Associate Chief of Staff in City of London

Hybrid – Oxfordshire | 2-3 days per week

£70,000 + Benefits

I’m partnering with a fast-growing robotics and technology scale-up that is transforming how some of the world’s largest businesses manage their warehouse and logistics operations. They’re looking for a Chief of Staff Associate to work closely with senior leadership on some of the highest-priority challenges across the business.

This is not a strategy or PowerPoint role. It’s for someone who loves getting stuck in, figuring things out and making things happen.

The Opportunity

You’ll be deployed onto projects that don’t naturally sit within one department and need someone to take ownership and drive them forward. One month you could be improving a deployment process, the next building a company-wide roadmap, reducing operational costs, solving a compliance issue or creating a lightweight tool to fix an inefficient process. You’ll work across areas including operations, robotics, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, software and commercial teams. The common theme: take an ambiguous problem and get it solved.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own high-priority projects from initial problem through to delivery
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives and keep actions moving
• Hold stakeholders accountable for commitments and deadlines
• Identify blockers early and find practical ways around them
• Build simple processes, trackers and tools that improve execution
• Use AI and automation to remove manual work and increase speed
• Turn discussions into clear actions, owners and outcomes
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce unnecessary cost
• Work directly with senior leadership on whatever the business needs most

What We’re Looking For

You’ll probably have 5+ years’ experience and have spent time in a fast-moving startup or scale-up environment. More importantly, you’ll be someone who:

• Is a hands-on operator, not someone who defaults to delegation
• Is comfortable working with incomplete information and ambiguity
• Has delivered complex, cross-functional projects end-to-end
• Is highly organised and relentless with follow-through
• Can challenge senior stakeholders constructively rather than simply agreeing
• Communicates proactively and flags problems before they become problems
• Is comfortable building solutions yourself rather than waiting for another team
• Uses modern AI and automation tools practically while validating the output
• Has experience operating across multiple functions in a complex business

Experience around hardware, robotics, manufacturing, logistics, supply chain or similarly operational businesses would be particularly interesting, but isn’t essential.

Who This Probably Isn't For

This is unlikely to suit someone looking for a highly structured corporate environment or a role centred around governance, frameworks and delegation. The business moves quickly, priorities change, and sometimes the right answer is simply to get the data, work out what’s happening and fix it.

Why Join?

You’ll join a genuinely ambitious technology company at an exciting point in its growth, working closely with senior leadership and getting exposure to challenges across almost every part of the organisation. There’s significant scope to make an impact and build a reputation as the person who can be trusted to take ownership and get things over the line.