CEO Succession - President / COO - Scale Wellness / Social Good Platform - Startup (FT/PT)

About Wholosophy and our quest for you

Seeking to expand our kind-hearted, yet audacious C-level team who are committed to making a global difference in wellness and our sense of belonging as a society.

Wholosophy is a stealth, life-enhancing Wellness Social Platform created to simplify and aggregate wellness. Think Houzz meets LinkedIn, but a platform elegantly designed to inspire our most essential journey to real health and build supportive authentic friendship and practitioner connections.

Wholosophy connects the dots between community and wellness offering something truly unique and healing for the way we connect, learn, and live our lives.

We have a visionary CEO very much seeking a strategic execution partner who can help knock us out of the park - which we are so strongly positioned, and ready to do.

We are an early-stage start-up with a launch-ready, highly sophisticated and rigorously tested platform, fueled by a 9-layered, systems thinking-based, go-to-market (GTM) with four guided engagement programs to drive exponential growth.

We offer the chance to contribute to a scalable, global platform that is reimagining the power of social media and how people come together to live healthier lives.

Our mission is bold and ambitious. It’s one that is shared by our team (~15) who share our value to bridge and elevate connectedness and well-being. We dream big, move fast, and strive for brilliance.

We offer a work culture based on openness, communication, and integrity. Our team is highly collaborative and fun! You’ll have a chance to work in a fast-paced setting with experienced industry leaders and be in an environment where you can make an immediate impact.

Wholosophy is a for-profit, Public Benefit Corporation.

The Position

Wholosophy is seeking a scrappy and determined next CEO with experience in scaling, capital raising, commercialization, and partnership building. A successful exit, although not required, is helpful.

This external-facing, high-performing and integrity-driven executive, will possess a deep understanding and conviction that financial success is amplified when rooted in social good. This executive will actively seek out and establish strategic relationships with corporate partners and thought leaders worldwide.

There is a plan in place for this new executive to succeed the Founding CEO. That said, this executive must first demonstrate their experience and ability to move the organization forward.

This executive will work collaboratively with the Founding CEO (a serial entrepreneur and alum of Deloitte and the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business). They will play a pivotal role in building strategic partnerships, strategizing and executing revenue opportunities, raising the next level of capital, and preparing the organization for rapid growth, with an eye on future corporate development.

Are you an “enlightened hustler” with a track record of creating growth and a passion for social good to drive this ambitious startup? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

***A brief response to our application question goes a long way in helping us get an idea of your unique contribution. Only candidates who write a thoughtful answer will be considered.***

Responsibilities

• Quickly and comprehensively understand our sticky programs and interconnected GTM built to aggregate and connect a $5.6 trillion-dollar industry.
• Serve as a strategic partner to the Founding CEO and be the second set of eyes and ears on major business initiative planning and act as a Swiss Army knife and force multiplier.
• Help lead and execute the strategic vision of the organization, with a primary focus on driving successful value-driven partnerships and capital-raising initiatives to fuel growth and innovation.
• Create partnership frameworks and outreach strategies to establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in the wellness and social good space.
• Identify high-impact opportunities to connect and mobilize global thought leaders and executives to support our GTM and inspire social good.
• Work with the Founding CEO to optimize early and later capital raising strategies, conduct investor presentations, and prepare for Series A.
• Cultivate a strong company image through public engagement that exemplifies and embodies the core values of the organization, establishing a distinguished reputation within the industry and beyond for the organization and yourself.
• Work with the Founding CEO to connect the dots across industries, societal trends, and opportunities for positive action and incorporate those possibilities into our commercial strategy.
• Leverage data and analytics to understand market trends, identify opportunities for growth, and inform business decisions to create measurable results.
• Develop strategic frameworks to support new business initiatives and revenue streams. Translate strategy into meaningful roadmaps and metrics. Create, monitor, and report KPIs and milestones for measurable progress and success.
• Bring in external best practices, industry learnings, and trends to effectively accelerate growth and continuous improvement.
• Use your corporate development experience to identify future opportunities for global scaling.
• Anticipate problems across the business and parachute in to solve them regardless of the functional area.
• Foster the conditions for the team to expand their thinking, challenge convention, grow as people, and experience authentic connection with each other.
• Uplift and protect our values and brand, through a solid understanding of Wholosophy’s mission, platform, and target audiences.

Requirements

• Exceptional track record of C-level experience in a startup environment preferably with an exit.
• Demonstrated ability to drive growth and scale a business globally.
• Experience raising start-up capital from investors to meet projected financing goals.
• Strong track record of prospecting and closing partnerships from the ground up.
• Compelling presentation and writing skills, able to inspire and influence.
• Exceptional negotiation skills and the ability to create and close high-value partnership and investment opportunities.
• Track record of developing and implementing business strategies that align with the organization’s overall goals and meet or exceed planned objectives.
• Must think strategically in terms of exponential impact through leveraged, efficient, and repeatable programs.
• Demonstrated ability to think end-to-end, and manage long-term and multiple projects simultaneously.
• Possesses a user-centric mindset and understands user needs, preferences, and pain points, and the ability to translate this understanding into effective strategies.
• Ability to successfully collaborate with cross-functional departments such as finance, operations, and product development to ensure seamless execution of commercial strategies.
• Superb leadership and exceptional management skills in recruiting, developing, and motivating a high-performance team through product launch, market development and expansion activities.
• Savvy at the early discovery of problems and mitigating challenges through an outcome-focused, yet inviting and empowering approach.
• Must not only be adaptable to change, but rather lead change.

Personal Skills & Characteristics

• You’re scrappy as hell, have a hunger for perfection and passion for innovation. You’ll do what it takes to get the job done, and deliver above expected results.
• Not afraid to get your hands dirty, do the leg work, and dive deep to solve tough problems. A flexible leader who is willing to jump in to support the team at any level.
• Self-starter with a great ability to execute. Must initiate, not just respond. Able to solve problems and move things forward where resources may or may not exist.
• Excited to make something out of nothing - every day.
• Extremely resourceful go-getter who thrives on challenges, is unflappable in high-pressure situations, and can wear multiple hats.
• Meticulously organized and high attention to detail, effectively managing deadlines and multiple tasks. Not let things fall through the cracks. Prompt follow-up.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and fast changes, with an ability to adapt as needed for ground-up organization building.
• Clear integrity, ethical behavior and kind nature.
• You’ll own Wholosophy’s success as if it were your own.

Compensation

For the right candidate, this very senior position includes significant stock options with an opportunity for full-time or fractional paid employment from our next round of investment. This position begins as stock options.

Are you at a place in your life/career that allows this level of flexibility? You must be a “Hell Yes!,” because only those team members can support our ingenious and rigorous global plan.

***A brief response to our application question goes a long way in helping us get an idea of your unique contribution. Only candidates who write a thoughtful answer will be considered.***

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• (1) What about this opportunity ~personally~ appeals to you?

(2) How specifically would you make a tangible contribution to Wholosophy's business success?
(3) Do you have the grit to win, and does your life/career allow you the financial flexibility to commit part-time to an initial stock option package at an early stage startup?

Work Location: Remote