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Chief of Staff (m/f/d)

Köln
Full-time
Permanent employee

Your mission

About octonomy  
At octonomy, we’re not a typical AI startup. We’re building big — backed by one of Europe’s largest seed rounds (€20M) to scale our vision fast and sustainably. Our mission is clear: we transform companies with the most intelligent digital workforce, enabling a new era of growth.

Our AI octo-Workers automate business processes with high reliability, strong security, and zero hallucinations. Leading customers already trust us — and we’re growing rapidly across Germany and internationally.

Your role
We’re looking for a hands-on Chief of Staff to partner closely with our CEO and keep priorities moving forward day to day. You’ll be the go-to person for turning strategic goals into clear plans, driving cross-functional initiatives, and making sure decisions translate into execution.
  • Translate CEO priorities into executable plans: Break down strategic goals into concrete initiatives, owners, timelines, and decision points; ensure follow-through and surface execution gaps.
  • Coordinate cross-functional work that lacks clear ownership: Manage initiatives spanning product, finance, sales, and operations.
  • Support executive decision-making with structured analysis: Prepare briefs and models to inform cross-department decision making
  • Run leadership operating cadence: Prepare leadership meetings, set agendas, document decisions, and track actions.
  • Act as an internal communication integrator: Ensure consistent information flow between leadership and teams; clarify decisions, priorities, and changes to reduce misalignment and rework.
  • Oversee execution of strategic external engagements: Support preparation and coordination for investor interactions, enterprise customers, and partners, ensuring internal readiness and follow-up.

Your profile

  • Experience in high-pace, high-ownership environments: 3–7+ years in roles like Chief of Staff, Strategy & Operations, BizOps, consulting, corporate development, or as an operator in a fast-growing company; comfortable working directly with senior leadership/CEO. 
  • Strong execution and program management skills: Able to turn strategic priorities into structured workstreams with clear ownership, timelines, risks, and measurable outcomes; relentless follow-through.
  • Analytical and structured thinker: Skilled at synthesizing data into clear recommendations; able to build concise decision briefs and lightweight financial/operating models. 
  • Cross-functional influence without formal authority: Proven ability to align product, finance, sales, and operations stakeholders; resolves trade-offs pragmatically and keeps teams moving. 
  • Excellent communication and facilitation: Crisp written and verbal English; strong at running leadership cadences (agendas, minutes, action tracking) and ensuring clarity across the organization. 
  • High integrity, discretion, and judgment: Trusted with sensitive topics; calm under pressure, highly reliable, and comfortable operating with ambiguity and incomplete information.

Why us?

  • A role with real ownership: you’ll directly improve how Octonomy runs day to day by keeping priorities on track and removing roadblocks 
  • A fast-moving environment where quality and pragmatism matter 
  • Close collaboration with our CEO, leadership team, and a global team 
  • Flexible working hours with plenty of autonomy 
  • The opportunity to grow into broader topics across strategy, operations, and business execution (e.g., planning, process, stakeholder management)

About us


Let’s build the future of work — together. Seriously.

At octonomy, you can expect an environment that values quality, encourages creativity, and delivers real, measurable results. If you’re excited to bring AI into everyday business in a practical way and grow with us, we’d love to get to know you.

Feel free to reach out with a short note or a full application — what matters most is that you’re keen to help shape what we’re building. octonomy.ai | We grow output. Not headcount.

Questions about the role or your application? Contact Mia from our HR team at octonomy-ai-jobs@m.personio.de