Chief of Staff

CUBE84; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

CUBE84 is seeking a Chief of Staff to act as the CEO's proxy, run cross-functional operations across two businesses, and keep the leadership aligned on priorities. The role spans US and India teams with frequent executive-level interactions and travel.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with founders or senior leaders, thrives in fast-paced environments, and can turn ill-defined problems into actionable plans using AI as a multiplier.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years total experience with at least 2 in CoS, Founders Office, business operations, consulting, or program management with real ownership.
• Have worked directly with a founder, CEO, or senior leader and been trusted to speak on their behalf externally.
• Move fast. Not busy — fast. Deliver within tight timelines.
• Based in Chennai and able to be in person with the CEO regularly, including travel.
• Capable of taking on messy, half-defined problems and delivering a concrete recommendation.
• Handled at least one genuinely uncomfortable conversation with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Run point across the business, spanning two entities, partners, and priorities.
• Serve as the CEO proxy in meetings with partners, leadership, and clients.
• Keep the CEO organized, pushing required actions weekly.
• Own handoffs, finalize deals, and manage paperwork after decisions.
• Bridge US and India teams, coordinating with BU leaders, finance, HR, and delivery.
• Triage work by impact and route to the right owner, without dragging tasks.
• Leverage AI as a force multiplier in the workflow.

Skills

CoS experience

Executive exposure

Fast-paced

Problem-solving

Based in Chennai

Conflict handling

Job description

Job Description:

Chief of Staff

Do you get a genuine kick out of being the person who closes the loop — the one chasing the thing down while everyone else is still discussing it? Can you walk into a room on someone elses behalf and have people deal with you as the decision-makers proxy, not their messenger? And can you handle a job where one hour is a partner conversation and the next is making sure a vendor contract actually gets signed?

Then, our Chief of Staff role here at CUBE84 may interest you.

In this gig,

1. You run point across the business, not a single function
Your remit spans CUBE84 and District360 — two businesses, two sets of partners, two sets of priorities, and plenty of things quietly slipping in both. You hold all of it in your head so the CEO doesnt have to, and you know at any given moment which thing is on fire and which one just needs a nudge.

2. Youre his proxy, not his note-taker
Youll be in rooms with partners, leadership, and clients. Often youre there with him. Just as often youre there instead of him, and people deal with you as though you speak for him, because you do. This only works if people accept you. Earning that in the first sixty days is the job.

3. You keep him organized, and youre slightly annoying about it
Youre the one telling him what he committed to, whos waiting on him, and what has to happen this week. Not politely suggesting it — telling him. Some days he wont love hearing it. You do it anyway, because the alternative is a CEO reacting to whoever called last.

4. You take the handoff and finish the thing
Hes needed for the conversation that opens a decision. Hes not needed for the forty steps after it. Once something is agreed in the room, youre the one running the paperwork, working the counterpart, and closing it out — and he hears about it when its done, not while its dragging.

5. Youre the connective tissue between the US and India
Our teams span the US and India, and most of our people are remote. Youll be working with BU leaders, finance, HR, and delivery to turn what the CEO wants into whats actually moving. You know when to elevate, when to smooth it over, and when to just get it unstuck yourself.

6. Not all of it is glamorous, and you dont flinch
Some weeks are strategy. Some weeks are operational problems, vendor chasing, and paperwork. You dont triage work by whether its beneath you — you triage it by whether it matters, and you route the rest to the right person without dropping it.

7. You use AI as a force multiplier
You dont need to be technical, but you need real appetite here. A Chief of Staff covering this much ground without AI in the workflow is a Chief of Staff covering half of it. Well train you — we wont supply the curiosity.

Itll be awesome if you...

• Have 4–8 years of experience, including at least 2 in a Chief of Staff, Founders Office, business operations, consulting, or program management seat with real ownership (this ones non-negotiable — we need someone whos driven outcomes, not coordinated calendars)
• Have worked directly alongside a founder, CEO, or senior leader and been trusted to speak on their behalf externally
• Move fast. Not busy — fast. If something lands on you Monday, its moving by Tuesday, not sitting in a plan
• Are based in Chennai and can be in person with the CEO regularly, including travel across the business
• Can pick up a messy, half-defined problem with no owner and come back with a recommendation, not a summary
• Have handled at least one genuinely uncomfortable conversation — pushing back on someone senior, holding someone accountable, or delivering news nobody wanted

More awesome, if you have

• Experience in IT services, consulting, or a multi-business promoter setup
• Comfort with basic financial literacy — reading a P&L, understanding margins, tracking profitability
• Exposure to working with US-based stakeholders or clients
• A track record of building or fixing an internal process from scratch

A note on how well know its working: this role reveals itself fast. Inside two months, youll either have made yourself indispensable — organized, trusted, and accepted by the people around the CEO — or you wont have. Wed rather tell you that upfront than pretend its a slow burn.

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