Chief of Staff, Engineering
Skills
Easily AdaptableEngineeringEvolutionHealthcareIT StrategyLeadershipMedical Technology
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- 12+ years of related professional experience
- Direct experience as an engineer EM or technical program leader inside a software organization
- Demonstrated experience serving as a strategic partner or Chief of Staff to a CTO Head of Engineering VP of Engineering or other senior technical executive
- Proven track record of diagnosing an organizational or operational problem designing a plan and handing execution to another owner while tracking progress to completion
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders facilitate complex decisions challenge assumptions constructively and create alignment across multiple stakeholders
- Navigated fast-moving environments with high adaptability and resourcefulness rolling up your sleeves to turn unstructured challenges into clear repeatable practices without relying on a pre-existing corporate playbook
- Proven ability to translate company and technology strategy into clear organizational priorities operating plans and measurable outcomes moving fluidly between strategic thinking and hands-on execution
- Demonstrated personal fluency with AI tools in daily work including experience applying AI to redesign or improve an organizational process
Nice to have
- Strategic
- Influential
- Adaptable
- Resourceful
- Collaborative
- Systems thinker
Day to day
- Serve as a senior strategic partner to the Head of Engineering and Engineering Leadership Team.
- Shape how the Engineering organization operates makes decisions and executes on critical goals.
- Own key operational rhythms diagnose friction and design actionable cross-functional plans.
- Use modern tools and AI to remove toil and improve departmental processes.