Chief of Staff

About Gorilla

Join Gorilla as Chief of Staff and take on some of the most complex strategic challenges in the energy sector. You’ll drive company-wide priorities, connect teams, and ensure we execute with focus as we build the launchpad for the next phase of the energy transition. This role offers unmatched exposure, ownership, and learning — and the chance to help shape the intelligence layer powering a more resilient and low-carbon energy future.

About the role

As Chief of Staff, you’re the CEO’s strategic partner and execution engine. You turn strategy into coordinated action, connect teams around shared priorities and ensure decisions don’t just get made — they get delivered. You’ll level up our operating rhythm, strengthen decision-making, unlock executive bandwidth and drive the delivery of our highest-impact priorities.

About You

This role is for you if you recognise yourself in most of the following:

• You understand people quickly — you read the room, build trust fast and navigate tension with empathy.

• You carry a calm, steady presence. Pressure doesn’t rattle you; it sharpens your thinking.

• You’re skilled at influencing outcomes and know how to bring people with you, even without formal authority.

• You value speed but don’t sacrifice good judgment — and you know when “good enough” is the unlock.

• You operate with high integrity: a trusted confidant who handles sensitive information discreetly.

• You think in systems and connect dots across product, revenue, operations and finance.

• You’re genuinely curious about how the business works — customers, markets, metrics, levers.

Where and how you’d work

This is a hybrid role based in our flagship office in Antwerp. We also have an office in London, Austin and co-working spaces in Reading and Melbourne.

What you’ll do

Leadership Rhythm & Accountability

Own and evolve our operating cadence (OKRs, weeklies, quarterlies, offsites).

• Ensure leaders are prepared, aligned and follow through — even when the CEO can’t be in the room.

Cross-Functional Alignment & Decision Velocity

• Create clarity across Product, Revenue, Customer, Finance and Ops.

• Drive fast, well-structured decisions and ensure they translate into action.

CEO Leverage & Strategic Partnership

• Act as the CEO’s right hand: anticipate needs, close loops, remove friction.

• Free up ~30% of CEO bandwidth and support board/exec prep and strategic narrative.

• Serve as a trusted sounding board on performance and priorities.

Strategic Initiatives & Special Projects

• Lead 2–4 high-impact, cross-functional initiatives per year from scope to delivery.

• Balance strategic thinking with pragmatic, hands-on execution.

Reporting, Visibility & Leadership Enablement

• Maintain clear, lightweight visibility on progress and priorities.

• Translate data and insight into crisp executive-level narratives.

• Enable leaders to connect their work to company-level outcomes.

What you’ll need

Experience

• 5+ years in consulting, business ops, or Chief-of-Staff–type roles in high-growth B2B SaaS (or similar).

• Proven ability to drive exec-level alignment, accountability and follow-through.

• Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with C-suite exposure.

• Comfortable owning planning, OKRs and performance cadences.

• Bonus: exposure to commercial strategy, forecasting or board/investor prep.

Skills

• Strong operator with deep fluency in OKRs, planning cycles and exec reporting.

• Sharp analytical thinker who connects operational signals to commercial outcomes.

• Excellent project/programme management; turns ambiguity into clarity and delivery.

• Outstanding communicator — crisp, concise, high-signal.

• Proficient with modern productivity and BI tools (Asana, Notion, Sheets, Slides, dashboards).

What's in it for you

• Flexible work options - whether you choose Office Mix or Remote First Mix (currently available within certain timezones and locations). We offer country-specific mobility benefits, and the ability to work flexible hours. You will be equipped with the best technology for remote work.

• A job with purpose At Gorilla, we’re not just watching the world change—we’re making it happen We provide cutting-edge data services to energy retailers, helping them tackle climate change while keeping the lights on; we’re here to make a big impact and have some fun along the way.

• Remuneration Approach which is clear and no-nonsense based on your experience and location.

• Core Benefits - Wherever your location, you can expect a generous PTO allowance, health insurance coverage

• Career Growth opportunities As Gorilla is growing at an incredible pace, you can leave your mark – growing alongside Gorilla. Lifelong learning is essentially embedded in our organization, and we care about your individual dreams and ambitions, beyond just work.

• International Travel We host Gorilla Company Wide Gathering where we all get a chance to see each other in real life. Past locations have included Portugal, Amsterdam, Wallonia.