Chief of Staff - Infrastructure sales

Job Description:

Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

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Why we need this role

This role is a trusted partner to the EVP Infrastructure sales and leadership team, enabling them to operate with clarity, pace and cohesion. The CoS dirves the operating rhythm of the function, translating strategy into prioritised plans and ensure alignment across regions and teams so commitments are delivered and business objectives are met.

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The CoS acts as a force multiplier—anticipating needs, removing obstacles, driving execution, and enabling the EVP to focus on the highest-value decisions and relationships.

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What You Will Do

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•  Strategic Leadership & Execution
• Translate the EVP’s vision into actionable plans, frameworks, and measurable outcomes.
• Drive strategic initiatives across Infrastructure & Connectivity, ensuring alignment with corporate goals.
• Lead cross-functional programmes that span commercial, product, operations, finance, and technology.
• Identify risks, gaps, and opportunities early and provide recommendations to keep the organisation on track.
•  Operational Rhythm & Organisational Effectiveness
• Own the operating cadence for the EVP: leadership meetings, business reviews, board updates, and strategic offsites.
• Ensure the EVP’s time, focus, and attention are optimised for maximum impact.
• Build and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms that give the EVP real-time visibility into performance.
• Drive accountability across teams by ensuring commitments are tracked, followed up, and delivered.
•  Communication & Stakeholder Management
• Serve as a trusted representative of the EVP in senior forums, internal meetings, and external engagements.
• Craft high-quality communications: board papers, executive updates, commercial narratives, and strategic presentations.
• Act as a bridge between the EVP and senior leaders, ensuring clarity, alignment, and consistent messaging.
• Manage sensitive information with absolute discretion and sound judgement.
•  Commercial & Business Insight
• Support the EVP in shaping commercial strategy across Infrastructure & Connectivity, including pricing, partnerships, customer strategy, and market positioning.
• Analyse commercial performance, market trends, and competitive insights to inform decision-making.
• Partner with Finance to support budgeting, forecasting, and investment prioritisation.
•  Leadership Support & Team Enablement
• Act as a sounding board and thought partner to the EVP on strategic, organisational, and people matters.
• Help build a high-performing leadership team by improving collaboration, decision-making, and communication.
• Support talent initiatives, including succession planning, leadership development, and organisational design.

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What We're Looking For

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• Proven experience in a Chief of Staff, strategy, commercial operations, or senior programme leadership role.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, connectivity, telecoms, or adjacent technology sectors.
• Exceptional ability to synthesise complex information and drive clarity in ambiguous environments.
• Demonstrated success influencing senior stakeholders and leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience in financial analysis, business modelling, or commercial strategy.

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Key Attributes

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• Strategic thinker who can zoom out to see the big picture and zoom in to drive execution.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Trusted advisor with strong judgement and discretion.
• Influential communicator who can align diverse stakeholders.
• Proactive problem-solver who anticipates issues before they arise.
• Calm under pressure, especially in fast-paced or high-stakes environments.
• Commercially minded, data-driven, and outcome-focused.

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What We Offer You

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Looking to make a mark?

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At Colt, you’ll make a difference. Because around here, we empower people. We don’t tell you what to do.

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Instead, we employ people we trust, who come together across the globe to create intelligent solutions.

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Our global teams are full of ambitious, driven people, all working together towards one shared purpose: to put the power of the digital universe in the hands of our customers wherever, whenever and however they want.

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We give our people the opportunity to inspire and lead teams, and work on projects that connect people, cities, businesses, and ideas. We want you to help us change the world, for the better.

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Diversity and inclusion

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• Inclusion and valuing diversity of thought and experience are at the heart of our culture here at Colt. From day one, you’ll be encouraged to be yourself because we believe that’s what helps our people to thrive. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, neurodiversity, age, marital status, pregnancy status, or place of birth.

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Most Recently We Have

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• Signed the UN Women Empowerment Principles which guide our Gender Action Plan
• Trained 60 (and growing) Colties to be Mental Health First Aiders
• Please speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you. For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity agenda, visit our DEI pages.

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Benefits

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Our benefits support you through all parts of life, for both physical and mental health.

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• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home.
• Extensive induction program with experienced mentors and buddies.
• Opportunities for further development and educational opportunities.
• Global Family Leave Policy.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Internal inclusion & diversity employee networks.

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A global network

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• When you join Colt you become part of our global network. We are proud of our colleagues and the stories and experience they bring – take a look at ‘Our People’ site including our Empowered Women in Tech.