Chief of Staff

Job Description

Reporting to the Chief Delivery Officer, the Chief of Staff will play a critical role in delivering an effective Advisory Office of the CEO and key cross-functional operational initiatives. They will proactively identify and execute high-value projects. They will be expected to manage and drive our Run the Business (RTB) cadence leading various organizational, operational, and culture initiatives. They will be a life-long learner with an ability to adapt and apply past experiences to new situations. The Chief of Staff will also have a high tolerance for ambiguity, with an ability to operate in a world where there isn’t complete clarity and where the environment is fluid, both internally and externally.

Who You’re Committed To Being

• You are diligent, and focused on making progress every day
• You are agile, you can serve as an analyst and a decision-framer in one moment, then become a project manager, change agent, and coach in the next
• You are detailed, you ask specific questions, understand nuance, and challenge conventional wisdom
• You are efficient, you can execute improvements to organizational structure, finding knowledge/skills gaps on the team and address those gaps
• You are a quality communicator, capable of clear articulation, and also giving and taking criticism and praise.
• You are sensitive to the wide-array of communication styles of leadership, able to understand the differences between what people say they want and what they actually want
• You are confident in your ability to, develop, and maintain trusting business relationships

What You’ll Do

• Drive accountability to the agreements created against annual themes, quarterly objectives and operating objectives with the President's team in partnership with the Office of the CEO and the Board
• Plan, manage and facilitate all ELT meetings, CEO Forums and Town Halls
• Partner with the ELT to prepare and develop all Quarterly Business Reviews and Board of Directors Meetings
• Lead all planning, coordination and materials delivery of the Annual Corporate Strategy
• Coordinate large, often cross-functional efforts; bring together important stakeholders who will drive decisions
• Research, perform benchmarking, analyze data, and make recommendations on a large variety of topics, often focused on engineering teams
• Work with leaders to set strategic priorities, to help identify areas where leaders should direct their focus as well as metrics for success.
• Prepare for and follow up on meetings, providing all the information necessary for the leader to be productive and engaged
• Manage internal and external communications: helping coordinate and draft reports, pitch decks, speeches, and presentations on the CEOs behalf
• Ensure materials prepared for external and internal customer / engagements
• Maintain an excellent communication framework and partnership across the various organizational functions and executive leaders
• Ensure adherence to cultural values and company rules

Experience You’ll Bring

• MBA, Bachelor's or equivalent experience
• Mature, confident and proactive, with evidence of having worked as a true business partner to C-level and other senior leaders of a multi-divisional organization
• Strong leadership skills: ability to drive multiple high-profile projects forward
• Strong analytical, critical reasoning and creative problem solving skills
• Ability to adjust strategies and realign priorities in an evolving environment
• Past experience successfully partnering with other functions to achieve organizational goals and deliver operational initiatives; ability to advise leaders across the different functions
• An effective communicator at all levels in the organization, with strong oral and written skills and a willingness to share information
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality and bias to action
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive material is critical

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• We’re remote- and hybrid-friendly
• We’re mission driven and values guided
• We have a strong commitment to diversity and belonging
• We cultivate a culture of trust, autonomy, and collaboration
• We’re lifelong learners and champion team member growth and advancement
• We’ve got you covered - team member benefits include competitive compensation packages, medical coverage, unlimited PTO and Summer Fridays, wellness reimbursements, Pluralsight subscription, professional development funds and more.

About Us

We’re Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company that helps teams build better by knowing more and working better together. Using our Skills, Flow, and Cloud product, teams can develop critical skills, improve processes and gain data-driven insights.

We’re a community of growth seekers and lifelong learners who are out to do big things that make a difference in people’s lives, and we’re looking for curious, talented people to join us. Our culture of trust, autonomy, and genuine collaboration create an environment where you’ll grow as a human and as a professional. Because to us, your growth is our growth, and vice versa.

Work is performed in an office (or home office) environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Sedentary work. Repetitive work. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

Bring yourself. Pluralsight is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or protected veteran status. Pluralsight will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please visit the bottom of our website to learn how to request an accommodation.

For more information on Pluralsight’s commitment to building a more diverse and inclusive workforce, please review our most recent Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging report here.