworks. - Prepare executive presentations, business cases, and strategic communications for internal and external stakeholders. - Represent leadership in cross-functional meetings and initiatives as required. - Support customer, partner, and industry engagements across the Middle East and APJ regions. Required Qualifications: - 5+ years of experience in strategy, business operations, consulting, commercial operations, chief of staff, or related leadership roles. - Demonstrated ability to drive complex cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders at all levels of an organization. - Strong commercial acumen with experience supporting business development, pipeline management, forecasting, or growth initiatives. - Exceptional analytical, communication, and executive presentation skills. - Experience developing executive-level reporting, performance metrics, and strategic recommendations. - Highly organized, self-directed, and comfortable operating in dynamic, ambiguous environments. - Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required. Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in defense, aerospace, autonomous systems, or high-growth technology environments. - Familiarity with government sales, capture management, and international business development. - Experience supporting senior executives or serving in a Chief of Staff capacity. - MBA or advanced degree in business, engineering, international relations, or related field. - Demonstrated record of leadership, entrepreneurial achievement, or operational transformation. - In region experience in the Middle East and/or Asia Pacific

Role Description - Analyze financial data and provide accounting guidance. - Handle complex accounting, bookkeeping, and finance-related questions. - Provide advisory-based recommendations using financial data. Qualifications - Active user of QuickBooks Online (QBO) OR experience with Omni Chat. - 5+ years of experience in accounting, bookkeeping, finance, financial consulting, or related fields. - Experience as a CFO Advisor, Controller, Finance Manager, or Financial Consultant. - Strong expertise in accounting, bookkeeping, financial reporting, and financial statement analysis. - Experience handling complex accounting and finance-related queries. - Experience supporting or advising SMB clients/business owners on accounting and financial matters. Requirements - SMB ownership or hands-on financial management experience. Benefits - Work at the forefront of AI applications in accounting and finance. - Fully remote and flexible work environment. - Opportunity to collaborate on high-impact projects with global reach. Offer Details - Commitment: Up to 40 hours per week. - Duration: 10 weeks, with the possibility of extension based on performance and project needs. Location - USA: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming - Non-US: Bangladesh, India, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Vietnam

• Strategic partner to the President of the RIA business responsible for driving enterprise execution across M&A, investment platform oversight, and organizational effectiveness. • Translate RIA priorities into actionable plans; drive cross-functional execution and accountability across leadership teams. • Support CEO with deal pipeline: sourcing, diligence, negotiation, and execution. • Lead post-close integration and manage relationships with acquired firm principals to ensure retention and performance. • Provide governance across manager selection, due diligence, and portfolio construction. • Partner with investment leadership on platform evolution, including alternatives and UHNW solutions. • Support leadership effectiveness, team performance, and key HR-related escalations. • Ensure alignment with SEC requirements and enterprise risk standards. • Contribute to AUM growth strategy across advisor channels and regions. • Serve as the primary escalation point to Osaic for deal execution and key initiatives, ensuring alignment and proactively removing barriers to delivery.

Role Description We are seeking a CRO Specialist who moves fast and thinks commercially, obsesses over details and conversion metrics, wants to learn how design, copy, and offers combine to generate real revenue, and is not comfortable coasting on a fixed salary. - Own the entire experimentation roadmap from ideation through implementation and analysis. - Build and maintain a prioritized hypothesis backlog based on business impact and opportunity. - Design statistically valid A/B and multivariate tests. - Prioritize experimentation efforts across: - Product Detail Pages (PDPs) - Landing Pages - Cart - Checkout - Post-purchase experiences - Continuously identify high-impact optimization opportunities throughout the customer journey. - Analyze qualitative and quantitative customer behavior data including: - Heatmaps - Session recordings - Funnel analysis - Checkout behavior - Cohort analysis - Identify friction points and opportunities to improve user experience and conversion. - Translate research findings into actionable testing hypotheses. - Write detailed experiment specifications for developers. - Collaborate with designers, developers, and marketers to launch experiments efficiently. - Monitor live experiments and ensure tests are executed correctly. - Interpret experiment results using sound statistical methodologies. - Document learnings, insights, and recommendations after every test. Qualifications - 4+ years of dedicated Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) experience within DTC eCommerce. - Deep understanding of the DTC customer journey and conversion funnel. - Proven experience owning an experimentation roadmap from hypothesis through analysis. - Strong statistical knowledge, including: - Statistical significance - Confidence intervals - Statistical power - Sample size calculations - Hands-on experience with A/B testing platforms such as: Intelligems, Convert, and VWO. - Strong experience with analytics and behavioral tools including: Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Hotjar, Microsoft Clarity, and Triple Whale. - Demonstrated track record of successful CRO experiments with measurable business impact. - Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. - Outstanding written communication and documentation abilities. - Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced remote environment. Benefits - Competitive salary in USD - Monthly bonuses based on performance - Fully remote work environment with flexible scheduling