The Role
Support the CEO Office and Chief of Staff by coordinating and synthesizing inputs across HQ and OpCos into executive-ready Board and CEO materials, drafting leadership communications, coordinating leadership meetings and events, and contributing to strategic initiatives to ensure alignment, governance, and clear executive narratives.
Summary Generated by Built In
VEON is a Nasdaq-listed global digital operator that serves more than 150 million customers with connectivity and about 120 million monthly active users with digital services in some of the world’s most exciting frontier markets. Operating across 5 countries that are home to nearly 520 million people, in other words more than 6% of the world’s population, VEON transforms lives through technology-driven services that empower individuals and drive economic growth.
With VEON’s Digital Operator 1440 vision and strategy, VEON Group companies redefine the engagement that telecom operators have with their customers, providing the best digital experience to customers up to 1440 minutes in a day. We transform not only the daily experience of the final users, but also support the growth of enterprises and industries as a whole, using cutting-edge technologies in AI, big-data and cloud services to serve our business customers.
This is all underpinned by a commitment to sustainability, ensuring VEON’s operations are run safely and ethically while fostering digital entrepreneurship and greater digital skills and literacy in the communities in which VEON operates. VEON’s values-based approach works to strengthen trust by building a responsible and sustainable business that benefits customers, employees, communities, and shareholders.
VEON’s international leadership team is drawn from experienced executives from around the world and has been led by CEO Kaan Terzioğlu since July 2021.
Position Summary
The Senior Manager, Strategic Planning supports the CEO Office and Chief of Staff in driving strategic alignment across the Group, between HQ and Operating Companies (OpCos), and in interactions with the Board and Board Office.
The role is the central owner of the quality, consistency, and coherence of content produced by the CEO Office. It requires the ability to absorb large volumes of information from multiple functions, synthesize diverse perspectives into clear executive narratives, and ensure that all outputs accurately reflect Group priorities. Whether preparing Board materials, drafting CEO and Chairman letters, or shaping the content agenda for leadership events, the individual ensures that information is well-structured, aligned, and ready for executive audiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate the development of CEO and Board presentation materials by gathering inputs from HQ functions and OpCos, reviewing content for accuracy, consistency and strategic alignment, consolidating key messages, and assembling executive-ready presentation decks. The role does not independently create Board content, but serves as the central integrator responsible for the quality and coherence of the final output.
- Partner closely with the Performance Analytics team to combine quantitative performance data with qualitative business updates, creating clear and compelling narratives that reflect Group priorities and strategic progress.
- Draft CEO and Chairman letters, ensuring messaging is concise, consistent, and aligned with the Group's strategic direction.
- Coordinate Leadership Team meetings, including virtual meetings every three weeks and quarterly in-person sessions, by developing agendas, coordinating content, tracking decisions and follow-up actions, and ensuring alignment across HQ and OpCos.
- Work alongside the Performance Analytics and Communications teams to shape the strategic content and execution of Ignite, the Group's annual Top 200 leadership event, ensuring alignment around business priorities while supporting engagement, collaboration, and recognition.
- Support the CEO Office in preparing for OpCo Board and Committee meetings by coordinating materials, managing inputs, and assisting the CEO in his role as Chair of the OpCo Boards.
- Contribute to strategic initiatives and ad hoc projects that strengthen alignment, governance, and collaboration across the Group.
Critical Skills & Experience
- Outstanding ability to absorb large volumes of information, identify what matters, and rapidly synthesize complex qualitative and quantitative inputs into concise, executive-level deliverables.
- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with experience preparing high-quality materials for CEOs, Chairmen, Boards, or Executive Leadership Teams.
- Strong analytical capability with the ability to challenge data, connect business insights, and develop clear strategic narratives.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to work effectively across diverse HQ functions and international OpCos while balancing differing priorities and maintaining a coherent storyline.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams in a fast-paced executive environment.
- Comfortable working with senior executives and exercising sound judgment regarding when to take initiative and when to escalate decisions.
- Experience supporting executive meetings, workshops, Board meetings, or leadership events from both a content coordination and execution perspective.
- Native or near-native proficiency in spoken and written English.
- Willingness to relocate to Dubai is preferred.
- Ability to travel internationally approximately five to six times per year.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration or a related discipline.
- Approximately 5–7 years of relevant professional experience in a CEO Office, Chief of Staff Office, Strategy, Executive Office, PMO, Management Consulting, or similar environment supporting senior leadership.
