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Job Title: Chief of Staff
Location: Mumbai
Reporting To: CMD / CEO / Managing Director
Working Days: 6 Days a Week
Job Summary
The Chief of Staff (CoS) acts as a strategic and operational partner to the CMD, ensuring disciplined execution of priorities, effective time and calendar management, strong follow-through on decisions, and seamless coordination across functions. The role combines strategy, executive office management, and high-level coordination.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Execution
. Translate CMD's vision, directives, and strategic priorities into actionable plans
. Drive execution of cross-functional strategic initiatives and special projects
. Track progress on organisational goals, KPIs, and leadership deliverables
CMD Office, Calendar & Priority Management
. Own and manage the CMD's calendar with a strong focus on priority alignment
. Schedule, confirm, and coordinate internal and external meetings (in-person, virtual, site visits)
. Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly agendas for the CMD
. Anticipate scheduling conflicts and proactively optimise time utilisation
. Coordinate travel plans, meeting logistics, and briefing schedules
CMD Tracker & To-Do List Management
. Maintain a comprehensive CMD tracker capturing decisions, action items, and commitments
. Create and update daily and weekly to-do lists for the CMD
. Track follow-ups with department heads and stakeholders for timely closure
. Monitor deadlines, dependencies, and escalations
. Provide regular status updates and reminders to ensure accountability
Cross-Functional Coordination
. Act as a single point of coordination between the CMD and all department heads
. Ensure smooth communication and information flow across functions
. Resolve bottlenecks and escalate critical matters proactively
Governance & Decision Support
. Support leadership, review, and board meetings
. Prepare presentations, MIS, briefing notes, and decision-support documents
. Document meeting minutes, action points, and track closures
Stakeholder Management
. Interface with senior internal and external stakeholders, investors, consultants, and partners
. Represent the CMD in meetings when required and ensure continuity of communication
Special Projects & Confidential Matters
. Handle sensitive and confidential assignments with the highest level of discretion
. Lead or support strategic initiatives such as expansions, restructuring, or new ventures
Key Skills & Competencies
. Excellent calendar, priority, and task-tracking skills
. Strong follow-up, coordination, and execution discipline
. Exceptional communication and stakeholder management abilities
. High integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism
. Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic leadership environment
. Proven experience managing CMD / CEO calendars and trackers
. Experience in real estate, township, luxury, or large corporate organisations is an advantage
Della has been operating at an award winning level for almost two decades. Today we have grown into 5 companies with employee strength of 2000 and growing. Jimmy Mistry is the driving force and inspiration behind the practice. To him, it's all about providing unique designs that exceed the expectations of his customers at the same time keeping up with the international trends within all five business verticals.
Job ID: 139242673