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Chief of Staff, Engineering
Cyberhaven. Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to engineering leadership .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in program and project management, with a strong focus on executive support and cross-functional collaboration. Proficient in data-driven decision making, automation, and building AI-assisted reporting systems to enhance operational efficiency.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Program ManagementExecutive ReportingData-Driven Decision MakingAI-Assisted DashboardsCross-Functional Coordination
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Hard Skills
Program ManagementProject ManagementData-Driven Decision MakingMetrics StandardizationAutomationJiraDORA-Style MetricsSLO/SLA ThinkingAI-Assisted ReportingCross-Functional Status Reporting
Soft Skills
Strong Executive PresenceJudgmentWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationAccountability
Tools & Technologies
JiraNotionGitHubSlackAI Tools
Industry Keywords
SaaSSecurityEndpointPlatformInfrastructure
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to engineering leadership
- Translate strategic priorities into execution plans, success criteria, and operating mechanisms
- Own engineering leadership operating cadence, including staff meetings, monthly and quarterly business reviews, org planning, and leadership offsites
- Set agendas, prepare materials, and drive follow-through on decisions and action items
- Represent engineering leadership priorities across the organization
- Align engineering, product, and go-to-market teams on key initiatives
- Prepare executive-facing communications, board and all-hands content, and cross-functional updates
- Support headcount planning, org design, and prioritization tradeoffs
- Plan, execute, and coordinate complex multi-team programs and strategic projects
- Track scope changes, readiness risks, and cross-team dependencies
- Build review cadences, status updates, and action follow-up systems
- Improve Jira data hygiene and governance
- Define and standardize metrics for quality, release health, velocity, and team health
- Produce data-backed reporting and decision support for engineering leadership
- Own metrics and narratives for monthly and quarterly business reviews
- Build AI-assisted dashboards and reporting workflows
- Connect Jira, Notion, GitHub, and Slack through automations
- Automate status collection, follow-up tracking, review preparation, and stakeholder reporting
- Improve business review inputs and leadership updates while reducing manual status chasing
Requirements
What you’ll need- 7+ years of experience in a role combining program management, project management, and executive or leadership support
- Prior experience as a Chief of Staff or in Engineering Leadership is a plus
- Strong executive presence and judgment
- Data-driven, metrics-driven decision making
- Ability to drive accountability, coordination, and follow-through without direct authority
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience owning monthly and quarterly business reviews, executive-facing updates, and cross-functional status reporting
- Comfort using automation and AI
- Good judgment in prioritization, escalation, and leadership support
- Experience owning QBRs, executive reporting, all-hands content, or org planning processes
- Familiarity with DORA-style metrics, SLO/SLA thinking, release hygiene, and delivery scorecards
- Experience building AI-assisted dashboards, automations, or reporting systems
- Experience in security, SaaS, endpoint, platform, or infrastructure-heavy environments
- Experience supporting globally distributed engineering organizations
- Prior technical or program management background transitioning into a Chief of Staff or executive operations role
- Ability to work in the United States; legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future
Benefits
Comp & perks- Equity
- Bonus plan
- Market-competitive compensation
- Geo-based compensation adjustments
- AI-assisted interview note-taking opt-out
- Equal opportunity employer