The Role
The Chief of Staff to the CEO will partner with leadership to drive strategy, manage executive projects, influence company culture, and execute operational initiatives in a tech-focused environment.
Summary Generated by Built In
About the Role & Team
We are looking for an exceptional Chief of Staff to the CEO who will work at the center of Meesho’s leadership system - partnering closely with the CEO and CXOs/GMs to drive company-wide strategy, operating rigor, and high-impact cross-functional initiatives.
This is not a support role - it is a leadership role.
The Chief of Staff will act as a force multiplier for the CEO - helping evolve the company’s operating system, driving mission-critical strategic projects, shaping culture, and increasing the velocity and quality of executive decision-making. The role will continuously evolve as the company’s priorities evolve.
This is a front-row seat to building and scaling a public technology company - and requires extreme ownership, structured thinking, execution speed, and leadership maturity.
What You’ll Do
- CEO Leverage & Executive Partnership
- Company Operating System & Governance
- Strategic & Cross-Functional Projects
- Culture & Leadership Influence
- Role Characteristics
1. Act as a strategic partner and thought partner to the CEO
2. Help prioritize, structure, and drive the CEO’s highest-impact initiatives
3. Improve CEO decision velocity and clarity through structured inputs and analysis
4. Prepare strategic briefs, decision frameworks, and executive narratives
5. Represent the CEO in key forums and internal leadership discussions when needed
1. Help design and continuously evolve the company’s operating cadence and management systems
2. Drive cross-functional governance rhythms (reviews, planning cycles, performance tracking)
3. Improve clarity, alignment, and accountability across leadership teams
4. Ensure follow-through on CEO and leadership priorities
1. Lead and execute high-impact, cross-org strategic initiatives
2. Work on projects that cut across business, product, tech, and operations
3. Incubate and evaluate new business opportunities and adjacencies
4. Structure ambiguous problems and convert them into executable plans
5. Work closely with CXOs and GMs to unblock and accelerate key priorities
1. Help reinforce leadership principles and cultural expectations
2. Drive leadership communications and alignment initiatives
3. Influence how decisions get made and how leaders collaborate
4. Help raise the bar on thinking quality and execution discipline
1. Scope will evolve with company priorities and CEO agenda
2. High ambiguity, high ownership, high trust role
3. Requires comfort operating without formal authority but with high influence
4. Combines strategy, execution, governance, and leadership leverage
5. Mix of thinker + builder + operator
What You’ll Need
- Must Have
- Strong Advantage
- Leadership Traits We Value
- Why This Role Matters
1. 6-10 Years of work experience
2. Strong structured problem solving and executive communication skills
3. Demonstrated experience working on complex, ambiguous business problems
4. Proven ability to drive cross-functional execution
5. High ownership and bias toward action
6. Comfort working with senior leadership teams
1. Experience building or scaling tech products or businesses
2. Startup or high-growth company operating experience
3. Prior experience in founder’s office / CEO office / strategy roles
4. Experience working closely with product and technology teams
5. Exposure to marketplace, e-commerce, or platform businesses
1. Hungry, high-drive leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-intensity environments with strong first-principles thinking and high learning velocity
2. Low ego, high accountability, operating with discretion and sound judgment
3. Exceptional clarity of thought and communication, with strong influence without authority
4. Highly trusted by senior stakeholders for reliability, judgment, and impact
1. Direct impact on CEO effectiveness and company trajectory
2. Opportunity to shape how a public tech company operates and scales
3. Exposure to the most important strategic decisions in the company
4. Platform to build enterprise-level leadership capability
5. Launchpad for future leadership roles within the organization
Skills Required
- 5-7 years of work experience
- Strong structured problem solving and executive communication skills
- Demonstrated experience working on complex, ambiguous business problems
- Proven ability to drive cross-functional execution
- High ownership and bias toward action
- Comfort working with senior leadership teams
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The Company
What We Do
Meesho is India’s fastest growing internet commerce company. We want to make eCommerce accessible to all. Our vision is to enable 100 million small businesses in India, including individual entrepreneurs, to succeed online. Our mission is to democratise internet commerce by bringing a range of products & new customers online. What started as a reseller-focused platform six years ago has now emerged as a single ecosystem connecting millions of sellers, consumers and entrepreneurs.
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