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Chief of Staff - CEO

MeeshoVisit website ·Posted 1 month ago

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About the Role

About The Role . Team We are looking for an exceptional Chief of Staff to the CEO who will work at the center of Meesho’s leadership system - partnering closely with the CEO and CXOs/GMs to drive company-wide strategy, operating rigor, and high-impact cross-functional initiatives.

This is not a support role - it is a leadership role.

The Chief of Staff will act as a force multiplier for the CEO - helping evolve the company’s operating system, driving mission-critical strategic projects, shaping culture, and increasing the velocity and quality of executive decision-making. The role will continuously evolve as the company’s priorities evolve.

This is a front-row seat to building and scaling a public technology company - and requires extreme ownership, structured thinking, execution speed, and leadership maturity.

What You’ll Do

  • • CEO Leverage . Executive Partnership

  • • Act as a strategic partner and thought partner to the CEO

  • • Help prioritize, structure, and drive the CEO’s highest-impact initiatives

  • • Improve CEO decision velocity and clarity through structured inputs and analysis

  • • Prepare strategic briefs, decision frameworks, and executive narratives

  • • Represent the CEO in key forums and internal leadership discussions when needed

  • • Company Operating System . Governance

  • • Help design and continuously evolve the company’s operating cadence and management systems

  • • Drive cross-functional governance rhythms (reviews, planning cycles, performance tracking)

  • • Improve clarity, alignment, and accountability across leadership teams

  • • Ensure follow-through on CEO and leadership priorities

  • • Strategic . Cross-Functional Projects

  • • Lead and execute high-impact, cross-org strategic initiatives

  • • Work on projects that cut across business, product, tech, and operations

  • • Incubate and evaluate new business opportunities and adjacencies

  • • Structure ambiguous problems and convert them into executable plans

  • • Work closely with CXOs and GMs to unblock and accelerate key priorities

  • • Culture . Leadership Influence

  • • Help reinforce leadership principles and cultural expectations

  • • Drive leadership communications and alignment initiatives

  • • Influence how decisions get made and how leaders collaborate

  • • Help raise the bar on thinking quality and execution discipline

  • • Role Characteristics

  • • Scope will evolve with company priorities and CEO agenda

  • • High ambiguity, high ownership, high trust role

  • • Requires comfort operating without formal authority but with high influence

  • • Combines strategy, execution, governance, and leadership leverage

  • • Mix of thinker . builder . operator

  • What You’ll Need

  • • Must Have

  • • 5-7 Years of work experience

  • • Strong structured problem solving and executive communication skills

  • • Demonstrated experience working on complex, ambiguous business problems

  • • Proven ability to drive cross-functional execution

  • • High ownership and bias toward action

  • • Comfort working with senior leadership teams

  • • Strong Advantage

  • • Experience building or scaling tech products or businesses

  • • Startup or high-growth company operating experience

  • • Prior experience in founder’s office / CEO office / strategy roles

  • • Experience working closely with product and technology teams

  • • Exposure to marketplace, e-commerce, or platform businesses

  • • Leadership Traits We Value

  • • Hungry, high-drive leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-intensity environments with strong first-principles thinking and high learning velocity

  • • Low ego, high accountability, operating with discretion and sound judgment

  • • Exceptional clarity of thought and communication, with strong influence without authority

  • • Highly trusted by senior stakeholders for reliability, judgment, and impact

  • • Why This Role Matters

  • • Direct impact on CEO effectiveness and company trajectory

  • • Opportunity to shape how a public tech company operates and scales

  • • Exposure to the most important strategic decisions in the company

  • • Platform to build enterprise-level leadership capability

  • • Launchpad for future leadership roles within the organization
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