Chief of Staff, Engineering

Overview

Chief of Staff, Engineering role partnering with engineering leadership to translate strategy into execution, improve operating cadence, and provide data-driven decision support. The role combines program management, project management, executive operations, and AI-assisted automation.

What you'll do

• Own engineering leadership meetings, business reviews, planning, and offsites.
• Translate strategic priorities into execution plans, success criteria, and operating mechanisms.
• Coordinate complex, multi-team programs and strategic engineering projects.
• Track scope changes, readiness risks, dependencies, and follow-through.
• Define metrics and prepare reporting for quality, releases, velocity, and team health.
• Build AI-assisted dashboards and automate recurring reporting and follow-up workflows.
• Represent engineering priorities across engineering, product, and go-to-market teams.

What you'll need

• 7+ years combining program management, project management, and executive or leadership support.
• Strong executive presence and judgment in ambiguous situations.
• Ability to drive accountability across teams without direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience owning QBRs, executive reporting, all-hands content, or org planning.
• Familiarity with DORA-style metrics, SLO/SLA thinking, release hygiene, and delivery scorecards.
• Experience with AI-assisted dashboards, automations, or reporting systems.

Nice to have

• Prior Chief of Staff or engineering leadership experience.
• Experience in security, SaaS, endpoint, platform, or infrastructure-heavy environments.
• Experience supporting globally distributed engineering organizations.

Details

• Remote location listed for the United States.
• Eastern Timezone availability required to support the global team.