mPokket - Chief Of Staff

About the role :

We are looking for a candidate to be a strategic advisor to help lead key cross-organization initiatives working closely with multiple senior leaders as well as external partners. Ideal candidate will be a thought leader possessing strong leadership qualities, inter-personal skills and with a detail-oriented, organized and analytical approach.

- This is a CEO enabler role. Helping CEO keep track of and do things that are important to the business

- Helping set and drive agenda for some CEO conversations with HODs - KPI tracking, goal setting and measurement, etc.

- Drive agenda and track progress of leadership meets and other CEO interactions internally and externally

- Ad hoc projects (long term or short term) that don't naturally fall in any department or a project that CEO wants to individually drive :

- Competitor tracking

- Partnership discussions

- Vetting investment opportunities

Responsibilities :

- Ensure the CEO is working on the most important items for the company and represent the leader in internal and external meetings

- Assist the CEO in influencing and driving strategy alignment across various functions

- Serve as liaison between CEO and senior leaders regarding project reviews, proposals, and weekly updates etc.

- Oversee strategic business initiatives from development through successful execution under the guidance of senior leadership in the team

- Assist and communicate with executives in decision-making, program management, communication, and initiative implementation

- Prepare the executive and staff for all business review meetings with relevant data, intelligence, information , pre-reads etc

- Work closely with business finance on budgeting, and financial reporting for the function; ensuring budgets and resourcing are aligned to top business priorities

- Plan agenda for and conduct executive leadership meetings / staff meetings and develop action plans to address open items

- Set up and monitor appropriate business dashboards for the organization, to highlight key insights and issues that merit attention

- Drive focus and accountability within the executive team on day-to-day basis, work with the team to develop ideas and proposals, and conduct project plan reviews

- Lead and drive cross functional initiatives that are part of the business strategy

- Partner with Talent Acquisition team to lead recruitment efforts for staffing executive positions in the team. Manage all stakeholders to help hire for key positions in time

- Partner with Internal Communications team to assist the executive with preparation and dissemination of communication within the organization including all-hands meetings and townhalls.

- Manage a team to Identify and close strategic partnerships to grow the business, including M&A.

Desired Candidate Profile :

- Master's degree in Business Administration or similar field is desirable but not mandatory.

- Min. 5 years in a cross-functional business, product, or program management role, preferably in high-growth organizations

- Strong sense of ownership

- Proven experience in organizing, collaborating, and building trust across multiple teams and departments

- Ability to influence and persuade executive-level stakeholders

- Excellent communicator in written and verbal form with great presentation skills.

- Fast-paced and versatile - strong bias for action

- Highly organized - ability to drive people and projects to measurable outcomes

- Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives

- Experience in setting up and scaling processes while bringing structure to ambiguity

- Strong business acumen

- Do whatever-it-takes' attitude to be successful

- Ability to handle confidential information with highest level of integrity