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Pennylane is one of Europe's fastest-growing fintechs, building a financial operating system for SMBs and their accountants. With €400M in funding (including from Sequoia), 1000+ employees across 25+ nationalities, and 900,000+ SME users, the company is scaling rapidly across France and into Europe.
As Chief of Staff to the VP Strategic Initiatives, you'll be the operating backbone of Pennylane's executive team. This is a high-leverage role focused on execution, clarity, and cross-functional coordination—not a traditional strategy or observation position.
Key responsibilities:
- Run leadership rhythms: structure agendas, preparation, and follow-through for executive forums; ensure decisions, owners, and next steps are crystal clear
- Coordinate OKR definition, cascade, and tracking; maintain visibility on progress and surface execution risks early
- Strengthen cross-functional follow-through on major initiatives via steering committees and executive reporting
- Prepare high-stakes moments: Board meetings, executive offsites, annual planning, company communications
- Identify and fix organizational bottlenecks—where information gets lost, decisions stall, or accountability is unclear—and design lightweight processes to accelerate decision-making
You'll work directly with the VP Strategic Initiatives and the broader executive committee in a fast-growing, track-based organizational structure (marketing, sales, product, customer care integrated into mini-businesses).
Ideal candidate:
- 3–7 years in top-tier management consulting and/or operating roles at fast-growing companies, with evidence of exceptional trajectory
- Outstanding organizational judgment; can distinguish what needs executive attention from what should be resolved elsewhere
- Structured, concise communicator who turns complex inputs into clear agendas and executive-level documents
- Strong interpersonal skills, low ego, comfortable coordinating senior stakeholders and creating accountability without formal authority
- High attention to detail balanced with big-picture thinking; anticipates needs, closes loops, follows through reliably
- Comfortable operating behind the scenes; measures success through team effectiveness
- Fluent in French and English
This role is positioned as a launchpad into broader operating positions at Pennylane, offering unusual exposure to how a scale-up operates and a pathway for ambitious early-career professionals.
