Chief of Staff

Procurement functions in >80% companies are run on email/excel/phone calls – leading to inefficiencies, delays in procurement and cost leakages up to 20%. Procol is a platform to help procurement go from legacy, manual, excel / email based processes to automated systems – becoming ~50% efficient, 2x faster, and delivering 2-10% overall cost savings.

Founded in 2018, Procol’s solutions have been securely deployed at many $1B+ global companies helping procurement teams reduce costs, digitize procurements, and improve compliance by replacing emails and Excel workflows with the world’s most easy-to-use and secure procurement platform managing a spend of $5Bn+. Procol is rated 4.9/5 by trusted enterprises on G2 and has been featured by Forbes.

We’re a team of ex-Google New York, Zomato, OYO who’ve worked at high-impact, growth companies and believe that we’re on the journey of building one. We are backed by investors like Blume Ventures, Peak XV Surge, Beenext, and Rainmatter.

At Procol, our impressive growth is testament to the significant advancements we’ve made in enhancing cross-functional efficiencies and productivity. To sustain this momentum, we are seeking an experienced Chief of Staff to collaborate closely with our founders and executive team. From the outset, this individual will play a crucial role in boosting our productivity by streamlining strategic initiatives, overseeing program management and investor relations, facilitating cross-functional work streams, and driving OKR adoptions across departments.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of achieving successful business outcomes for startups across the 0 – 10 journey as a senior CoS / Operator, with a strong grasp of strategy and operations. Additional experience in Management consulting and/or Venture VC – PE is highly preferred.

• Facilitate the preparations and organize collaterals for board meetings, investor presentations, business updates etc. and any other executive-board engagements.
• Serve as the POC and internal resource for both current as well as potential investors.
• Lead fundraising efforts, including the preparation of pitch materials, conducting research on VC-PE landscape, supporting fundraise conversations, managing due diligence processes etc.

• Act as an advisor and sounding board to the CEO on key business decisions.
• Run point on AOP & business planning exercises. Conduct periodic FP&A reviews to actively monitor the organization’s fiscal health and recommend course-corrections where needed.
• Collaborate with the founders and executive team to develop and implement OKRs, ensuring goal alignment across departments and tracking their timely execution.
• Develop, adopt and refine KPI’s. Build a data-first culture by rigorously analyzing business performance data and provide actionable insights to inform executive decision-making.
• Oversee daily operations, and proactively resolve challenges to ensure optimal performance.
• Review, design, and execute improvements to organizational structure; find knowledge and skills gaps and help address them.

• Helm key cross-functional initiatives and work streams with the buy-in of executive stakeholders.
• Proactively and systematically drive market research efforts to improve our product positioning and competitiveness, working directly with founders to address critical product challenges.
• Drive in-house efforts to Identify and develop new revenue channels and opportunities.
• Own any other strategic initiatives or special projects as mandated by the CEO.

• Minimum 5 years as a senior operator or CoS in a high-growth startup, alongside stints in management consulting or VC – PE. Prior background in the B2B SaaS or US enterprise technology spaces are a plus.
• An MBA from a top-tier business school is preferred, but not mandatory.
• A catalyst who is able to efficiently drive alignment, decision-making and informed debate
• Highly organized, with extensive experience in managing multiple projects across various stakeholders with a demonstrable attention to detail.
• Proven experience…