Deputy Chief of Staff – Research & Growth

### About Offshore Launch Offshore Launch is a staffing agency that specializes in helping small business owners scale their operations with the top 1% of global remote talent. We are a people-centered agency with a passion for leaving every person and business in a better position than we found them. Why Join Offshore Launch? - Impact the growth and success of small and medium-sized businesses. - Work in a people-first, remote environment that values growth and ongoing development. - Access comprehensive benefits that include HMO, PTO, professional development, and an overall emphasis on teamwork and collaboration. - Contribute to a culture that values partnership, service, and excellence. ### Your Role As an employee of Offshore Launch, you are being hired for a unique role within a target Client’s company. We value long-term partnerships, and seek to recruit talent that will serve an individual Client’s business for multiple years. You will work full-time with the Client company. However, the Agency provides ongoing support to ensure your continued success. As such, we create space for ongoing check-ins, feedback and development through: - Membership in the Offshore Launch Slack workspace - Bi-weekly All Team meetings - Monthly reviews Your job is to help the Client succeed. Our job is to help you succeed. ### About the Client This is a high-ownership role, not a support or admin function. You'll set the standard for how research gets structured, prioritized, and delivered across a multi-client portfolio, working with significant autonomy and direct visibility into how your work shapes client outcomes. ### Responsibilities - Serve as the founder's strategic partner across multiple concurrent client engagements — bringing structure, prioritization, and follow-through to a fast-moving, multi-account portfolio - Lead market and competitive intelligence research (e.g., mapping vendor ecosystems, ranking competitors in fragmented markets), with full citations and transparent sourcing - Drive synthesis, not just data collection — translate research into clear patterns, trends, and "must-have" recommendations that leadership can act on immediately - Own pipeline-building efforts: source executive and decision-maker contacts (LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, or equivalent) and draft personalized, research-backed outreach - Prepare sales and discovery materials — pre-answering key questions ahead of client meetings using public intelligence, and flagging strategic positioning insights - Build and manage project plans and Gantt charts ( or comparable) spanning phases, milestones, dependencies, timelines, risks, and KPIs — built for leadership visibility at a glance - Produce polished competitive teardowns and comparison materials (positioning, differentiators, target verticals, UX walkthroughs, comparison tables) ready for executive and client-facing use - Bring order and continuity across unrelated client accounts and industries, adapting tone and depth to each without dropping rigor ### Requirements **Must-have** - 3+ years in a Chief of Staff, strategic research, competitive intelligence, or senior business/sales analysis role — ideally supporting a founder, executive, or multi-client portfolio - Strong business English writing; able to independently produce structured, citation-backed, executive-ready reports - Demonstrated experience sourcing executive/decision-maker contacts (LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, or equivalent) - Comfortable drafting personalized outreach/cold emails as part of a research or business development deliverable - Working knowledge of or a comparable PM tool (Asana, Smartsheet) for Gantt charts and KPI dashboards - Track record of multi-source verification and transparent sourcing/citation practices - High discernment and tenacity — able to operate with minimal oversight and context-switch cleanly across multiple, unrelated client accounts **Nice-to-have** - Prior exposure to legal tech, insurtech, investigations, or litigation consulting sectors - Familiarity with luxury travel, ground transportation, or corporate meetings & events - Experience directly supporting sales/BD teams (SDR/BDR-adjacent research background ### Compensation & Benefits (to be provided by Offshore Launch) - Up to $1800, depending on experience - 13th month pay - Performance-based bonuses up to 150% of one month's salary - Comprehensive HMO policy, including dependents. ### Note The Client is not involved in compensation or benefits. As an employee of Offshore Launch, all compensation and benefits are to be provided by the Agency. Please note that we anticipate a response from candidates within 24 hours of our outreach. If we do not receive a reply within this timeframe, we will assume that you are no longer interested in pursuing this opportunity.