Chief of Staff (Permanent)

Blanco Niño is a fast-growing, award-winning premium Mexican food brand with a mission to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture. Our products are sold in 19 European and Middle Eastern markets, with a strong retail and foodservice presence across the UK and Ireland. As we scale, we are building not only a globally respected food brand, but also a new kind of business — one rooted in craft, transparency, and ecological impact.

While we operate with ambition and precision, we also hold community, humility, and sustainability at our core. Blanco Niño is more than a brand; we are building for the long-term and are rooted in quality, integrity, and impact. We are proud to be creating something truly different in the world of food. If you are excited by systems thinking, regenerative futures, and the challenge of building something that lasts - you will feel right at home here.

Role Mission

To act as a force multiplier and strategic right hand to the CEO & Founder. This role is central to building and nurturing a high-performing, integrated, values-driven organisation, enabling Blanco Niño to scale its people, systems, and culture in alignment with its mission to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture.

• Partner with the CEO and leadership team to define, sequence, and deliver the company’s most important strategic initiatives.
• Establish and maintain the rhythm of the business — including the cadence and structure of leadership, departmental, and all-company meetings.
• Track and report progress on key initiatives and cross-functional projects to ensure visibility and momentum.
• Manage the newly appointed business operations manager and empower them to deliver continuous optimisation of key business infrastructure, building out newly automated processes and systems.
• Act as a strategic advisor and thought partner to the CEO, supporting vision clarity and decision-making.
• Write and design high-quality presentations, including strategy updates, investor decks, board reports, and internal all-hands materials.
• Manage CEO inboxes, triage inbound requests, and draft thoughtful, timely responses when appropriate.
• Liaise between the CEO and the wider team to ensure clear, consistent information flow and priority alignment.
• Coordinate board meetings and governance touchpoints — including scheduling, agenda development, attendee preparation, materials distribution, minute-taking, and follow-up.
• Ensure timely and accurate record-keeping for key company decisions, documents, and compliance-related communications.
• Serve as a key point of contact for board members and shareholders on internal coordination matters.
• Partner with the CEO to evolve organisational structure, leadership capabilities, and team design in line with company growth.
• Work closely with department heads and recruiters to identify and attract high-calibre, values-aligned talent.
• Embed lightweight, scalable systems for performance management, feedback, communication, and career development.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Performance Monitoring

• Monitor cross-functional performance and unblock bottlenecks where silos or misalignments emerge.

Special Projects

• Lead early-stage strategic or cross-functional projects — including new partnerships, business model innovations, or commercial initiatives.
• Manage high-impact projects — quickly diagnosing blockers and driving structured improvements.
• Take ownership of one-off CEO-delegated initiatives requiring high trust, cross-functional coordination, and end-to-end delivery.

You move fluidly between strategy and execution — just as comfortable mapping company-wide OKRs as you are coordinating a board meeting, designing an onboarding process, or leading a cross-functional special project. You want to build — the systems, rhythms, and frameworks that enable a mission-driven business to scale with integrity and impact. You know how to support and challenge a CEO. You care about culture, performance, and alignment — and understand that trust and structure are not opposites, but allies.

You’re excited by Blanco Niño’s mission to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture and are motivated by the opportunity to help build something enduring, impactful, and beautiful from the inside out.

Experience

• Working directly with founders, CEOs, or executive teams.
• A background in organisational development, strategic operations, or generalist leadership roles (e.g. Business Manager, Strategy Lead, or former CoS).
• Experience building internal systems: OKRs, performance management, onboarding, meeting cadences, or KPI dashboards.
• Bonus: Experience in food/FMCG, mission-led businesses, regenerative systems or international scaling.

Attributes

• Builder, Not Just an Optimiser — You’re excited to lay the foundations — not just refine what’s already in place.
• Adaptable & Curious — You’re flexible, pragmatic, and constantly learning.
• Mission-Aligned — You care deeply about meaningful work, regenerative systems, and long-term thinking.