Chief of Staff (CoS)

Location: Mumbai

Bringing structure to ambition

- Structure key leadership interactions by organising and participating in Board and Executive meetings, ensuring agendas are clear, focused, and aligned with priorities

- Synthesise complex discussions into actionable insights and clear next steps, driving alignment and follow-through across teams

- Act as a strategic thought partner to the Managing Partner and Executive Team - offering perspective, and sharpening decision-making

- Lead ad hoc analysis and special projects tied to confidential, high-impact initiatives and strategic opportunities.

Strategic & Project Execution

- Define, prioritise, and mobilise the firm's portfolio of key strategic initiatives, proactively identify bottlenecks, ensuring deliverables and timelines are met

- Maintain a firm-wide, multi-project delivery roadmap - tracking interdependencies, timelines, and resource allocation

- Collaborate with Senior Executives or Department Heads to gather insights, data, and provide clear, consistent updates on progress (including milestones & financials), proactively flagging risks and facilitating timely course correction

- Conduct the required research to support strategic planning and operations and assist the managing partner in financial analysis.

- Support the preparation of board decks, strategy reviews, and internal presentations.

Executive Office Enablement

- Ensure smooth administrative operations by maintaining organised documentation and electronic records, coordinating corporate/review meetings, capturing minutes, tracking follow-ups, ensuring alignment and managing facility bookings and scheduling with attention to detail.

- Serve as the interface between the Managing Partner and internal/external stakeholders. Develop and build on relationships with all employees for increased efficiency and responsiveness.

- Ensure communications, decisions, and feedback are cascaded effectively and respectfully.

- Support confidential and high-priority matters with discretion and judgment.

Professional Background:

- 8-10 years of relevant experience in strategy consulting and client delivery focus on operations or business management

- An MBA is preferred (not compulsory)

Core Capabilities (Technical and Functional):

- Exceptional communication (written and verbal) skills, presentation skills, interpersonal skills, and negotiation skills.

- Influencing stakeholders and delivering through others, from the board members to business leaders to junior colleagues.

- Exceptional analytical and research capabilities - including data gathering, benchmarking, insight synthesis, and reporting.

- Proficient in productivity and collaboration tools (advanced Excel skills are essential).

- Financial knowledge and macroeconomic awareness - India and global- is essential.

- Strong networking skills.

Mindset & Working Style:

- Ambitious & result-focused, entrepreneurial and keen to build a new organisation.

- Excellent at outcome-based planning and delivery.

- Problem solver (solution-oriented), Agile, Trusted, and Dependable.

- Ability to learn at pace, using a range of sources.

What's in It for You?

- Be part of a growth story - not just witness it, but build it with us.

- Exposure to strategy, leadership, and operations - a fast-track to senior roles.

- Exposure to international collaboration, projects, and visible outcomes.

- Coaching/Mentoring support.

Perks:

- Competitive compensation.

- High visibility and strategic exposure.

- Guidance by veterans whose deep technical expertise and strategic foresight make them trusted advisors to some of India's biggest names.

- A flexible and empowering culture driven by trust, learning and ownership.