Chief of Staff - Sector Leads

To support the teams working on our exciting projects, we are looking for Chief of Staff - Sector Leads

In the United States - Chicago

We are seeking a senior Chief of Staff to act as a force multiplier for two Partners leading high-growth sectors within the Americas region at Simon-Kucher.

This is a highly visible leadership platform role designed to support both regional strategy development and operational execution and is explicitly designed as a platform-enabling leadership role, not a personal assistant or coordinator position. The Chief of Staff will drive execution discipline, elevate strategic narrative, orchestrate leadership forums, and ensure sector priorities translate into measurable growth.

The role is intentionally positioned at the intersection of strategy and execution. It requires strong commercial acumen, operational rigor, executive presence, and the ability to drive alignment across a complex, matrixed organization.

Success in this role will directly contribute to sustained 15–20% annual sector growth by improving prioritization, execution speed, and leadership focus.

What Makes Us Special

• Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently, use your initiative, and take some risks. Entrepreneurship is a powerful force that drives the growth not only of our firm but our clients and people.
• Unlock the power of opportunity. Advance your career in a thriving company with a startup feel. We invest in your professional development every step of the way.
• Work in a values-driven culture. At Simon-Kucher, our vision is to become the world's leading growth specialist. Our values guide the way we do business and communicate our distinctiveness. They sum up what we stand for, influence our culture, and drive how and why we do things.
• Invest in your future. All US and Canadian employees enjoy 401(k) & RRSP benefits with company matching.
• Prioritize your health and well-being. No matter where you live, we offer a competitive suite of health benefits to help keep you and your loved ones safe.
• Enjoy balance and flexible working. Be empowered to do your best work – whether it’s from home or in the office.
  
  

How You Will Create An Impact

• Core Responsibilities:
• Sector Strategy & Initiative Orchestration (Joint – ~30%)
• Maintain a single, prioritized sector backlog and initiative tracker
• Translate strategic priorities into structured plans with owners and milestones
• Drive alignment across practices and senior stakeholders
• Drive alignment and execution with central functions (e.g., CRM, Knowledge Management, Marketing, …) to ensure effective delivery of cross-sector strategic initiatives
• Surface trade-offs and propose prioritization recommendations
• Prepare and facilitate monthly strategic reviews
• Drive continuous assessment of processes and ways of working to identify improvement opportunities, increase efficiency, and enhance alignment across offices
• Capture and synthesize team feedback to ensure alignment and effective translation of strategic initiatives into operational execution
• Execution & Follow-Through Discipline - this role exists so that senior leadership time is spent on decisions and growth—not chasing execution.
• Ensure decisions result in clear actions, owners, and timelines
• Proactively track and unblock initiatives
• Escalate risks early with solution-oriented recommendations
• Eliminate follow-up burden from both Partners
• Narrative, Storyline & Forum Design - the Chief of Staff acts as a producer and orchestrator, not just an operator
• Design leadership meeting agendas with clear objectives and outputs
• Enforce pre-work and preparation standards
• Improve meeting quality, energy, and strategic focus
• Draft and refine high-quality decks, memos, POVs, and thought leadership
• Support cross-practice narrative alignment
• Partner-Specific Leverage (~35% each)
• Prepare strategic briefs and synthesis for key client interactions
• Support priority pursuits and positioning
• Provide structured decision support
• Help shape thought leadership and external visibility efforts
• Talent & Platform Development
• Support senior hiring and succession discussions
• Identify leadership development opportunities
• Coordinate consultant resources aligned to sector priorities
• Manage structured leverage from consultants assigned to key initiatives
• Authority & Operating Model
• The Chief of Staff is empowered to:
• Shape leadership agendas and operating rhythms
• Recommend prioritization and sequencing
• Push back on low-value or misaligned requests
• Escalate priority conflicts
• Follow up directly with senior stakeholders
  

About You

• Experience
• 10–15 years of experience years of experience in strategy, operations, consulting, or equivalent leadership environment
• Prior experience as a Chief of Staff, strategy consultant, or operational leader in a high-performance professional services setting
• Demonstrated success working directly with senior executives and driving cross-functional initiatives
• Capabilities
• Exceptional structured thinking and synthesis
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Proven ability to translate strategy into operational execution
• Executive-level communication and narrative development
• Ability to influence across a matrixed organization without formal authority
• Comfort operating across multiple senior stakeholders
• Personal Attributes
• High integrity and discretion
• Low ego, high ownership mindset
• Comfortable constructively challenging senior leaders
• Energized by complexity, scale, and growth
  

The pay range for this position is $200,000 - $225,000/year. Compensation may vary depending on relevant experience, skills, geographic location, and business needs. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, 13 paid holidays per year, medical/dental/vision insurance, basic life insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Simon-Kucher

is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30 countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world’s leading pricing and growth specialist.

Simon-Kucher is an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected status.

We believe in building a culture that embraces belonging, creating an environment in which our people feel valued, are able to be themselves and feel their contribution matters. If we get that right, great things will happen; people will grow faster, innovate, feel valued, and create better outcomes for everyone – our people, our clients and, of course, our business.

Simon-Kucher North America Talent Acquisition Team

RecruitingNorthAmerica@simon-kucher.com

simon-kucher.com/careers