As Chief of Staff at Kertos, your purpose is to multiply the effectiveness of the founders and the leadership team while strengthening alignment and trust across the entire organization.

You sit at the intersection of strategy, execution, and culture. You turn ambition into clarity, clarity into structure, and structure into outcomes.

You ensure that:

• Our strategy translates into measurable priorities and real progress.

• Leadership decisions are well-prepared, well-communicated, and well-executed.

• Cross-functional initiatives don’t stall in complexity.

• Risks, tensions, and misalignment are surfaced early, not when it’s too late.

• The organization understands not just what we’re doing, but why.

You are both a strategic operator and a trusted internal partner. You create focus in moments of growth, structure in moments of ambiguity, and trust in moments of change.

• 3–5+ years in strategy, consulting, venture, or high-growth SaaS.

• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.

• Proven ability to drive complex, cross-functional initiatives end-to-end.

• Ability to translate strategy into clear KPIs, roadmaps, and accountability.

• Excellent communication skills in German and English and executive presence.

• High emotional intelligence and strong listening skills.

• Sound judgment and the ability to challenge constructively.

• Absolute integrity and discretion in handling confidential matters.

• A bias for ownership, clarity, and disciplined execution.

• Your success is our success: You participate in the company's success through our Virtual Share Incentive Plan (VSIP)
• Cutting-edge AI technology: Leading VCs have invested in our vision and sustainable growth so that we can bring about lasting change in how compliance measures are handled
• Big impact: With us, you will be given responsibility from day one, work independently on topics and really drive Kertos forward
• Strong onboarding: No idea about compliance? No problem, we'll teach you and assign you an onboarding buddy
• Regular feedback: We live an open feedback culture and support your growth with regular 1-1s, 360-degree feedback, training and a top network of experts
• Mental health: In collaboration with nilo, we value your well-being and offer all employees individual support for their mental health.
• Keep growing: To support your professional and personal development, we provide you with an annual budget of €1,500.
• Full flexibility: Whether at our Munich headquarters, Berlin office or hybrid – we are flexible and you are happy.
• For sports enthusiasts: We subsidize your Wellpass membership so you can balance your workday with exercise.
• Bicycle leasing: Need a new bike? Easy, take advantage of our partnership with JobRad and lease a bicycle.
• Strong together: We work closely together across our locations, support each other and, through genuine cooperation, create a strong, unique culture that makes us successful.
• Regular team events: Whether it's brunch, lunch or after-work drinks, we regularly take time to spend time together and have fun outside of the working day. We also have legendary summer and winter parties as well as annual offsites.