Chief of Staff

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