abound - Chief of Staff to CTO
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Requirements
• Proven experience scaling engineering or product organisations in high-growth environments • Strong track record driving execution, delivery discipline and operational clarity • Experience running planning cadences, portfolio visibility and cross-team coordination at scale • Ability to work credibly with senior engineers and technology leaders • Commercial mindset: understands how technology drives growth, customer outcomes and risk management • High standards, strong judgement and a bias for action • You are structured but pragmatic, demanding but focused on outcomes. You know how to raise performance without slowing teams down.
Responsibilities
• Execution & Delivery Discipline • Ensure engineering teams are aligned to the company’s most important priorities • Drive clear commitments, realistic timelines and predictable delivery • Surface risks early and ensure fast, decisive resolution • Operating Cadence • Run the core operating rhythm of the technology organisation • Own planning cycles, delivery reviews, leadership forums and executive reporting • Improve decision-making clarity and ensure follow-through • Roadmap & Visibility • Create end-to-end visibility of the technology roadmap across product and central teams • Provide clear insight into progress, risks, dependencies and trade-offs • Enable leadership to focus attention where it matters most • Cross-Team Execution • Manage dependencies across engineering, product, risk, compliance and commercial teams • Remove bottlenecks and ensure coordinated delivery across a complex organisation • Organisation & Performance • Strengthen accountability, performance management and leadership discipline • Help scale hiring, onboarding and organisational capacity • Act as a visible driver of a high-performance culture • Operating Model • Improve how central teams (Platform, FinOps, AI, Security, IT) support product teams • Establish clear ownership, interfaces and expectations to increase speed and clarity • Reduce the CTO’s overhead on coordination, planning and follow-up • Create space for focus on technology strategy, architecture and innovation
Benefits
• Everyone owns a piece of the company - equity • Hybrid with 3 days a week in the office • 25 days’ holiday a year, plus 8 bank holidays • 2 paid volunteering days per year • One month paid sabbatical after 4 years • Employee loan • Free gym membership • Team wellness budget to be active together - set up a yoga class, a tennis lesson or go bouldering
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