Responsibilities

- Strategy, Alignment &
- Organizational Effectiveness

- Drive the planning and execution of The Circle’s 1-year and 5-year strategic priorities

- Translate strategy into clear execution plans, milestones, and tracking mechanisms

- Ensure alignment across verticals (Incubation, Labs, Circle U, Fundraising, Operations, Outreach)

- Build and strengthen organization-wide processes, systems, and operating rhythms

- Improve coordination, communication, and accountability across teams

- Oversee leadership cadences, organizational calendar, and central resource planning

- Identify and implement improvements in efficiency, execution quality, and team effectiveness

- CEO’s Office &

- Strategic Projects

- Act as a thought partner to the CEO on high-priority initiatives and decision-making

- Drive cross-vertical, high-impact projects (e.g., M&E; systems, new initiatives, organizational transformations)

- Support prioritization of CEO bandwidth and ensure follow-through on key commitments

- Lead projects that can significantly accelerate organizational progress but require cross-team coordination

- Board &

- Governance Management





- Manage engagement with the Board and Advisors, including:

- Planning and execution of board meetings and retreats

- Tracking decisions, follow-ups, and strategic inputs

- Support the creation and management of board sub-committees

- Play a key role in setting up and engaging an international/US Board, including structural and compliance elements

- Partnerships &

- External Engagement

- Support strategic partnerships, including priority donors, institutional partners and ecosystem alliances

- Work on high-priority external initiatives (e.g., PPPs, institutional collaborations)

- Provide advisory support to fundraising efforts, including:

- Grant and award applications

- Pipeline development and donor engagement support

Summary The Chief of Staff will work closely with the CEO and leadership team to drive strategic priorities, improve organizational effectiveness, and enable high-impact decision-making. This role combines strategy, operations, program management, and stakeholder engagement, with a solid focus on execution.

📌 Chief of Staff (Mumbai)
🏢 The Circle India
📍 Mumbai