Chief of Staff
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About Cleo
Most people come to Cleo to do work that matters. Every day, we empower people to build a life beyond their next paycheck, building a beloved AI that enables you to forge your own path toward financial well-being.
Backed by some of the most well-known investors in tech, we’ve reached millions of people to support them throughout their financial lives, from their first paycheck to their first home and beyond. We're hitting headlines too. This year, Forbes named us as one of their Next Billion Dollar Startups, and we were crowned the 'Hottest Tech Scaleup' at the Europas.
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What you’ll be doing
- You’ll work with leaders across Cleo globally to prioritize, align and deliver communications about our most important strategic initiatives to ensure Cleople are informed, engaged and inspired.
- You will work closely with senior leadership with divergent perspectives to discuss key issues and work behind the scenes to resolve disagreement, influence outcomes, and enable leader success.
- You’ll partner with teams developing and executing the company’s strategic vision, helping them translate it into comprehensive communications plans.
- You’ll take major initiatives off the Founder's plate and lead them cross-functionally end-to-end.
- You’ll bring the leadership team together & run team meetings in lieu of the CEO (prepare the agenda, take notes, assign action items, follow up and hold owners accountable for rolling out key initiatives & decisions)
About you
We’re looking for a rare Chief of Staff that has exceptional people, leadership & numerical skills.
- 6+ years of proven experience executing and leading in fast-changing, high growth organizations (ideally in tech)
- Be a compassionate leader and a structured problem solver and operator, comfortable working with complexity and agility
- Experience of (or adjacency to) internal communications processes with exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- You’ll be a strong leader being able to successfully influence and lead multiple large cross-functional teams
- You’ll be a doer who is extremely organised and diligent.
- A next step for you will likely be to found a company, run a division of a company or take up a principal position at a top tier VC firm
What do you get for all your hard work?
- A competitive compensation package (base + equity) with reviews every 8 months. You can view our public progression framework and salary bandings here: https://cleo-ai.progressionapp.com/ The range for this role is between £100-130k.
- Work at one of the fastest-growing tech startups, backed by top VC firms like Sofina, Balderton & EQT Ventures.
- A clear progression plan. We want you to keep growing. That means trying new things, leading others, challenging the status quo and owning your impact. Always with our complete support.
- Flexibility: We treat you as humans first, employees second. Because we can’t fight for the world’s financial health, if we’re not healthy ourselves. This means all the usual perks but it also means flexibility. We take pride in being a flexible workplace that trusts our Cleople to deliver their best work, giving you the autonomy to structure your day around morning drop-offs to school or daily dog walks.
- Hybrid-first: Join our hybrid-first team, where we blend the best of both remote and in-office work. We expect our team members to be in our London office 1-2 times a week. On Thursdays, we buy you lunch but you can come to the office on whichever days work best for you!
- Other benefits;
- 25 days annual leave a year + public holidays (+ an additional day for every year you spend at Cleo)
- Check out our new benefits package here: https://web.meetcleo.com/blog/big-benefits-energy-the-latest-cleo-employee-benefits
- 6% employer-matched pension in the UK
- Company-wide performance reviews every 8 months e.g every 2 terms, in line with our termly cycles (Jan-April, May-Aug, Sept-Dec):
- Generous pay increases for high-performers and high-growth team members
- Equity top-ups for team members getting promoted
- Private Medical Insurance via Vitality, dental cover, and life assurance
- Enhanced parental leave
- 1 month paid sabbatical after 4 years at Cleo
- Regular socials and activities, online and in-person
- We'll pay for your OpenAI subscription
- Online mental health support via Spill
- And many more!