Chief of Staff to CPTO

Responsibilities

• Run the operating cadence: Drive leadership reviews, track escalations, codify decisions/next steps, and ensure owners and timelines are unambiguous, generally increasing accountability and results across the org.

• Quarterback strategic initiatives: Orchestrate cross-functional efforts led by Product/Tech (e.g., license activation, regulatory readiness, partnership enablement, support on corp dev initiatives) from kickoff to go-live.

• Plan with precision: Lead quarterly & annual planning; translate strategy into OKRs; better KPI visibility and tracking; maintain a single source of truth for scope, sequencing, and resourcing; support roadmaping, sprint planning, eng resource allocation planning.

• Coordination with commercial: Be point person for ensuring tech and commercial functions operate cohesively, aligning strategy, targets and comms across both orgs.

• Own the front stage : Prepare company/partner materials, exec readouts, and major presentations; partner on external scheduling and high-stakes meetings.

• Steward budgets & headcount: Run budget rhythms, investment cases, and hiring plans; monitor burn vs. plan and surface trade-offs early.

• Raise the comms bar: Draft internal notes, org-wide updates, and partner communications that are clear, concise, and consistent.
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 8-10+ years in consulting, strategy/ops, product ops, or technical program leadership (hypergrowth or fintech/regulatory environments are a plus).

• Technical fluency (engineering or product background preferred); you can engage credibly with architects, PMs, and security.

• Operator s toolkit: Planning/OKR systems, program delivery, risk & dependency management, decision logs, and post-mortems.

• Executive communication: Sharp narrative writing and deck craft; confident with board-level and partner-facing materials.

• Bias to action: You simplify, sequence, and ship, maintaining high quality without adding process for process s sake.

• High EQ: Trusted partner who can challenge, align, and unblock across functions.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with bank partnerships, licensing/regulatory workstreams, or on-prem/regulated deployments.

• Fintech/payments, open banking, or data platform experience.

• Arabic/English bilingual.