Chief of Staff at Sabi

Sabi is Africa's leading provider of enabling infrastructure powering the distribution of goods and services. Our platform enables and empowers a wide ecosystem of users, allowing agents, merchants, exporters, aggregators, distributors, and manufacturers to expand their capabilities and grow their businesses using Sabi's technology rails. These rails provide access to physical goods supply, logistics, business tools, financial services and data insights. In a short span of two years, Sabi has grown to be the largest B2B marketplace on the African continent.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief of Staff

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job type Full time

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 Sabi's 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 cross-functional 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 cross-product 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 multi-functional and multi-product 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 all-hands meetings, leadership offsites, and communications cadences that promote alignment and transparency

Requirements
Special Skills and Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in strategic operations, consulting, high-growth startups, or product/GM-level 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 fast-paced, 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 fast-changing 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.

Benefits

• Rapid Career Growth
• Annual Training Budget
• Robust Health Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• Fully-funded Team Bonding Activities.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online