Chief of Staff

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About Indegene

Indegene is on a mission to empower every healthcare enterprise in its transformation journey. We are uniquely positioned to solve the challenges of the healthcare industry through our combination of deep medical knowledge and verticalized technology and help make healthcare affordable and accessible to every person on the planet. We are listed on the National Stock Exchange, India as a public company.

We are innovators at heart and real innovation for us means constantly obsessing over what will drive success for our customers in the future. No wonder 20 of the top 20 global biopharma organizations lean on us for an agile and enduring partnership. With more than 5000 brilliant employees spread across the US, Europe, China, Japan and India, we have delivered value for our clients across the Pharma value chain.

We have brought together a group of incredibly passionate and brilliant people and entrusted them to solve some of healthcare's most challenging problems, which has led to our culture being centered on passion, innovation, and collaboration. We're passionate about healthcare; we believe that technology and innovation will carve an indomitable path in transforming healthcare for the better, and to achieve this, we collaborate with the best minds in the medical and technological domains.

For more details with regard to our capabilities, visit us at www.indegene.com

Chief of Staff – EU Region (Maternity Cover Role - 10 months)

Job Summary

Indegene is seeking an experienced professional to serve as Chief of Staff to the EU Region Head. The Chief of Staff will act as a strategic thought partner and execution leader, translating regional priorities into coordinated action across Sales, Regional HR, Marketing, and other functions.

The role will drive high-impact initiatives spanning regional growth, go-to-market effectiveness, employee engagement, and EU ecosystem development; strengthen operating cadence and decision-making; and ensure accountability for agreed outcomes. Working across global, functional, and operational leadership teams, the position will report to the Vice President, Sales.

This is a strategic leadership and execution role. Administrative scheduling support is not the primary focus of the position.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning and Execution

Partner with the EU Region Head and regional leadership team to shape strategic priorities, translate them into executable plans, define success measures, and monitor progress against agreed business outcomes.
Lead selected regional growth, transformation, marketing, and go-to-market initiatives in partnership with regional and global teams.
Move fluidly between strategy and execution, ensuring that priorities are converted into clear actions, ownership, timelines, and measurable results.

Portfolio Governance and Business Rhythm

Establish governance for the portfolio of regional priorities by tracking milestones, outcomes, risks, dependencies, and resource constraints.
Challenge delays, coordinate resolution of issues, and escalate material risks with clear context and recommended actions.
Design and maintain an effective operating cadence for regional leadership reviews, strategic discussions, and follow-through on commitments.

Decision Support and Executive Leverage

Synthesize business, financial, commercial, and organizational information into concise insights, options, and recommendations that support timely decisions.
Provide strategic and operational leverage to the EU Region Head by shaping agendas, preparing decision materials and executive briefs, and ensuring disciplined follow-through.
Exercise judgement in assessing matters directed to the EU Region Head, resolve or route issues within delegated authority, and escalate high-priority matters with clear recommendations.

Cross-functional Leadership and Regional Influence

Represent the EU Region Head in advancing the regional excellence agenda and align client-facing, Marketing, go-to-market, and enabling teams on priorities and execution expectations.
Build alignment across regional and global stakeholders by clarifying decisions, resolving competing priorities, connecting interdependent workstreams, and maintaining accountability for agreed actions.
Develop trusted relationships with internal leaders and selected external stakeholders to advance regional priorities, strengthen the EU ecosystem, and remove barriers to execution.
Facilitate constructive conflict resolution and help leadership teams make informed trade-offs across opportunities, investments, and resources.

Evolving Scope and Delegated Authority

As the role matures, assume broader responsibility for prioritizing strategic opportunities and shaping commercial and pricing recommendations within authority delegated by the EU Region Head.
Lead special projects and time-sensitive priorities that require discretion, structured problem-solving, and coordination across multiple teams.

Qualifications and Experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree required; a postgraduate qualification or MBA is preferred.
Experience: Approximately 10 years of experience in consulting, business analyst, a business leadership office, or a comparable strategic role.
Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional initiatives, influencing senior stakeholders, supporting executive decisions, and delivering transformation or growth priorities.
Experience working in a global, matrixed environment across functions and time zones.
Exposure to the healthcare, life sciences, or professional services sectors is preferred.

Candidate Profile

Strong business acumen and analytical capability, with the ability to connect strategic, commercial, financial, and organizational considerations.
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to bring structure and clarity to complex or ambiguous situations.
Strong interpersonal, influencing, and executive communication skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and build trust with senior leaders.
Ability to drive outcomes across teams without direct authority and collaborate effectively with diverse, multicultural teams.
Strategic and growth-oriented mindset, with the learning agility to understand complex business issues quickly and move between strategy and execution.
High levels of judgement, discretion, ownership, and personal accountability.
Entrepreneurial approach, resilience, and the ability to manage multiple priorities at pace.
Passion for the healthcare and life sciences industries.

Location and Working Model

Location: This position will be based in London, must be in office 2 days a week and during official requirements.

Working model: The role requires flexibility to collaborate across global teams, functions, and time zones and to support critical regional priorities when required.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Indegene is proud to be an Equal Employment Employer and is committed to the culture of Inclusion and Diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, colour, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical ability, or any other characteristics. All employment decisions, from hiring to separation, will be based on business requirements, candidate’s merit and qualification. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics.