DealShare - Chief of Staff

We at DealShare are looking for a strategic thinker who is data-driven and analytical in approach to solving problems. Excels at building relationships and networks; influences others to achieve outcomes. Systems and process-thinker; loves creating order out of chaos. Deeply loyal and a steel-trap with confidential information.

About us:

- DealShare is a fast-growing social e-commerce startup, an online buying platform for multi-category consumer products, focused on the new & WhatsApp first India. Their mission is to target the new 500Mn users in non-metro and rural markets who are active on mobile & social media yet don- t shop online regularly as they are not comfortable with existing e-commerce platforms.

- Our platform makes it extremely easy for these users to buy in a couple of clicks. Further, it allows users to buy and share deals with their friends. We are driving innovation and solving the most difficult scaling issues for eCommerce to make it viable for the mass market.

- We are looking for a seasoned technology leader with 10+ years of experience in building large scale consumer-facing products (eCommerce/Hyperlocal Delivery).

Key Responsibilities:

Direct Support of the CEO

- Setting strategic priorities: Assisting the CEO to identify the areas where he must direct his focus and identifying metrics for success. Revisiting regularly and evaluating progress.

- Strategically managing CEO's time: Working with the CEO's office, evaluating opportunities, and determining fit with priorities.

- Meeting preparation and follow up: Reviewing upcoming meetings for the week to ensure the CEO has all of the information needed to be as productive as possible and sending out agendas or documents to meeting attendees as necessary.

- Reviewing Internal and External Communications: Drafting company newsletters, reports, pitch decks, speeches, or presentations for the CEO.

- Monitoring information flow: Sometimes acting as a gatekeeper, ensuring a CEO's involvement in a project or decision-making process at the right moment.

Meeting & Event Preparation:

- Managing the meeting cadence for the board of directors and leadership team, ensuring materials are sent in advance, time is well spent, and objectives are achieved.

- Planning and leading company retreats, step backs, and other special events.

- Taking notes during the meetings that the CEO attends and making sure that the action items from the meeting are followed up on progress & executed.

- Acts as the communication arm for the CEO with other executives in the organization, clients or major stakeholders.

- Acts as the sounding board to the CEO for new ideas and initiatives.

- Acts as the facilitator for the CEO's colleagues or employees (department heads or other VPs that report to him/her). This means being able to communicate wants, needs, concerns, ideas from employee to boss in an effective and efficient way.

Project Management:

- Overseeing large, often cross-functional organization-wide projects or initiatives.

- Bring together multiple stakeholders and help drive decisions.

- Researching, benchmarking, analyzing data, and making recommendations.

- Creating systems and processes to streamline operations.

Strategic Planning:

- Leading annual strategic planning for the company.

- Creating & updating dashboards for reviewing key performance indicators.

A Quality hire for this role would have;

The ability to think ahead and catch problems before they arise.

- Chief of Staff must be willing to use their power and influence to lead from behind. S/He need to be passionate about the role and mission of the organization and be a strong partner for the CEO.

- 3-6+ years of business development, corporate strategy and/or executive management experience

- Strongly developed written and verbal communication skills

- Organization and planning skills

- Ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously

- Excellent problem-solving skills

- Highly resourceful

- Strong emotional intelligence

- Self-motivation

- Excellent analytical skills

- Strategic mindset