Overview
Chief of Staff Jobs in United Arab Emirates at VAP Group
Title: Chief of Staff
Company: VAP Group
Location: United Arab Emirates
Roles & Responsibilities
- Partner closely with the CEO on company priorities across the events and digital media portfolio, helping translate vision into execution.
- Keep the leadership team aligned setting agendas, tracking decisions, and ensuring follow-ups are completed.
- Own special projects that don’t fit neatly into one department but are important to the company’s growth across global markets.
- Prepare reports, decks, and updates that help the CEO communicate clearly with the team and external stakeholders.
- Monitor key company metrics across events (sponsorships, exhibition space, ticketing) and digital media (advertising, content partnerships, subscriptions), and help ensure the business is on track.
- Serve as a reliable sounding board for the CEO and help anticipate challenges early.
- Support culture and team-building efforts across a global, distributed workforce helping keep people informed, engaged, and motivated.
- Coordinate with Sales, Marketing, Events, and PR teams to ensure cross-functional initiatives are aligned with overall business and growth strategies.
- Represent the CEO’s office at major industry events and conferences worldwide as needed.
Skills & Requirements
- 7 10 years of experience in strategy, consulting, operations, or senior leadership support, with a media background required.
- Solid understanding of global event and digital media businesses.
- Strong business judgment able to balance creative vision with financial and operational realities.
- Strong communication and presentation skills; able to write clearly and present ideas effectively.
- Comfortable handling ambiguity enjoys solving problems without an established playbook.
- Well organised, with the ability to manage multiple projects at once without losing track of details.
- Experience operating across international markets, ideally with distributed, multicultural teams.
- Able to build credibility and strong working relationships across different teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Marketing, or a related field. An MBA or advanced degree is a plus.