Chief of Staff - CEO

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
• Act as a strategic partner and thought partner to the CEO
• Help prioritize, structure, and drive the CEO’s highest-impact initiatives
• Improve CEO decision velocity and clarity through structured inputs and analysis
• Prepare strategic briefs, decision frameworks, and executive narratives
• Represent the CEO in key forums and internal leadership discussions when needed
• Company Operating System & Governance
• Help design and continuously evolve the company’s operating cadence and management systems
• Drive cross-functional governance rhythms (reviews, planning cycles, performance tracking)
• Improve clarity, alignment, and accountability across leadership teams
• Ensure follow-through on CEO and leadership priorities
• Strategic & Cross-Functional Projects
• Lead and execute high-impact, cross-org strategic initiatives
• Work on projects that cut across business, product, tech, and operations
• Incubate and evaluate new business opportunities and adjacencies
• Structure ambiguous problems and convert them into executable plans
• Work closely with CXOs and GMs to unblock and accelerate key priorities
• Culture & Leadership Influence
• Help reinforce leadership principles and cultural expectations
• Drive leadership communications and alignment initiatives
• Influence how decisions get made and how leaders collaborate
• Help raise the bar on thinking quality and execution discipline
• Role Characteristics
• Scope will evolve with company priorities and CEO agenda
• High ambiguity, high ownership, high trust role
• Requires comfort operating without formal authority but with high influence
• Combines strategy, execution, governance, and leadership leverage
• Mix of thinker + builder + operator

What You’ll Need

• Must Have
• 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
• Strong Advantage
• Experience building or scaling tech products or businesses
• Startup or high-growth company operating experience
• Prior experience in founder’s office / CEO office / strategy roles
• Experience working closely with product and technology teams
• Exposure to marketplace, e-commerce, or platform businesses
• Leadership Traits We Value
• Hungry, high-drive leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-intensity environments with strong first-principles thinking and high learning velocity
• Low ego, high accountability, operating with discretion and sound judgment
• Exceptional clarity of thought and communication, with strong influence without authority
• Highly trusted by senior stakeholders for reliability, judgment, and impact
• Why This Role Matters
• Direct impact on CEO effectiveness and company trajectory
• Opportunity to shape how a public tech company operates and scales
• Exposure to the most important strategic decisions in the company
• Platform to build enterprise-level leadership capability
• Launchpad for future leadership roles within the organization