Chief of Staff - Engineering

Summary

Join Chainguard as the Engineering Chief of Staff, a strategic and results-oriented role supporting senior engineering leaders. You will guide information flow, inform decisions with data-driven insights, offer strategic counsel, manage dashboards and KPIs, optimize operations, and foster collaboration. This role requires experience in engineering leadership, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and excellent communication. The position involves managing multiple priorities, translating vision into action, and ensuring accountability. North America-based candidates are preferred, with some US travel required. Chainguard offers a flexible and remote-first culture with comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

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)

Benefits

• 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