Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff
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22-05-2025
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About Sabi
Sabi exists to transform the way the world sources African commodities. We unlock the full potential of African trade by empowering informal merchants with the infrastructure technology financing and services they need to scale and meet global demand.
Our mission is to bring transparency reliability and efficiency to fragmented commodity supply chains connecting global buyers directly with the most qualified commodity producers on the continent.
We do this by offering an endtoend operating system for trade built for Africa s realities but designed to meet or exceed global standards. Sabi helps merchants traders and buyers move goods faster finance growth ensure quality and unlock opportunity even amid political or market uncertainty.
Our mission is to bring transparency reliability and efficiency to fragmented commodity supply chains connecting global buyers directly with the most qualified commodity producers on the continent.
We do this by offering an endtoend operating system for trade built for Africa s realities but designed to meet or exceed global standards. Sabi helps merchants traders and buyers move goods faster finance growth ensure quality and unlock opportunity even amid political or market uncertainty.
Job Summary
Are you a strategic leader adept at orchestrating complex operations across diverse product lines As the Chief of Staff you will partner closely with the CEO and executive team driving cohesion and efficiency across our core products. In this role you will ensure strategic alignment streamline operations and facilitate effective communication across all business units propelling Sabis mission to empower commerce throughout Africa.
This role is ideal for a leader who enjoys tracking progress escalate blockers and driving alignment between the CEO Product GMs and crossfunctional teams on priorities and execution rhythms.
What you will be doing
- Lead and manage the strategic and operational planning cycles across all products
- Own the design and facilitation of leadership meetings quarterly business reviews and crossproduct initiatives.
- Translate CEO and executive priorities into clear operational roadmaps and execution plans.
- Track progress against OKRs and business goals; identify and escalate blockers proactively.
- Coordinate multifunctional and multiproduct initiatives to ensure alignment accountability and velocity.
- Serve as a trusted advisor and sounding board to the CEO; provide leverage by driving forward key internal and external initiatives.
- Prepare investor decks board materials and internal strategy documents.
- Run internal routies like allhands meetings leadership offsites and communications cadences that promote alignment and transparency
Requirements
Special Skills and Qualifications
- 12 years of experience in strategic operations consulting highgrowth startups or product/GMlevel roles.
- Prior experience as a Chief of Staff or direct advisor to a CEO or executive leadership team is highly preferred.
- Proven ability to drive complex projects across multiple functions and business units.
- Able to operate independently in fastpaced ambiguous environments.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize data and insights to inform business decisions.
- Experience working across digital products or platforms in emerging markets is a plus.
- Passion for building systems that scale and a commitment to Sabi s mission of empowering commerce in Africa.
Candidate Specification
- Motivated by the mission of Sabi
- Pragmatic with quantitative and analytical ability and attention to detail
- Driven independent thinker and leader who can juggle multiple projects simultaneously with fastchanging priorities
- High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency.
- A focus on execution. Willing and able to get hands dirty.
- Flexibility to roll up your sleeves and attack problems and projects as they arise where you will need to set out a clear structure method and outcomes yourself.
Why Join Sabi
At Sabi we re more than a company we re a movement. Join a team of bold thinkers builders and doers working to reshape the future of global trade. We work at the edge of innovation in technology commerce and sustainability and we do it with heart. If you re ready to roll up your sleeves and help build the infrastructure that powers responsible trade in Africa and beyond we d love to hear from you.
Our Process:
- Prescreening with the Talent team
- Interviews and Case Assessment with the Hiring team.
- Follow up interviews with Sabi Leadership team.
- Hiring Decision
Benefits
- Rapid Career Growth
- Annual Training Budget
- Robust Health Coverage
- Paid Time Off
- Fullyfunded Team Bonding Activities
Employment Type
Full Time
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