Curriculum Vitae

Abraham Otieno, Operations Manager & Chief of Staff

Executive Partner Lead · Nairobi, Kenya · Worldwide remote support

Faster team response
80%
Agents onboarded
200+
Hours/week reclaimed
15+
Project success rate
100%
Continents served
3
Profile

Summary

Operations Manager and Chief of Staff with six years building and leading high-performance executive support teams across East African fintech, BPO, and global remote environments. Bridges executive leadership and frontline teams: translating strategic priorities into accountable execution, coaching EA teams to a consistent standard of service, and building the operational infrastructure that scales organisations.

Managed two concurrent senior leadership roles across separate global organisations simultaneously, each with its own operating rhythm and reporting cadence. Nairobi-based with deep East African market fluency and cross-cultural communication experience across EAT, CET, and US time zones.

Professional Experience

Where I've Operated

Pioneer Outsourcing BPO · Nairobi, Kenya (Remote) · Since inception

Chief of Staff (Apr 2026-Present)

Brought in on the idea itself and helped ground the company from the floor up, working alongside the CEO as Executive Partner before there was an org chart to speak of. Elevated to Chief of Staff after building the company's operational infrastructure from the ground up: now accountable for senior administration, C-suite alignment, and organisation-wide strategic execution.

  • Act as the bridge between senior leadership and Executive Partner teams, so every member gets the support they need while the business delivers on its commitments.
  • Lead cross-functional decision tracking across all departments: every commitment has a named owner, a deadline, and visible status without exception.
  • Architect the operating rhythm of the business: planning cycles, business reviews, and performance deep-dives that turn strategy into outcomes.
  • Scaled the remote agent workforce to 200+, designing onboarding curricula, performance frameworks, and QA systems across multiple time zones.
  • Engineered operational workflows delivering an 80% improvement in team response times, standardising protocols and building the SOP library that became the backbone of daily operations.
  • Delivered 15+ client projects end-to-end with a 100% on-time completion rate across multiple time zones.
  • Owned the CEO's entire executive infrastructure: calendar, inbox, board prep, strategic reports, and stakeholder briefings.
  • Built reporting dashboards giving leadership real-time visibility across all business units, replacing status-chase meetings with structured weekly accountability cycles.
  • Ran this role simultaneously with a senior position at MSTRpay (Mar 2025-Mar 2026): two leadership teams, two sets of priorities, without a single missed commitment across either.
MSTRpay · Stockholm, Sweden (Remote) · Mar 2025-Mar 2026

Country Lead & Executive Partner to Global CPO

  • Country-level Chief of Staff to the Global CPO for MSTRpay's Kenya market entry, coordinating directly with the Founder and CEO.
  • Coordinated JV negotiations and capital partnership development with microfinance banks and development finance institutions, aligning terms across multiple stakeholder groups.
  • Maintained a real-time pipeline tracking system covering 20+ active partnerships, giving the Global CPO full structured visibility across a multi-timezone operation.
  • Managed executive calendars, board-level coordination, and senior communications across EU, African, and US time zones simultaneously.
M-KOPA · Nairobi, Kenya (Hybrid) · Jan 2020-Sep 2022

Customer Operations Executive

  • Supported customer operations within one of East Africa's most recognised asset-finance platforms, serving low-income households across Kenya with digital financial services.
  • Managed CRM systems at scale, maintaining data accuracy and producing weekly performance reports that directly informed senior management decisions.
  • Optimised ticket tracking and follow-up workflows, contributing to measurable improvements in response SLAs across a high-volume multi-channel operation.
OKash Kenya · Nairobi, Kenya (Hybrid) · Nov 2019-Dec 2020

Remote Operations & Campaigns Support

  • Supported remote operations and digital campaign execution for a fast-growing fintech lender, managing social media scheduling, performance reporting, and virtual team coordination.
  • Developed processes to streamline virtual team coordination and task tracking for a distributed team.
Core Competencies
  • Team Leadership & Coaching
  • Executive Partner Management
  • Strategic Follow-Through
  • Cross-Functional Operations
  • Member Relationship Management
  • Performance Management
  • Board & Stakeholder Prep
  • Data & Analytics
Tools & Technology

Project & Ops: Notion, Asana, Trello, ClickUp

Communication: Google Workspace, MS 365, Zoom, Slack

CRM & Pipeline: HubSpot, Airtable, Salesforce

Reporting & Data: Google Sheets, Excel, Dashboards

Currently learning: SQL, Power BI, Data Studio

Certifications

Certified Virtual Assistant, International Association of Virtual Assistants

Executive & Administrative Support, Professional Certification

Education

BSc, Information Technology
Mount Kenya University · In progress, expected 2028

Diploma, Hospitality Management
The Cooperative University of Kenya · 2019

Languages

English: Fluent, professional

Swahili: Native speaker

Work With Me

Available for Chief of Staff, Operations & Executive Partner Roles

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