Job description
Chief of Staff (m/f/d)
🏆 The Opportunity 🏆
We are looking for an entrepreneurial Chief of Staff to own and drive strategic initiatives that shape the future of cargo.one. You will be a high trust operator to the Founders and SLT - solving critical problems, launching new bets, and designing and levelling up the systems that scale our business. This opportunity is for a builder - someone who is comfortable with the unknown and ambiguity, can make things happen and values impact. You will graduate from this role with the track record, experience, and mentorship to build your own company or own a strategic domain at cargo.one, as others in this role have done before you.
This is a unique, entrepreneurial opportunity to be working alongside our successful three time founders and global team to drive the digitalization of air freight and logistics in a fast-growing Series B company backed by leading Venture Capital firms including Index and Bessemer.
🌍 This is a fully remote role so you can work from a permanent location (almost) anywhere within 2 hours of CET. See which countries we can employ in currently by checking out this list here. In Berlin? You are welcome to join us at our Moritzplatz office. Elsewhere? You can work from home or a local coworking space via our partner and we will fly you in for regular company offsites.
We foster a positive, dynamic, hard-working and feedback-heavy culture, with a strong dose of playfulness. Join us now and transform air cargo!
🎬 A snapshot of what you will be doing here:
Be the right hand to the Founders and SLT, acting as a force multiplier across strategic, operational, and execution priorities.
Identify, scope, and lead high-priority projects across departments - e.g. launching new business models, improving operational efficiency, managing OKR cycles and alignment, or solving cross-functional friction points.
Analyze data, spot opportunities, and frame crisp decisions for our leadership team and board.
Build the business and systems that scale - from internal operating cadences to tooling and knowledge systems.
Work directly with the CEO on communication and relationship building with current and future investors.
Partner cross functionally with Product, Partnerships, Commercial, People and Finance to align the company around what matters most - and make it happen.
🕵 We are looking for individuals with:
5+ years of experience in fast-paced and high-performance work environments like VC-backed start-ups or top-tier consulting.
Builder mindset - you have a bias to action and love of execution, and thrive in solving problems and clearing blocker to deliver impact.
Exceptional analytical skills - you’re comfortable with Excel, SQL, dashboards and turning noise into signal.
Extensive project management experience driving complex and cross functional initiatives.
Low ego, high output - you care about outcomes over optics, you earn trust quickly, and you get things done even when the path isn’t clear.
Outstanding communication - you can distill complex issues into simple narratives, influence without authority, and get buy-in at all levels.
A demonstrated ability to apply new technologies to solve problems.
❤️ We think you will love working here if:
You are a builder, are hungry to drive change and have impact
You value building great relationships and trust with your team and managers.
You thrive in the unknown - from experimenting and iterating new ideas, from dealing with ambiguity and finding opportunity in the unknown
In everything you do, you take ownership and get a kick out of exceeding expectations.
When faced with the choice, you’d rather opt for the ambitious to ensure you grow, than take the easy option.
You see the value of giving and receiving feedback and incorporate this into everything you do.
You are not afraid to voice your opinions and like using data to back them up
You see working remotely successfully as a pioneering challenge which is constantly evolving.
🤔 What is so exciting about working in the air cargo industry?
Imagine trying to book a holiday without Skyscanner or Kayak—that’s exactly the challenge facing the air cargo industry today. Despite being a $182bn global market, air cargo is still dominated by manual, time-consuming processes. We’re changing that. Backed by leading international investors, we’re building the tech platform that brings transparency and instant booking to airlines and freight forwarders worldwide.
You’ll join a truly international team, working with partners and customers across the globe, and help drive the digital transformation of one of the last major industries yet to modernize. If you want to have a real impact at the forefront of change, we’d love to hear from you.
