Chief of Staff

**About xalts**:
Our mission is to help financial services leverage blockchain technology to modernize the platforms and solutions that power everything from capital markets to consumer finance.

We are backed by marquee VC firms & global financial institutions including Accel and Citi. Our founders, angel investors & advisors come with experience of building and leading global organizations themselves.

**The role**:
Role: Chief of Staff

Reports to: Co-founder and COO

Location: Bengaluru, India

Working closely with the cofounder and COO, the Chief of Staff will play a key role in enabling decision-making at the center. You will lead the founders’ office team to drive multiple projects and workstreams that touch multiple parts of the company. You will also facilitate cross-functional collaboration to see through the execution of multiple strategic decisions.

This is an incredible opportunity to create a strong impact in a rapidly growing company as well as learn from the people around you and the opportunities you are exposed to.

**Responsibilities**:
The Chief of Staff is a highly visible and key role that is responsible for managing the rhythm of the business, driving strategic initiatives, keeping a pulse on organizational health, owning special projects, and more. A force multiplier, the CoS works strategically across the leadership team and cross-functionally to drive communication, collaboration, alignment, and decision-making velocity.

Operational excellence is the key to excel in this role to ensure efficiency, scalability, and seamless execution of business objectives.

This role will include four broad pillars:

- Support on Key Projects (40%): You will support the COO in all strategic operations projects by helping in structuring the problem, collaborating with multiple stakeholders across the organization and externally, establishing scalable processes and leading implementation.
- Cross-functional Collaboration (30%): Time and time again, you will be responsible for facilitating the execution of decisions that touch multiple functions of the organization. You will bring together stakeholders from around the org, structure the problem, assist in assigning responsibilities and follow up to see through the execution.
- Talent Development (15%): Ensure a high-performance culture within the organization by overseeing the talent management processes as the company scales across multiple global jurisdictions.
- Ownership on Side Projects (15%): You will get exposure to multiple parts of the business where you can engage and assist on any project as would be the business requirement.

**Core Requirements**:

- Education: Tier 1 MBA from a recognized institution is a must-have for this role.
- Experience: A minimum of 8 years with rich experience in company operations management, including as an Associate Director/Director/AVP in scaled operations heavy businesses.
- Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Adaptability: Comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
- Confidentiality: Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and maintain a high level of confidentiality.
- Proven experience in a similar role, supporting senior executives in a fast-paced environment preferred.

**Working at xalts**:
Be part of something exciting. Rare opportunity to come in early and build the next-generation infrastructure that will power the future of financial services.
- Very competitive compensation in salary & ESOPs.
- Generous pricing & terms for equity options.
- A global work environment with offices in 4 different countries (and adding) with a flat organization structure.
- Possibility for relocation and international transfers mid-career.

Modernize Global Finance. Block by Block.

If you are passionate about technology, have the drive to take on some of the most complex challenges, and believe that you can build a future where every asset is interconnected and interoperable, we invite you to join us in our mission and build xalts along with us.