Chief of Staff

Job Description:

The consulting exit dream: Become responsible for growth beyond our current business.

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About Sweav

Sweav is a fast-growing tech platform and community, connecting A-player freelance strategy and M&A professionals with clients and projects.

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Our purpose is to empower these A-players to take ownership of their time and career. So they can work where they make the biggest impact — and be a more productive member of society.

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At the same time, we make it accessible for clients to work with these A-players. With a more flexible, human, pragmatic and cost-effective model than the traditional professional services firms.

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Since launching in 2022, we’ve grown to a community of 350 freelancers and over 400 clients across private equity, corporates and scale-ups. We’ve doubled in revenue every year, and we expect to continue doing so. Sweav is currently with a team of 18.

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About the job

Sweav has been growing like crazy, with 100% YoY since its inception four years ago. In 2026, we expect to grow with another 60-70%. However, this growth won't last forever as the addressable market of our niche will reach its limit at some point.

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To continue Sweav's growth pace in the future, we want to start expanding our addressable market. That's where you come in.

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As Chief of Staff, you work directly with the founders to drive Sweav’s growth beyond its current business. Think geographic expansion (UK, Nordics), new categories (Legal, Finance) and new propositions.

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It’s an exciting role – but not an easy one. You’ll be building new markets from the ground up, experimenting with different go-to-market approaches, testing product-market fit and channel-market fit, and figuring out what works (and what doesn’t) before scaling.

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That means reaching out to new clients and freelancers who don’t know us yet, running experiments, iterating on our proposition, and creating traction without big budgets or existing brand awareness.

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If you enjoy that kind of challenge, you’ll love it here.

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What you will be doing

Drive international and category expansion

• Identify product-market fit and scalable routes-to-market for new countries and categories
• Design and run growth experiments (channels, partnerships, positioning, pricing)
• Develop and execute go-to-market strategies for new markets
• Localize the Sweav proposition, positioning, and technology
• Work closely with sales, marketing, and tech to iterate and scale what works
• Become the main point of contact for these new markets

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Build new propositions

• Help design and refine new Sweav offerings
• Test new propositions in the market and validate product-market fit
• Lead the implementation and rollout of new propositions once validated

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What we're looking for

The ideal Chief of Staff has the analytical brainpower of a strategy consultant, feels comfortable with (lots of) ambiguity and embraces the start-up grind of getting things done.

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Must-haves

• 3-4+ years’ experience in top-tier strategy consulting (e.g. McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Roland Berger, Strategy&, OC&C, or comparable firms)
• Strong appetite for dirty hands
• Strong commercial instinct
• Highly self-starting and grinding mentality
• Comfortable operating with a lot of freedom and ambiguity
• Willingness to travel occasionally (Belgium/UK/Nordics)
• Fluent in English

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Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a start-up or scale-up environment
• An entrepreneurial background (side projects, own company, unconventional experiences)
• Previous exposure to growth or business development
• Experience working internationally

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*The requirements give an idea of the desired profile. Research indicates that men apply with a 60% match, while women usually apply only with a 100% match. If you are hesitant about meeting the requirements but feel this job might suit you, please contact Marleen at marleen@sweav.works.

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What we offer

• The chance to truly build something meaningful in a fast growing, yet profitable, stable scale-up
• A stepping stone toward a future commercial leadership or MT role
• Direct exposure to founders and strategic decision-making
• High autonomy and responsibility from day one
• A young, informal, and entrepreneurial culture - no politics
• Opportunity to build a strong network of high profile clients and freelancers

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Practicalities

• Full-time position
• Based in Amsterdam
• Maximum 1 day per week working from home
• Possibility to work remote for maximum 5 weeks per year
• 25 vacation days (+ opportunity to buy 5 additional days)
• Cool office in the center of Amsterdam
• Free healthy lunch

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Compensation

• Competitive salary: approximately €7.500 – €9.000 gross per month (incl. holiday allowance), depending on experience
• After one year: equity package (Stock Appreciation Rights, SARs) with substantial upside potential down the line
• Pension contribution

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The process

• Apply below before May 1st.
• Short introduction call with Marleen Verweij (People Experience Lead) - week of 27 April - May 1st.
• Interview with Thijmen Kaster and Joeri Schouten (Founders) - week of May 4th.
• Offer.
• Start: June - July

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Do you want to join our team as our new Chief of Staff? Then we'd love to hear about you!