Senior Manager - Strategic Projects, CEO Office

Calo Inc.; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Dubai is seeking a Senior Manager for Strategic Projects within the CEO Office. The role involves driving critical initiatives and supporting transformative projects while collaborating closely with executive leadership. This is a unique opportunity for an agile and strategic thinker ready to elevate business performance and drive impactful outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading strategic initiatives and projects.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams.
• Strong facilitation skills, ensuring project alignment.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic projects in collaboration with the CEO and Chief of Staff.
• Support low to high-stakes project execution and management.
• Maintain overview of key initiatives, ensuring momentum and support.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Agility

Project Management

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Management, or related field

Job description

Senior Manager - Strategic Projects, CEO Office Calo Inc.

We could give you a traditional job description. But that wouldn t do this role (or you, or us) justice.

This isn t your average strategy role.

You won t be parked behind a spreadsheet or confined to theoretical frameworks.

You ll be in the arena - sleeves rolled up, mind racing, making things happen.

You ll be the right hand to the Chief of Staff.

What does that even mean? Who is he? Listen to him here explain what the role is all about - just the first 5 minutes of the video will do.

The role can be based in Dubai, Riyadh, or Bahrain.

We could give you a traditional job description. But that wouldn t do this role (or you, or us) justice.

This isn t your average strategy role.

You won t be parked behind a spreadsheet or confined to theoretical frameworks.

You ll be in the arena - sleeves rolled up, mind racing, making things happen.

You ll be the right hand to the Chief of Staff.

What does that even mean? Who is he? Listen to him here explain what the role is all about - just the first 5 minutes of the video will do.

Code Words: Alignment, Collaboration, Execution.

The role can be based in Dubai, Riyadh, or Bahrain.

What is Calo?

Calo is an app providing personalized meal plans for busy people through nutritional algorithms, built with love by chefs, nutritionists, and software engineers. Launched in Bahrain in 2019, we have since expanded to 6 countries, delivered millions of meals to our customers, and launched our very own Grab & Go Cafe concepts. We're on a noble mission to make healthy easy. We think this is one of the most important problems to tackle in our world today. We have global ambitions - no small thinking here. More about calo here .

Ok, now what will you actually be doing (beyond the buzzwords)?

• Driving strategic projects - You saw this one coming!

  You ll partner with the Chief of Staff, CEO, and teams across Calo to lead and execute initiatives that shape how we operate. To make this more tangible: think strategy playbooks, OKRs, org transformation, customer-centricity initiatives, operating models, cross-functional collaboration, AI enablement the things that actually matter to how a company runs. If these terms make sense to you, carry on. If not, you ve probably stopped reading already.

• Supporting the zero-to-one - Okay, we already broke our no buzzwords promise.

  We wouldn t be a startup (or a scale-up or whatever you want to call us) without the magic of the 0 1 phase: blank slates, new segments, new geographies, new models. Your role is to support the leaders of these initiatives in whatever way possible to help them reach PMF.

  Don t know what that is? It s not a dealbreaker, but if 0 1 and PMF get you excited, your chances, and our interest, are rising.

• Sprinting through high-stakes moments - At this point, this shouldn t surprise you, we warned you not your conventional JD!

  You ll lead the charge in creating top-tier deliverables for strategic instances: board meetings, leadership off-sites, town halls, business retrospectives, etc. No pressure - just visibility at the highest levels.

• Mastering the masterview - Pun very much intended.

  You ll help us maintain (and elevate) a bird s-eye view of all key initiatives. Follow up, unlock, support, facilitate, reframe - whatever it takes to keep the momentum going.

• Most importantly, filling the gaps - This one requires serious mental agility.

  There s no room for that s not part of my JD. Something s missing? You re there. This role is equal parts planned and impromptu. You ll often find yourself solving problems that weren t on your to-do list - because someone needs to, and you can.

If we haven t scared you off yet and you re wondering whether you re a good fit, ask yourself this:

Are you a living paradox? Here s a quick test - answer these 6 questions:

• Am I strategic and grounded, at the same time?
• Am I a thinker and a doer, at the same time?
• Am I a story teller and a pro of SOPs, at the same time?
• Am I extremely structured and agile, at the same time?
• Am I an excellent project manager and a partner to leaders, at the same time?
• Am I a relentless follow-upper and a relationship builder, at the same time?

If you answered yes to 5 out of 6 - keep going.

Butterflies in your belly? You re almost there. The only remaining question is: how to apply?

Hint: not your traditional application.

We get lots of candidates who reach out, and we re always humbled by the interest.

But it s impossible to tell who s a killer candidate from a black-and-white A4.

So: put some love into your application.

Try a Loom, a Notion page, a deck, a video, a voice note - whatever it takes to tell us who you are and why you think you d be a great fit.

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