Chief of Staff
San Francisco, CA
Hybrid ✅
Full-time
Apply before:
Jul 10, 2024
Chief of Staff
Overview
The Chief of Staff (CoS) is a critical role that combines strategic leadership and operational excellence to be a trusted advisor and leader for their team. The role at Atlassian is aligned to support senior leaders* and requires either previous experience in a relevant domain ,or demonstrated aptitude to advise in a new domain.
Responsibilities
Prioritization
- Ensures the leader(s) are focusing on the most important priorities for the day/week/month
- Helps create bandwidth by representing leader(s) in key meetings in their stead
- Keeps leaders accountable for commitments, while helping keep reports accountable for results
Amplifier
- Amplifies the team by helping the team become more effective and being responsible for executing special projects
- Examples can include:
- Investigating root causes of departmental challenges and connecting teams to solve them
- Drafting strategy for growth, scale, or evolution
- Leading cross-functional initiatives
Compensation
- At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs
- Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience
- Current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
- Zone A: $191,900 - $255,900
- Zone B: $172,800 - $230,300
- Zone C: $159,300 - $212,400
- This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity
Responsibilities
You will:
- Run high-visibility projects (which range from analytics deep dives, customer insights, operational efficiency, change management, team off-sites, and annual planning)
- Enable the team to prioritize and get after what is most impactful for our customers, and identifying any roadblocks that might get in the way
- Ensure the team is a smoothly running engine, with team wellness and high engagement at the core, enabling:
- Healthy team collaboration
- Efficient project management
- Robust data and reporting
- Effective stakeholder communication
Qualifications
On your first day, we'll expect you to have:
- 15+ years of relevant professional experience in program and operational management
- Experience turning a strategy into executable plans and driving high-visibility projects
- An analytic prowess, drive to support decisions with data, and the ability to make data digestible to varied audiences (big data, financial models, etc.)
- Experience in diagnosing pain points for teams, moving them to good, and going the extra mile to ensure they are great
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