Worker Type:
Employee
Application End Date:
30-07-2026
We are using and creating technology to transform operations at sea to enable people and the planet to thrive.
We are open-minded and fearless in our approach to innovation and don't believe in boundaries. We challenge everything and have massive ambitions to drag aging industries into the tech era.
We take safety, equality and education very seriously, and our responsibilities don't stop at our front door. Our business is built on the belief that there's definitely a more environmentally responsible way to operate at sea.
We employ people who share our core values. We expect our people to be courageous, trustworthy, and conscientious, driven by a desire to do the right thing. We strive for excellence, work collaboratively, and are genuinely excited by our work.
We offer opportunities for our people to develop beyond their role and span a multitude of disciplines. These are open to all, regardless of background and experience level. Working with us means being part of a team that is harnessing technology and creativity to disrupt a traditional industry.
We are not your average workplace.
Ocean Infinity is seeking a Chief of Staff to the President of Data Services, to act as a strategic partner enabling the effectiveness, focus, and impact of the function by connecting strategy to execution. It translates business priorities into actionable plans, facilitates alignment across leaders and teams, ensures effective communication and engagement, oversees functional OKRs, and drives clarity, accountability, and operational excellence. Success in this role requires exceptional judgement, great stakeholder management and communication skills, the ability to see the big picture, and the capability to turn complexity into structured execution.
This role exercises independent judgement in leading planning, coordination, prioritisation of activities, and driving the operating rhythm of the function. It develops analysis, recommendations, and proposed actions to enable high-quality decisions that require senior level insight, shaping outcomes through structured thinking and effective stakeholder alignment. Strategic, organisational, and people related decisions remain firmly with the President of Data Services; however, this role serves as the right-hand person, that ensures the necessary preparation, context, and follow through to support those decisions and their effective execution.
What will you do:
Strategic Alignment & Business Priority Delivery
Maintain an overview of all ongoing initiatives, identifying interdependencies, risks, and opportunities for alignment.
Acting as a Strategic Integrator & Thought Partner
Serve as a trusted advisor, providing insight, challenge, and clarity to support strategic decision-making.
OKR & Performance Management for the Function
Meeting & Operating Rhythm Facilitation
Own the operating cadence for Data Services and associated business units, including leadership meetings, cross-functional working groups, and quarterly reviews.
Plan agendas, manage pre-read creation, ensure sessions are facilitated with purpose, and track outcomes in close collaboration with the EA of Data Services.
Internal Communication & Narrative Ownership
Prepare talking points, briefing notes, and updates to ensure consistent, aligned communication across the organisation.
Shape and maintain the storytelling around the function’s strategy, progress, and priorities (e.g., townhalls, newsletters, leadership communications).
Operational Excellence & Executive Support
You are bold, honest, and passionate. You embrace challenges with courage and a sense of responsibility, always striving for excellence. Collaboration is at the heart of how you work—you believe the best outcomes come from working together. You lead with integrity, and your commitment to making a positive impact drives everything you do.
Qualifications and skills:
Experience in strategy, transformation, consulting, HR Business Partnering, PMO, or Chief of Staff type roles.
Salary for this position: up to £120,000 per annum
Salary: The salary varies for this position as we are recruiting in multiple regional locations and job grades. The salary process is based on skills, abilities, and experience required.
What you can expect:
At Ocean Infinity, we believe in creating equal opportunities for all, celebrating each and everyone’s differences. We are driven by transforming the industry, through our technology, thoughts, behaviours and actions. Being inclusive and respectful to all is fundamental to who we are. It is the right thing to do and enables innovation and creativity to thrive.
There is more work to be done, and we know that we aren’t perfect, but our commitment to these values is unwavering. They are central to our mission and the impact we have on the industry, meaning, we cannot live without them.
