Chief of Staff

THE ROLE:Chief of staff reports directly to the CEO, to serve as the central connector between corporate strategy and actual, on ground execution. This role has visibility and coordinating authority across every major initiative in the business commercial transformation, organizational change, systems implementation, and cross-functional strategic projects.The COS owns the standards, governance, and reporting rhythm that make Pharco's portfolio of initiatives deliverable, trackable, and aligned to strategy and is accountable directly to the CEO for whether that portfolio, taken as a whole, is actually moving forward.KEY RESPONSIBILITIESEstablish and maintain consistent governance standards, methodologies and decision rights across the enterprise portfolio.Own the strategic project intake and prioritization process, ensuring new initiatives are validated against Pharco's actual strategic priorities before resourcing begins.Maintain full visibility across the enterprise project portfolio status, budget, resourcing, and interdependencies and proactively flag where initiatives are at risk.Support performance reviews across business functions, converting project data into clear strategic inputs for the CEO and Executive Committee.Prepare clear, decision ready dashboards, executive reporting, and portfolio reviews for the CEO, Executive Committee, and Board as required.Break down complex, cross functional program information into structured components risks, issues, dependencies, resourcing needs that leadership can act on quickly.Act as the primary interface between project sponsors, functional leads, and the CEO's office on cross functional delivery matters.Own the operating rhythm of the CEO's office the annual strategy cycle, quarterly business reviews, and leadership meeting calendar.Translate CEO and Executive Committee priorities into clear roadmaps, owners, and milestones, and track execution against them.Identify where initiatives are stalling and proactively course-correction.Lead or co-lead enterprise-wide initiatives that don't sit neatly inside a single department, from organizational rollouts to cross-functional process design.Prepare the CEO and Executive team for high-stakes meetings, board sessions, and external engagements briefings, agendas, and follow-through.Provide project management rigor timelines, ownership, risk tracking to initiatives that would otherwise rely on ad hoc coordinationREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS8+ years of project, program or portfolio management experience, with a proven track record of building and leading governance structures across multiple projects.Demonstrated experience operating at enterprise scale managing a multi-project portfolio spanning several business functions, not a single project or team.Strong understanding of core project management concepts scope, schedule, risk, dependencies, and governance structures.Proven ability to translate complex delivery information into clear, executive-ready insights and materials.Experience working directly with senior leadership, with the credibility and communication skill to influence without formal authority over every function involved.Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related discipline. DESIREDExperience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, or another regulated, field-force-driven industry.Familiarity with PPM (Project Portfolio Management) tools and reporting platforms.Change management experience, particularly through a period of active organizational growth.The role requires flexibility to work between the Cairo and Alexandria locations.KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIESStructured, first principles problem-solving, with the analytical rigor to assess portfolio-level risk and impact.Highly organized, capable of managing multiple concurrent priorities and initiatives without losing sight of the strategic thread connecting them.Excellent stakeholder management building trust and coordination across function.Clear, confident communicator, equally comfortable in a working session with a project team and a strategic review with the CEO.Proactive, with a strong commitment to continuous improvement.