Chief of Staff to Principal

Overview

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We are seeking a talented Principal Executive Partner / Chief of Staff to serve as the strategic and operational partner to a female Principal overseeing a growing portfolio of entrepreneurial, creative, and philanthropic initiatives.

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Central to the Principal’s operations, the role is focused on bringing order and momentum to a broad range of projects and ventures. The successful candidate will combine intellectual rigour with practical delivery – evaluating opportunities, shaping ideas into viable businesses, and ensuring consistent progress across all work streams.

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Comfort with ambiguity and early-stage environments is essential, as is the ability to move between strategic oversight and hands-on execution.

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Expectations

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The Principal Executive Partner / Chief of Staff for Female Principal in Singapore will:

• Act as a trusted partner to the Principal, contributing to the development and refinement of business ideas, ventures, and philanthropic initiatives.
• Translate concepts and passion projects into structured strategies, commercial models, and actionable plans.
• Conduct research and analysis across industries to support decision-making and opportunity evaluation.
• Build financial models, prepare reports, and analyse the viability of new ventures and investment opportunities.
• Manage projects end-to-end, ensuring initiatives maintain momentum from concept through execution.
• Coordinate advisors, collaborators, and partners across ventures and initiatives.
• Prepare briefings, presentations, and strategic materials to support decision-making.
• Maintain oversight of priorities and ensure key matters progress efficiently.
• Assist with operational and administrative coordination where required to ensure seamless execution.

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Requirements

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• Exceptional financial and commercial acumen, with proven experience in entrepreneurial, investment or start‑up settings (such as PE/VC, investment banking, strategy consulting, growth‑stage ventures or a family office)
• Right to work in Singapore.

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Qualities & Experience

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• Strong academic record with degree from a leading Russell Group, Ivy League or equivalent – desirable but not essential
• MBA highly desirable, ideally complementing experience in high‑growth or investment‑focussed settings.
• Experience evaluating business opportunities and developing commercial strategies.
• Advanced analytical capability, including financial modelling, market research and interpreting financial statements.
• Highly organised, with strong project management skills.
• Comfortable managing multiple concurrent initiatives and stakeholders.
• Confident engaging with senior partners, advisors and collaborators.
• Exceptional discretion and sound judgement.

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Personal Qualities

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• Proactive, high‑agency mindset.
• Creative, dynamic and intellectually curious.
• Structured and detail‑oriented.
• Collaborative and team‑focussed.
• Comfortable operating in fluid, entrepreneurial environments.
• Willing to take a hands‑on approach across both strategic and operational tasks.

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Location

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Singapore + travel.

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Job reference

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EP14: Principal Executive Partner/Chief of Staff for Female Principal in Singapore.