Chief of Staff to the Founders UAE National (Emirati)

Office location: Grove Mall @ Al Barsha 2 Dubai UAE

As the Chief of Staff to the Founders you will be the trusted strategic partner and force multiplier for the CEO of a rapidly scaling healthtech company redefining diabetes care through AI continuous data monitoring and personalized interventions. From Day 1 you will drive immediate impact by streamlining high-priority initiatives synthesizing insights across functions and ensuring the Founders time is laser-focused on vision and growth.

This is a high-visibility role with organization-wide influence bridging our AI/Technology roadmap with clinical outcomes and commercial execution. Youll thrive in ambiguity translating complex strategies into actionable results while fostering alignment in a hyper-growth environment. This is not a traditional COO role with direct reports success comes through tight partnership with the Founder cross-functional authority on initiatives and relentless execution.

Key Objectives:

• Oversee the development and execution of strategic initiatives ensuring alignment across Technology Clinical and Commercial teams.
• Elevate decision-making by synthesizing cross-functional insights and surfacing risks/opportunities for the Founder and leadership.
• Optimize organizational processes to accelerate speed-to-market maintain regulatory compliance (e.g. HIPAA) and scale efficiently.
• Act as the central hub for communication driving technological literacy and clinical buy-in across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

& Operational Alignment (Tech/Data Focus)

• Initiative Ownership: Track and drive execution of OKRs and key projects ensuring cross-functional alignment and timely delivery especially at the Tech/Clinical interface (e.g. AI model deployments tied to validation timelines).
• Insight Synthesis: Consolidate updates from functional leaders (Clinical Operations Finance Technology Business Development) into concise high-signal briefings for the Founder highlighting risks opportunities and decisions needed.
• Tech-Clinical Bridge: Serve as the primary liaison between Product/Technology teams and Clinical/Business Operations aligning releases with regulatory milestones and patient impact goals.
• Performance Monitoring: Design and oversee KPI dashboards tracking AI/Tech impact on outcomes efficiency and revenue; prepare Board-level reports.
• Leadership Forums: Orchestrate executive and Board meetings including agendas pre-reads and follow-up accountability.

& Organizational Leadership:

• Founder Proxy: Represent the Founder in internal/external forums as directed advancing priorities with authority and discretion.
• Efficiency Engine: Identify and implement process improvements to eliminate friction with emphasis on compliance tech scaling and decision velocity.
• Risk Navigation: Proactively flag roadblocks and lead corrective actions from project pivots to organizational gap-filling.
• Special Projects: Own high-impact cross-functional efforts outside existing silos (e.g. fundraising prep partnership integrations).
• Time Mastery: Strategically manage the Founders calendar and preparation for high-stakes interactions (supported by an Executive Assistant for routine admin).
• Talent Alignment: Partner with HR on organizational design culture scaling and onboarding to support hyper-growth.

3Communication & Culture

• Executive Voice: Manage communications from the Founders office ensuring consistency clarity and mission alignment.
• Knowledge Flow: Translate technical strategies (AI capabilities data governance) for non-technical audiences building buy-in across clinical and commercial teams.
• Culture Steward: Collaborate with the Founder to embed GluCares valuesinnovation empathy and executionthrough growth phases.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Coordinate with external partners investors and regulators to amplify our impact.

Qualifications

Required

• 610 years in high-growth tech healthtech or consulting environments.
• 3 years in strategy operations consulting (e.g. MBB/Tier-2 firms) or Chief of Staff roles with proven executive advisory impact.
• Organizational leadership: Experience directing cross-functional teams and leading strategic initiatives to completion.
• Exceptional communication: Ability to distill complex ideas (technical clinical financial) into clear persuasive narratives for diverse stakeholders.
• Strategic execution: Track record of turning high-level goals into measurable plans with strong analytical and prioritization skills.
• Resilience: Thrives in fast-paced ambiguity with extreme ownership and calm under pressure.

Preferred;

• Deep healthtech/digital health exposure including AI/ML in clinical settings and regulatory/ethical nuances.
• Bachelors degree in business healthcare or related field; MBA or advanced degree (e.g. Healthcare Administration Public Health) highly valued.
• Technical fluency: Comfort discussing product roadmaps data architecture and AI ethics without deep coding expertise.
• Consulting background

Required Experience:

Senior IC