Job description
Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.
Founded by the industry’s leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default.
Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.
About the Role:
Chainguard Engineering Chief of Staff: The Stage Manager of Chainguard Engineering Success
Do you thrive in a dynamic environment, wearing multiple hats and tackling diverse challenges – technical and non-technical?
We are seeking a strategic and results-oriented individual to join our team as the Chief of Staff for the Chainguard Engineering organization. In this critical role, you will serve as the trusted right-hand to our senior engineering leaders, orchestrating their success across various functions.
Our Engineering Chief of Staff reports to the VP of Engineering and serves as a trusted advisor, partner, and implementer of special projects and key tasks. This role is a position of trust and the holder of this role always conducts themselves with the utmost discretion and tact.
You will be responsible for:
- Guiding information flow: Acting as a gatekeeper, ensuring only the most information reaches our engineering leaders and engineers.
- Informing decisions: Data-driven insights and analysis to support sound decision-making across engineering.
- Offering strategic counsel: A trusted advisor and critical thinker and offering candid perspectives to the engineering leadership team.
- Owning our dashboards: Data data data! KPIs, OKRs, queries, analysis – your dashboards show us what “great” looks like, and when we’re off track.
- Operating Rhythms: Keep the organization on time, every time. Work alongside other leaders to keep the engineering organization operating in lockstep with the business. Drive key in-person events that enable our all-remote team to connect in person 2-4 times per year.
- Optimizing operations: Driving efficient processes and workflows that maximize productivity and throughput. Implement the right processes to enable the organization to move fast.
- Priorities, commitments, and status: Translating vision into action across our development cycles, and ensuring accountability in achieving our goals.
- Fostering collaboration: Serving as an integrator, building cohesion across departments, unifying organizational objectives and promoting a strong engineering culture by embodying our core engineering principles
Qualifications:
- Can-do attitude, runs through walls, anticipates and solves problems.
- Experience in engineering leadership, in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, think strategically, and solve complex problems.
- Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Executive presence, as this job interacts extensively with other executives and investors.
- North America-based preferred, with US-based travel approximately 8 times per year (2 company summits, 2 engineering huddles, 4 executive team offsites / board meetings).
About Us
We live and breathe our company values:
We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
We trust each other and assume good intentions - We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
A few of the benefits we offer:
- Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a $400 monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
- Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
- 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
- ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
- 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child’s first year.
- For a full list of our benefits and rewards, click here.
If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring “Chainguardians” with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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