Chief of Staff to the CEO, vialytics
Intelligent road management system
Open for applications
Intelligent road management system
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To digitise road management in cities, municipalities and counties.
Role
Who you are
- You can challenge priorities, assumptions and decisions across all functions
- You can bring the right stakeholders together and drive decisions to closure
- You can define ownership, timelines and follow-up mechanisms for company-critical initiatives
- You can hold leaders accountable for commitments and agreed outcomes
- You can escalate unresolved issues directly to the CEO when necessary
- Bring a minimum of 10–15 years of professional experience after completing your academic degree, with a proven track record in high-growth SaaS, technology or scale-up environments, ideally in Series B+ companies
- Have owned and operated a function or key business area end-to-end, including full responsibility for outcomes, resources and people
- Have worked closely with founders, CEOs or executive teams in roles such as Chief of Staff, Founder’s Associate, Strategy & Operations, Business Operations or top-tier consulting
- Have successfully led complex cross-functional initiatives with measurable business impact
- Have built or scaled company-wide operating systems, such as OKRs, planning processes, executive reviews or management cadences
- Are able to create alignment, drive accountability and influence senior stakeholders without relying on formal authority
- Combine strategic thinking with exceptional execution and a strong bias for action
- Thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments with ambiguity, change and ambitious goals
- Communicate clearly, directly and credibly with stakeholders at all levels
- Speak and write English and German fluently
What the job involves
- This is not your typical Chief of Staff role
- This is a high-leverage role focused on turning strategy into execution
- You are the person the CEO turns to when a topic is business-critical, cross-functional and requires a single owner to drive it forward
- You bring structure to complexity, alignment to competing priorities and accountability to execution
- Your success is measured by the speed and quality with which the company makes decisions and delivers results
- For the right person, this role provides a unique opportunity to grow into broader leadership responsibility and shape the future of the company
- The Chief of Staff does not lead through hierarchy. The Chief of Staff leads through mandate, alignment and execution
- 👉 Priorities set by the Chief of Staff are to be treated with the same level of importance and urgency as if they came directly from the CEO
- You work directly with the CEO on the company’s most important priorities
- Strategic Clarity: Translate company strategy into clear priorities, ownership and measurable outcomes
- Decision Velocity: Build and run an operating system that enables fast, high-quality decisions and execution across the company
- C-Level Alignment & Accountability: Align the leadership team around shared priorities, drive accountability and resolve cross-functional conflicts before they become bottlenecks
- Cross-Functional Execution: Lead initiatives that do not clearly belong to a single function and ensure critical company priorities are executed across Product, GTM and Operations
- AI Transformation: Ensure the execution of vialytics' AI transformation and its measurable business impact
- Company Operating System: Design and continuously improve the management processes, operating cadences, decision frameworks and transparency mechanisms that enable the company to scale
- CEO Leverage: Take ownership of critical company-wide initiatives, drive decisions to closure and remove the CEO as a bottleneck for execution
Application process
- 1. Kick Off Chat (45 min -1h) : Friendly virtual chat with People & Culture and the Hiring Manager to explore the role, your experience, and our culture
- 2. Expert Interview : Case Study (1h30) : Meet key stakeholders Patrick (CEO) and Oli (CFO) together with P&C and present a practical business case to demonstrate your strategic thinking and execution skills
- 3. Onsite - Meeting in Stuttgart : An opportunity to meet the C-Level Team virtually or in person
Our take
Vialytics, a technology company based in Stuttgart, is dedicated to advancing road management systems through AI. The company's platform utilises innovative image recognition technology to automatically assess and document the condition of road surfaces using the smartphones of maintenance teams.
Currently, vialytics serves over 600 partner municipalities in the US and Europe. By providing innovative solutions that improve municipal operations and enhance road safety, vialytics is playing a key role in shaping the future of urban mobility.
The company is well-positioned for growth, having secured funding which supports the further development of its core product, while also expanding its global reach. With a wide range of services and increasing demand, vialytics continues to build out its team, ensuring it can meet the needs of its customers into the future.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2024
$8.4m
EARLY VC
Jan 2023
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $18.4m
Company benefits
- Work from wherever you like
- Learning Budget for every permanent employee
- Coffee, water, Smoothies for free in the office
- Team-Events on a regular basis
- Office in the city center of Stuttgart
- Strong technical equipment with MacBook and iPhone
- Get a Jobbike
- Our office dog Toffee
- Special leave for special occasions
- Referal Bonus
Company HQ
Rathaus, Stuttgart, Germany
Leadership
Patrick Glaser
(Co-Founder & CEO)Graduated from Esslingen University of Applied Science with an M.Sc. in Innovation Management.
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