Chief of Staff to the CEO

About Nu

Nu serves more than 140 million customers, guided by a mission to fight complexity and empower people. The company has been leading an industry transformation through innovative products and human-centered services.

Proprietary technology and data at scale power Nu’s digital platform, built to promote financial access, advancement, and transparency. Its business model thrives on customer love and lower costs, feeding a flywheel of growth and profitability.

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About the team

The CEO’s office supports David Vélez, Founder and CEO of Nu. His agenda is balanced between external, covering investors, regulators, the Board of Directors, industry and strategic partners, and a demanding MTeam agenda across Markets (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and new markets), Product and Technology. The Chief of Staff works closely with the C-Level and the teams that support it.

About the role

The Chief of Staff to the CEO is the closest partner to David Vélez and a force multiplier for his agenda. This person makes sure the CEO spends his time on what matters most, arrives at every important conversation prepared, and sees every commitment through. They act as candid, apolitical counsel on what is really happening across Nu, with the judgment to escalate the topics to the CEO and maximize his impact. Discipline, rigor and follow-through are the core of the role: nothing is left open, unclear, nothing is late. It is also a forcing function that lowers the cost of coordination and the amount of pre-alignment the organization needs, making Nu faster and more nimble.

This is an individual contributor role reporting to the CEO. It is a role built on trust: much of its value comes from access to context that is confidential and sensitive, and from the judgment and discretion to handle it well.

Key responsibilities and expectations

• Own the CEO’s operating rhythm. Translate company priorities into a focused CEO agenda, continuously reassess what deserves his attention, and run the MTeam forums and rituals with clear purposes, the right participants, and documented outcomes. Ensure agendas, pre-reads, and follow-ups are delivered on time;

• Bring independent judgment to CEO and MTeam decisions. Independently assess proposals, challenge assumptions, and synthesize financial, operating, and organizational evidence into clear recommendations. Prepare briefs and decision memos that put the right question in front of the CEO and the MTeam and hold every document to a rigorous standard of accuracy, logic and clarity before it reaches the top;

• Govern follow-through with rigor. Keep a single, accurate record of decisions, commitments, owners and deadlines coming out of MTeam and CEO forums, follow up relentlessly until each one is closed, hold leaders accountable to what they signed up for, and escalate risks and slippage early;

• Be a forcing function for speed. Bring leaders together around shared priorities, make dependencies and competing interests explicit, and lead negotiations on sequencing and resource trade-offs. Ensure recommendations reflect company-level outcomes and escalate unresolved choices with clear options, o teams reach alignment faster with fewer pre-meetings, pre-reads and approval layers, lowering the cost of coordination and keeping Nu nimble;

• Lead selected CEO-sponsored initiatives. Drive a focused set of high-priority, cross-functional initiatives where ownership is unclear, or coordination requires the CEO’s office. Define outcomes, mobilize the right;

• Serve as candid counsel and be present with the team. Bring an unfiltered read of the organization, build relationships broadly across the MTeam and the company to surface friction and misalignment early, and represent the CEO in selected forums.

Success will be measured by the CEO’s time spent on the highest-impact topics, the quality of Board and investor preparation, the rigor of follow-through (decisions closed, deadlines met, nothing dropped), the speed of decisions with less pre-alignment needed, and the trust of the MTeam.

Qualifications

Professional experience & education

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from a top-tier university in finance, economics, engineering, business or a related field; MBA or equivalent is a plus;

• Experience: 10+ years of experience, including senior-level investment banking (M&A, capital markets or financial institutions coverage) and/or a top-tier firm consulting firm, advising CEOs, CFOs or Boards on complex, high-stakes transactions where precision, process discipline and deadlines are non-negotiable;

• Industry knowledge: Financial services, fintech or technology; exposure to public-company environments (earnings, investor relations, governance) is an advantage;

• Technical skills: Exceptional written communication that boils complex material down to its essence, and comfort using AI tools as part of daily work.

Competencies & attributes

• Language: Fluent English is mandatory; Portuguese and Spanish are nice to have;

• Exceptionally disciplined and rigorous: Operates with rigor in everything from analysis to meeting preparation, closes the loop on every commitment, and delivers on time, every time, without needing to be chased;

• Exceptional intelligence and judgment: Learns fast, structures complex problems, holds many workstreams at once without dropping threads, and gets to the point quickly;

• Strong presence and relationship builder: Visible, approachable and engaged with leaders and teams, trusted at every level, and builds relationships quickly and broadly with peer-level credibility among the MTeam;

• High ownership and a high bar: Moves work forward without being pushed, and challenges the CEO respectfully when needed;

• Discretion: Treats confidential information and material non-public information with absolute care.

Core leadership skills

The following executive leadership skills serve as a reference for senior leadership levels at Nu, setting expectations that grow with increasing complexity, ambiguity and influence.

• Business Acumen: Drives strategic business alignment at Nu by analyzing market dynamics, identifying opportunities, and ensuring informed decision-making to influence organizational direction.

• Communication: Masters complex communication, mentoring others, fostering open dialogue, and adapting strategies to enhance organizational effectiveness.

• Agile Adaptability: Leads with agility, pioneering solutions, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous value delivery.

Nu’s values

• We want our customers to love us fanatically

• We are hungry and challenge the status quo

• We think and act like owners, not renters

• We build strong and diverse teams

• We pursue high standards and smart efficiency

Role details

Location: Bay Area, California, aligned with the CEO’s base.

Reports to: David Vélez, Founder and CEO.

Level: IC9, individual contributor track.

Official Work Model: Hybrid 2-3 times/week: Our hybrid work model brings us to the office at least twice a week, on strategic days designed to maximize team connection and collaboration. For more details, visit

Official benefits for USA:

• Opportunity of earning equity at Nu
• Medical Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance and AD&D
• Extended maternity and paternity leaves
• Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
• NuLanguage - Our language learning program
• NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program
• 401K Saving Plans - Health Saving Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Work-from-home Allowance
• Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable

Compensation: Annual Base Salary of $ 250,000 plus RSUs.

Our recruitment process may involve the use of artificial intelligence–enabled tools, such as automated interview transcription and analysis, to support the evaluation process. Artificial intelligence is not used to make final hiring decisions; all decisions are made by human reviewers.

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