Chief of Staff - Sector Leads

About the Role

We are seeking a senior Chief of Staff to act as a force multiplier for two Partners leading high-growth sectors within the Americas region at Simon-Kucher. This is a highly visible leadership platform role designed to support both regional strategy development and operational execution and is explicitly designed as a platform-enabling leadership role, not a personal assistant or coordinator position.

The Chief of Staff will drive execution discipline, elevate strategic narrative, orchestrate leadership forums, and ensure sector priorities translate into measurable growth. Success in this role will directly contribute to sustained 15–20% annual sector growth by improving prioritization, execution speed, and leadership focus.

Salary

$200,000 - $225,000 per year

Core Responsibilities

• Sector Strategy & Initiative Orchestration - Maintain a single, prioritized sector backlog and initiative tracker, translate strategic priorities into structured plans with owners and milestones, drive alignment across practices and senior stakeholders
• Execution & Follow-Through Discipline - Ensure decisions result in clear actions, owners, and timelines; proactively track and unblock initiatives; escalate risks early with solution-oriented recommendations
• Narrative, Storyline & Forum Design - Design leadership meeting agendas with clear objectives and outputs, enforce pre-work and preparation standards, draft and refine high-quality decks, memos, POVs, and thought leadership
• Partner-Specific Leverage - Prepare strategic briefs and synthesis for key client interactions, support priority pursuits and positioning, provide structured decision support
• Talent & Platform Development - Support senior hiring and succession discussions, identify leadership development opportunities, coordinate consultant resources aligned to sector priorities

Requirements

• 10–15+ years of experience in strategy, operations, consulting, or equivalent leadership environment
• Prior experience as a Chief of Staff, strategy consultant, or operational leader in a high-performance professional services setting
• Demonstrated success working directly with senior executives and driving cross-functional initiatives
• Exceptional structured thinking and synthesis
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Proven ability to translate strategy into operational execution
• Executive-level communication and narrative development
• Ability to influence across a matrixed organization without formal authority

Benefits

• Paid holidays and time off
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company matching
• Life insurance
• Flexible working arrangements