VEON Manifesto Principles
- At VEON we are motivated by our purpose: “Better Life for All”.
- We define it in terms of the freedom to access opportunity, anywhere, anytime, regardless of background or circumstance.
- “Better Life for All” begins with clarity, knowing what matters most to our customers and all stakeholders.
- We cut through noise and master complexity to deliver clear, tangible value for all.
- VEON is a company of bold, creative pioneers who turn challenges into opportunities and bring innovation that leapfrogs barriers.
- We believe that progress is not discovered, it is created.
- Excellence is not a goal post; it is a mindset. We set bold standards in product quality, service, value and communication.
- We seek constant improvement, never settling on past achievements or the comfort of routines.
- We focus on action over theory, purpose and clarity over bureaucracy and rituals.
- Our processes are designed with clarity and simplicity to enable a fast-paced, lean, ambitious organization that delivers progress, never compromising on integrity.
- We hire for potential, drive, curiosity, diversity, and growth mindset, not just past credentials.
- We develop talent who take bold bets and drive growth for our stakeholders.
- We take risks and do not fear making mistakes, because we learn from them and grow with them.
- We speak the truth candidly and respectfully, while leading with empathy.
- We aim for bold impact at scale. We seek game-changing innovations that can potentially reach hundreds of millions of people and fundamentally change the ways we do business.
- We measure ourselves by the positive changes we create for our stakeholders.
- We reward outcomes, impact, and results that drive shareholder value without compromising on integrity.
- We reward exceptional performance delivered through an unwavering commitment to ethical standards
- We unite through collaboration, unity, trust, and a shared purpose.
- We channel our collaborative resilience into long-term growth for our people, customers and shareholders, we stay strong and keep moving.
- We rise to every challenge, learn from adversity, and grow stronger. We embrace grit and perseverance as drivers of progress.
- We turn setbacks into lessons that make us stronger.
Our Purpose is “Better Life for All”
Clarity is Our Superpower
Our Pioneering Spirit Defines Us
We Fight Against Mediocrity
We Put Results Above Rituals
We Hire for Potential and Drive
Courage Fuels Our Leadership
We Aim for Audacious Impact
We Incentivize with Integrity
We Stand Strong Together
We Never Give Up
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Do you want to be part of a team that serves over 150 million customers across 5 dynamic markets? Do you want to pioneer new experiences for hundreds of millions in emerging economies? Do you feel at home working in a truly diverse and inclusive environment? We are VEON, a global digital operator and we scale new heights never thought possible.
Our DE&I Vision is:
Creating an Inclusive World for All – Inside and Beyond VEON
We aspire to create an Inclusive world for all by providing Equal voice and representation, driving growth with diverse and inclusive teams, that create products that serve Diverse needs of our customers across all dimensions of life from connectivity to digital financial inclusion, education, health and entertainment, and creating value for our people, our partners, and communities.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration or related discipline
- Approximately 5-7 years of relevant experience in a CEO Office, Chief of Staff Office, Strategy, PMO, Management Consulting, or similar environment
- Outstanding ability to absorb large volumes of information and synthesize complex qualitative and quantitative inputs into concise executive deliverables
- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills for CEOs, Chairmen, Boards, or Executive Leadership Teams
- Strong analytical capability to challenge data, connect business insights, and develop clear strategic narratives
- Excellent stakeholder management skills across diverse HQ functions and international operating companies
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams in a fast-paced executive environment
- Experience supporting executive meetings, workshops, Board meetings, or leadership events from content coordination and execution perspectives
- Native or near-native proficiency in spoken and written English
- Ability to travel internationally approximately five to six times per year
- Willingness to relocate to Dubai
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VEON is a global digital operator headquartered in Dubai, providing connectivity and digital services across dynamic frontier markets that are home to more than 7% of the world’s population. With our digital operators, we transform lives through technology-driven services that empower millions and drive economic growth. Social media guidelines: We want everybody to have a positive and welcoming experience across the social media channels we use - and so we ask that everyone keeps their comments and discussions on VEON's page, or posts tagging the company, respectful to other members and our teams. Content which is abusive or harassing, obscene, deceptive or misleading, contains false or defamatory information, is discriminatory against any individual or group, or is considered spam may be removed - including reporting and blocking users responsible from our social media channels.
