Chief of Staff to CEO

Job Description

Job Description

About Lantern

Lantern is the specialty care platform connecting people with the best care when they need it most. By curating a Network of Excellence comprised of the nation's top specialists for surgery, cancer care, infusions and more, Lantern delivers excellent care with significant cost savings to employers and their workforces. Lantern also pairs members with a dedicated care team, including Care Advocates and nurses, for the entirety of their care journey, helping them get back to good health, back to their families and back to work. With convenient access to specialists nationwide, Lantern means quality care is within driving distance for most. Lantern is trusted by the nation's largest employers to deliver care to more than 6 million members across the country. Learn more about us at lanterncare.com.

About You:

• You use LOGIC in your decision making and understand that progress is critical to making change. You focus on the execution of your content while balancing a fast-paced environment and you take the time to celebrate both the small & big wins.
• INCLUSION is a core tenant of your personal beliefs. A diverse and inclusive environment is incredibly important to you. You understand and desire to be a part of a diverse team with different experiences and perspectives & you cherish the differences in each individual that you interact with.
• You have the GRIT , drive and ambition to tackle big problems. Big problems require big ideas and a team that supports new ideas.
• You care deeply for your customers are driven to keep HUMANITY in all decisions. Your customers aren't just the individuals using your product. They are the driving factor in your motivation to make a change.
• Integrity guides you in life. Focusing on the TRUTH vs. giving people the answers they want to hear.
• You thrive in a Team Environment. Collaboration is key in innovation and creating change.

These pillars of LIGHT are a reminder to our team that we are making a difference by providing guidance and support in navigating the often complex and confusing landscape of healthcare. We hope that through this LIGHT , individuals can find their way to the best care, resources, and support they need to get back to life.

If this sounds like you, we would love to connect to speak further about career opportunities at Lantern.

Please apply to our role & someone from our Talent Acquisition Team will reach out to help you navigate our interview process.

Chief of Staff to CEO

Lantern is looking for a Chief of Staff to the CEO to join our fast-growing team. Reporting directly to the CEO, this role is a personal force multiplier—a high-horsepower partner who amplifies the CEO's impact, chases down strategic initiatives, and moves at the speed of a high-growth company. This is not a program management or executive assistant role. It is a thinking-and-doing role for someone who is exceptionally sharp, relentlessly ambitious, and capable of going deep on complex problems while maintaining the organizational precision to drive them to conclusion.

The right person has already distinguished themselves in a demanding, high-signal environment—consulting, investment banking, FAANG or top-tier technology, or venture—and is hungry for a role with broader surface area, direct CEO access, and meaningful contributions in a company reshaping healthcare.

Location: Dallas, TX (Highly Preferred) | New York, NY | Vancouver, BC. Regular travel to Dallas HQ required regardless of home base.

Responsibilities:

CEO Force Multiplication

• Serve as the CEO's right hand on high-priority work—conducting analysis, synthesizing inputs, drafting strategy documents, and pressure-testing ideas before they reach a broader audience.
• Prepare the CEO for board meetings, investor conversations, executive reviews, and external engagements—owning the prep process end to end.
• Serve as a sounding board, a first draft, and a second opinion across strategic, operational, and organizational questions.
• Protect the CEO's time and attention—triage inbound, eliminate noise, and ensure focus is consistently aligned to the highest-leverage activities.

Strategic Initiative Ownership

• Own and drive time-sensitive, cross-functional initiatives from launch through handoff—standing up new efforts, maintaining momentum, and ensuring clear accountability throughout.
• Independently lead research, diligence, and analysis on strategic topics—market positioning, competitive landscape, partnership opportunities, and operational priorities.
• Translate ambiguous mandates into structured work plans with defined outputs, milestones, and owners.
• Engage directly with functional leaders across product, commercial, finance, and operations to unblock progress and drive outcomes.

Analytics & Decision Support

• Build analyses, models, and briefings that distill complex data into clear, actionable recommendations for the CEO and senior leadership.
• Identify risks, surface trade-offs, and construct scenario analyses to inform high-stakes decisions.
• Maintain a clear view of company-level KPIs and strategic milestones; proactively flag divergence and drive course correction.

Communication & Strategic Narrative

• Draft board materials, investor communications, internal strategic narratives, and external-facing documents on behalf of the CEO.
• Communicate complex ideas with precision, brevity, and persuasive force—in writing and in the room.
• Represent the CEO's priorities and decisions with clarity and context across the organization.

Requirements:

• 5–10 years of professional experience with a demonstrated record of high performance in a rigorous, demanding environment.
• Foundational experience in one or more of: top-tier strategy consulting, investment banking, FAANG or high-caliber technology company, or institutional venture or growth equity.
• Demonstrated experience operating in high-growth, high-change environments where priorities shift rapidly and speed is a competitive advantage.
• Exceptional analytical and structured problem-solving skills; able to move fluidly between quantitative depth and executive-level narrative.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication; capable of producing board-quality materials and influencing senior stakeholders without formal authority.
• Strong organizational discipline and follow-through—able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously and close every loop reliably.
• Bachelor's degree required. Evidence of academic distinction—such as honors designation, selection for a competitive academic program, or recognition for academic achievement—is strongly preferred. An advanced degree from a leading institution is a plus.
• Based in, or committed to relocating to, Dallas, TX (strongly preferred), New York, NY, or Vancouver, BC. Regular travel to Dallas HQ required regardless of home base.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in management consulting, investment banking, product management, business analysis, or technical roles—particularly with exposure to AI, ML, data science, or quantitative methods.
• Entrepreneurial experience: founding, building, or operating a startup, even at an early stage.
• Advanced degree (MBA, MS, or equivalent) from a top-ranked program.
• Experience in digital health, tech-enabled healthcare services, or employer benefits.
• Prior Chief of Staff or senior associate experience with direct C-suite engagement.

Strong Candidates Will:

• Demonstrate exceptional intellectual capacity—fast synthesis, sharp pattern recognition, comfort with ambiguity, and the judgment to know when to go deep versus move fast.
• Be malleable and coachable—a genuine learner who adapts quickly, incorporates feedback, and improves with each iteration.
• Bring high ambition and a bias for action—not content to observe or advise from a distance; they want ownership and drive outcomes.
• Thrive in high-change environments—energized by shifting priorities, ambiguity, and demanding timelines rather than destabilized by them.
• Be organized and precise—capable of tracking multiple workstreams simultaneously and closing every loop without being managed.
• Exercise impeccable judgment and discretion—trusted with sensitive information and high-stakes situations.

Education:

Bachelor's degree required; advanced business degree preferred but not required for candidates that have demonstrated career performance.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401k with company match
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave

Lantern does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.