Senior Associate, CEO Office

About the role

Inception42, a G42 company, is recruiting a Senior Associate for its CEO Office. The role solves priority business problems, leads selected cross-functional initiatives and improves how the CEO Office operates. It combines independent analysis and business judgment with disciplined program management and practical AI-enabled solutions. The Chief of Staff sets priorities and provides sponsorship, and the Senior Associate works across Strategy, Finance, Growth, Product, Technology, Delivery and other functions in a fast-moving AI product and deployment environment.

Key responsibilities

• Diagnose complex business problems, frame hypotheses and recommend practical options
• Build business cases and financial or operational analyses, and recommend priorities and sequencing
• Prepare executive briefs and decision materials that separate evidence from assumptions
• Lead initiatives from scope definition through implementation and outcome review, with PMO discipline (RAID logs, critical paths, milestones, action tracking)
• Maintain a decision-ready view of CEO Office priorities and escalate material issues early with a recommendation
• Follow up on progress, resolve routine blockers and build recovery plans for delayed work
• Run decision-focused governance and leadership reviews and build alignment across functions
• Redesign manual processes and build prototypes using AI tools, automation, low-code platforms or AI-assisted development

Required profile

• Experience in strategy and operations, implementation-led consulting, transformation, product or business operations, or a CEO or Chief of Staff office
• Evidence of independently diagnosing problems and leading solutions through implementation, including recovering delayed initiatives
• Strong quantitative and commercial judgment, including business cases, scenario analysis and performance diagnosis
• Ability to turn business needs into requirements and prototypes with technical teams
• Excellent executive writing and stakeholder skills, with discretion on sensitive issues

Required skills

• Integrated planning, critical-path management, governance cadences, RAID logs, decision registers, KPI reporting and benefit realization
• Hands-on AI capability: having built and tested an AI-enabled workflow or tool used by others

What we offer

• An open, diverse and inclusive culture with a global vision
• Learning and development through structured training programs and high-tech projects
• A competitive remuneration package with healthcare, education support, leave benefits and more