Cheif Of Staff

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Experience: 4+ yrs

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for a highly proactive and execution-focused Chief of Staff to work closely with the CEO and help drive priorities across multiple business functions. This is a high-ownership role for someone who can move seamlessly between strategy, operations, partnerships, people, finance, and execution.

The ideal candidate is not simply a coordinator or note-taker. You will act as a trusted extension of the CEO, represent leadership in important conversations, drive decisions to completion, and ensure that commitments translate into measurable outcomes.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted extension and proxy of the CEO across internal and external engagements.
• Represent leadership in meetings with clients, partners, senior stakeholders, and business teams when required.
• Track CEO and leadership commitments and ensure important actions are followed through to completion.
• Own initiatives from decision through execution, coordinating stakeholders and removing blockers.
• Manage priorities across multiple business units and identify issues requiring immediate attention.
• Translate strategic direction into clear actions, owners, timelines, and measurable outcomes.
• Work closely with business leaders, Finance, HR, Delivery, and other functions to drive organisational priorities.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across US and India teams and ensure effective communication.
• Follow up on contracts, vendor engagements, operational requirements, and other business commitments until closure.
• Identify unresolved issues, gaps, and dependencies and proactively drive them toward resolution.
• Handle sensitive or difficult conversations and hold stakeholders accountable when necessary.
• Support strategic planning, business reviews, operational analysis, and leadership decision-making.
• Build and improve internal processes where gaps or inefficiencies are identified.
• Use AI tools and automation to improve productivity, research, analysis, communication, and execution.
• Prepare concise recommendations and decision-support materials rather than simply reporting information.
• Ensure important initiatives remain on track without requiring constant CEO intervention.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 4-8 years of experience, including at least 2 years in Chief of Staff, Founder's Office, Business Operations, Consulting, Program Management, or a similar high-ownership role.
• Proven experience working directly with a Founder, CEO, or senior executive and acting as a trusted representative.
• Strong execution mindset with a demonstrated ability to take ownership and close the loop.
• Ability to move quickly from ambiguity to action and make sound decisions with incomplete information.
• Excellent organisational, prioritisation, and project-management skills.
• Strong business judgment and the ability to distinguish between what is urgent and what is genuinely important.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable holding people accountable, challenging assumptions, and navigating difficult conversations.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to independently structure messy or undefined problems and recommend solutions.
• Comfortable working across multiple functions rather than operating within a single domain.
• Willingness to handle both strategic initiatives and detailed operational execution.
• Based in Chennai and comfortable working closely with the CEO, including business travel when required.
• Strong interest in using AI and modern productivity tools as force multipliers for research, analysis, communication, and execution.

Good to Have

• Experience in IT services, consulting, or multi-business environments.
• Basic financial literacy, including the ability to understand P&L statements, margins, profitability, and business metrics.
• Experience working with US-based stakeholders or clients.
• Demonstrated experience building or improving internal processes from the ground up.