Family Office Positions

Essential Roles.
Exceptional People.

Your legacy is personal—and the team who protects it should be, too. From seasoned financial professionals, to expert operations staff, to discreet administrative workers, we place individuals who understand the intricacies of private family offices and serve with integrity, accuracy, and trust.

 

Explore the categories below to learn more about the roles we staff and how each plays a critical part in safeguarding your family’s success.

Explore Our Positions

Management & Legal Roles

Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff

General Counsel

General Counsel

General Counsel

CEO-Managing Director

Managing Director/CEO

Managing Director/CEO

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Whether your position goes by a different title or is a completely unique role, there’s a good chance we’ve hired for it before. Contact us to discuss—if we can’t help, we’ll direct you to other hiring resources or trusted partner agencies.

Yes. We prioritize candidates who understand the unique nature of working in a private family office, including the need for discretion, long-term alignment, and often broader or hybrid responsibilities than in traditional corporate settings. That said, we also consider professionals from adjacent sectors, such as wealth management, legal, or corporate finance. 

For senior or high-trust positions like Director of Accounting, Portfolio Manager, or General Counsel, we conduct additional layers of vetting. This may include additional reference checks, credential verification, and in-depth screening for alignment with your family’s values and long-term goals. 

Absolutely. Whether you’re transitioning from an informal structure to a formal office, or starting a new family office, we can guide you through the key staffing decisions—starting with foundational roles and scaling up as needed. Our team can advise on role design, compensation strategy, phased hiring plans and more.

We start by understanding the “why” behind your hire—whether that’s building continuity across generations, formalizing a growing office, or hiring for a specialized investment strategy. From there, we tailor our screening to assess not just skillset, but how candidates operate: Do they value discretion over visibility? Are they proactive or process-driven? Are they used to working within multigenerational dynamics or philanthropic missions?

 

We also evaluate stability and trajectory—candidates who see this as a career, not just a role. This helps us ensure we’re recommending individuals who are aligned with your long-term goals, not simply filling your current vacancy.

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The world is spinning faster every day.

Employment has changed drastically the past few years—how we work, the type of work we do, and even where we work. Yet, while the world adapts, solutions for hiring private staff seem to be stuck in the past.

 

At Old State Staffing, we believe the status quo is not enough, and that those who decide now is the time to settle will be left behind. In the face of great change, tinkering around the edges simply won’t do. Since Day 1, our approach has been built on four key principles:

1. Developing A Quality Product

We’ve built Old State Staffing from the ground up, implementing the same cutting-edge recruiting tools used by the nation’s largest family offices. Historically inaccessible to smaller clients, these tools improve the tracking and management of talent, utilize machine learning for smarter searches, and intuitively compare compensation and qualification benchmarks both regionally and nationally. This allows us to find and match families with the best candidates quicker and more efficiently than ever before.

2. Building A Great Team

We knew from the start that our team would be our greatest differentiator. That’s because our agency is composed entirely of family office professionals who know what exceptional candidates look like; because we’ve applied to, managed, and hired for each of those positions ourselves.

3. Creating Meaningful Relationships

Building and maintaining relationships is important today, more than ever before. We place immense value on our relationships, not just with our clients, but our candidates, and the community at large. We spent our “pandemic years” building partnerships with local universities, to open the doors of private staffing to recent college graduates in the most educated metropolitan area in the world.

4. Refusing To Settle

Change is inevitable, yet private staffing has historically lagged in both hiring and employment standards. We’ve always been disruptors, first to adopt AI and machine learning—ensuring smarter, faster, more accurate matches for our clients.


We know that choosing an agency is a personal decision, and we’re honored for the time you have spent considering us as a partner in your search. If you haven’t spoken to us yet, let me be the first to say that we can’t wait to introduce you to our contacts, to guide you through the hiring process, and to introduce you to the perfect candidate. We know the stakes are high, but so are the rewards. With Old State Staffing you’ll be empowered to make informed, meaningful hiring decisions, so you can continue to thrive in a world that’s spinning faster every day.

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Adam Cook
Founder & Managing Director

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