Chief of Staff

Freshminds; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Freshminds has partnered with a leading international business to recruit an experienced Chief of Staff for a 12-month fixed-term contract in the UK. You will work directly with the CEO and senior leadership team, shaping strategic priorities and strengthening governance across the organization.

You will drive cross-functional initiatives, manage priorities, produce board updates, and help translate ambitious plans into action using data, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to boost productivity and

Qualifications

• Experience working with senior executives in CoS/strategy roles.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen including budgets and P&L.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; translate data into clear recommendations.
• Experience establishing OKRs or similar objective-setting frameworks.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and build trusted relationships.
• Excellent organization and project management with multi-priority handling.
• Confidence using AI tools to boost leadership productivity.

Responsibilities

• Act as strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team.
• Provide insight, analysis and data-led recommendations on key business priorities.
• Preparing board updates, reports, presentations and executive communications.
• Establishing clear ownership of leadership priorities, tracking actions and removing barriers to delivery.
• Leading high-priority, cross-functional projects from initial scoping through to implementation.
• Monitoring progress against strategic objectives and supporting senior leaders to maintain momentum.
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes, operational efficiency and resource allocation.
• Connecting the leadership team, the wider group of senior leaders and colleagues across the organisation.
• Using AI tools to improve personal productivity and help the leadership team operate more effectively.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

OKR experience

P&L / budgets

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Job description

Freshminds has partnered with a leading international business that is looking for an experienced Chief of Staff to join its UK leadership team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Working directly with the CEO and senior leadership team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping strategic priorities, strengthening internal governance and driving cross-functional initiatives across the business. This is a high-profile opportunity for a strategic and commercially minded individual who can bring structure to complexity, influence senior stakeholders and translate priorities into action.

Responsibilities:

• Acting as a strategic partner and trusted sounding board to the CEO and leadership team

• Providing insight, analysis and data-led recommendations on key business priorities

• Managing the CEO's priorities and producing board updates, reports, presentations and executive communications

• Establishing clear ownership of leadership priorities, tracking actions and removing barriers to delivery

• Leading high-priority, cross-functional projects from initial scoping through to implementation

• Monitoring progress against strategic objectives and supporting senior leaders to maintain momentum

• Identifying opportunities to improve processes, operational efficiency and resource allocation

• Connecting the leadership team, the wider group of senior leaders and colleagues across the organisation

• Using AI tools to improve personal productivity and help the leadership team operate more effectively

Requirements:

• Experience working closely with senior executives in a chief of staff, strategy, management consulting, business management or similar role

• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including confidence working with P&L information, budgets and performance data

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations

• Experience establishing and driving OKRs or comparable objective-setting frameworks

• Demonstrable ability to influence without direct authority and build trusted relationships across an organisation

• Excellent organisation and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple changing priorities

• Confidence using AI tools and identifying practical ways to embed them into leadership workflows