Chief of Staff (Turkish Speaking)

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Company

team.blue is an ecosystem of 60+ successful brands working together across 22 European countries to provide its 3.5 million SMB customers with everything they need to succeed online by offering best-in-class expertise and services.

team.blue's brands are a mix of traditional hosting businesses that offer services from domain names, email, shared hosting, e-commerce, and server hosting solutions and, as specialist SaaS providers, adjacent products such as compliance, marketing tools, and team collaboration products. This broad product offering makes it a one-stop partner for online businesses and entrepreneurs across Europe.

Position

We are looking for a high-impact Chief of Staff to join our SaaS Portfolio Team. You will act as the "right hand" to the Head of SaaS, driving the operating cadence of the organization, leading critical strategic initiatives, and ensuring vision translates into execution. Crucially, you will hold a dual mandate: While 75% of your focus will be on the broader SaaS organization strategy, 25% of your role will be dedicated to supporting our E-commerce Portfolio Director in overseeing our investment in Turkish E-commerce Platform and exploring further opportunities in the Turkish market. You will be the cultural and commercial bridge between our European HQ / E-commerce Portfolio Director and the Turkish market.

Key Responsibilities

1. Architect the "Office of the Head of SaaS"

• Drive the Operating Rhythm: Own the agenda and follow-through Monthly Business Reviews and strategy offsites. Ensure discussions lead to decisions, and decisions lead to action.

• Strategic Alignment: Act as a proxy for the Head of SaaS in critical meetings, ensuring cross-functional alignment between Product, Commercial, and M&A.

• Communication Architecture: Draft high-stakes communications for the Board, investors, and internal teams, ensuring the strategic narrative is clear and compelling.

2. Turkish Market Proxy and Oversight (25%)

• Bridge the Gap: Partner closely with the E-commerce Portfolio Director to supervise the performance of the e-commerce platform and portfolio company. You will translate local market nuance into actionable insights for the central portfolio team.

• Cultural Translator: Facilitate seamless integration and communication between Turkish founders and team.blue leadership, ensuring we support them effectively without stifling their local momentum.

• Investment Support & Market understanding: Support commercial due diligence on potential new Turkish acquisitions. Use your native language skills and market context to pressure-test business cases and validate new investment opportunities.

3. Lead High-Priority Special Projects

• Cross-Functional collaboration: Lead complex, time-sensitive projects that don't fit neatly into a specific department (e.g., new market entry analysis or post-merger integration challenges).

• Performance Optimization: Analyse data across the SaaS portfolio to identify "value creation levers" and proactively flag risks to the SLT before they become fires.

4. Activate the Network

• Connector: Unlock the right experts from our in-house teams (marketing, tech, ops) to solve specific bottleneck problems for our portfolio companies.

• Trusted Advisor: Serve as a sounding board for the Head of SaaS and other leadership members, offering an unbiased, first-principles perspective on organizational health and priorities.

Profile

• Native Turkish Speaker: You must be able to navigate complex commercial negotiations and cultural nuances in Turkey fluently.

• Experience: 5-7+ years in Management Consulting, Venture Capital, or a high-growth SaaS/Tech scale-up. Experience as a Founder or early employee is a plus.

• Financial & Data Fluency: You are comfortable dissecting a P&L, modelling growth scenarios, and using data to challenge assumptions.

• Technology / Saas acumen: You understand the mechanics of digital business models and have a passion for new technologies.

• Bias for Action: You are comfortable operating in high-velocity environments where ambiguity is the norm. You don't wait for permission; you fix problems.

• High EQ: You can influence without authority, managing stakeholders ranging from technical founders to private equity board members.

Why this role?

• Seat at the Table: You will sit in the room where the biggest decisions in European SaaS are made.

• Hybrid Exposure: You get the broad strategic view of a CoS combined with deep, hands-on investor/operator experience with the Turkish portfolio.

• Career Launchpad: This role is designed to accelerate your career towards becoming a General Manager, Country Manager, or Portfolio Director within the team.blue ecosystem.

Right to Work

At any stage, please be prepared to provide proof of eligibility to work in the country you’re applying for. Unfortunately, we are unable to support relocation packages or sponsorship visas.

ESG

“At team.blue, our commitment to caring for the environment and each other is at the heart of everything we do. Our latest impact report showcases our ongoing ESG efforts and ambitious sustainability goals. Interested in learning more about our dedication to making a positive impact? Check it out here.”

"Come as you are"

Everyone is welcome here. Diversity & Inclusion are at our core. Far above any technical competence, we value respect, openness, and trusted collaboration. We do not tolerate intolerance.

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