Chief of Staff to CTO

The role

The Chief of Staff will act as the CTO's right hand to build operating discipline and execution leverage. You will ensure the technology organisation is aligned to priorities and delivers at pace.

What you will do

• Ensure engineering teams are aligned to the company's most important priorities
• Drive clear commitments, realistic timelines and predictable delivery
• Surface risks early and ensure fast, decisive resolution
• Run the core operating rhythm of the technology organisation
• Own planning cycles, delivery reviews, leadership forums and executive reporting
• Create end-to-end visibility of the technology roadmap
• Manage dependencies across engineering, product, risk, compliance and commercial teams
• Strengthen accountability, performance management and leadership discipline
• Help scale hiring, onboarding and organisational capacity
• Improve how central teams support product teams

Required qualifications

• Proven experience scaling engineering or product organisations in high-growth environments
• Strong track record driving execution, delivery discipline and operational clarity
• Experience running planning cadences, portfolio visibility and cross-team coordination at scale
• Ability to work credibly with senior engineers and technology leaders
• Commercial mindset: understands how technology drives growth, customer outcomes and risk management
• High standards, strong judgement and a bias for action

Benefits

• Equity
• 25 days' holiday a year, plus 8 bank holidays
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• One month paid sabbatical after 4 years
• Employee loan
• Free gym membership
• Team wellness budget

About the company

Abound is redefining consumer lending in the UK and beyond using advanced AI and Open Banking data. The company has issued over £1.3bn in loans and is backed by investors including Citi, GSR Ventures, and Deutsche Bank.