Diretor de Estratégia e Engenharia | Chief of Staff

Role Overview

We are seeking an accomplished Chief of Staff to the CEO to play a pivotal role in a growing international engineering business specialising in power infrastructure and MV/HV substations.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Electrical Engineering leader to combine technical expertise with executive strategy, corporate governance and business transformation.

Working directly with the CEO and senior leadership team, you will help shape business priorities, coordinate strategic initiatives and ensure that executive decisions translate into measurable results across international operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the CEO's trusted strategic and technical adviser, supporting high-impact business and operational decisions.
• Coordinate executive leadership priorities, strategic meetings, Board reporting and governance across multiple countries.
• Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives, business planning and performance reporting to drive organisational results.
• Provide senior technical oversight and challenge engineering, execution and commercial risks across MV/HV substation EPC projects.
• Drive business process improvements, digital transformation and AI-enabled reporting and automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, ideally specialising in Power Systems.
• Fluent English, with excellent written and verbal executive communication skills
• Minimum 15 years' electrical engineering experience, including 10 years in power infrastructure or EPC projects and at least 5 years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven expertise in MV/HV substations, EPC project delivery, technical risk management, and direct collaboration with CEOs, executive teams or Boards.
• Strong strategic, commercial and analytical capabilities, combined with demonstrable proficiency in Claude AI, executive reporting and business process improvement.