2024-10-18T19:51:08-04:00 X, The Moonshot Factory
Chief of Staff, Project Taara
Program Management
Mountain View, CA

This is a fixed-term contract position for 12 months

 

About the Team:

Project Taara is focused on delivering high-throughput and long-range connectivity via free-space optical communication (FSOC) links that use light (eye-safe lasers) propagating between two terminals to wirelessly transmit high speed data.  Learn more about Project Taara.

 

About the Role:

As a Chief of Staff, you are in lock step with the General Manager (GM) and the leadership team and serve as their extension and trusted partner. You have a proven track record of getting things done across organizational and functional lines. You are able to lead projects which require disentangling cross-team dependencies to build consensus and quickly deliver outcomes that are consistent with leadership’s operating principles and business objectives. You are a dispassionate accelerator and advisor, guiding recommendations and offering advice in the best long-term interest of the business, using data and industry context and a deep understanding of the organizational dynamics to guide decision-making.

This role will be based in Mountain View, California with occasional global travel.

 

How you will make 10X impact:

  • Be a strategic partner to GM and the leadership team by expanding their reach, amplifying their influence, and being a sounding board for strategic decisions
    • Help formulate and operationalize Taara’s goals and objectives
    • Anticipate, articulate and pre-solve problems before they arise
    • Advise on issues that require diplomacy and situational sensitivity
    • Keep various work streams on track towards short and long-term objectives
    • Help determine priorities; assist with hand-off, delegation or prioritization of tasks
  • Drive alignment across the organization to help the team meet or even accelerate business, operational and cultural objectives
    • Use cross-functional knowledge to understand issues, trends and perspectives that may influence the business. 
    • Proactively identify problems and issues across the organization and create programs and/or processes to solve them.
    • Optimize communications linking the leadership team and the broader organization
    • Integrate and connect work streams that would otherwise remain siloed
    • Ensure information flows effectively for decision making and decisions are well-documented and cascaded appropriately
  • Oversee the team’s Administrative Business Partner (ABP), including ensuring ABP understands Taara leadership team’s priorities, and stepping in when needed to ensure coverage is seamless
  • Oversea other functional G&A areas as well, many of which will be outsourced (Legal, HR, Finance)

 

What you should have: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in a similar role or in Management Consulting, Strategy, Operations or Program Management 
  • Proven ability to influence without authority and build strong partnerships independently, working with technical and cross-functional teams who do not report into this role to creatively solve complex problems.
  • Strong project / program management skills and ability to keep multiple priorities moving at the same time.
  • Self-starter with a team-oriented work style and ability to inspire trust by demonstrating sound judgment and integrity.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills at all levels of an organization, including executive audiences
  • Ability to deal with a high degree of ambiguity and drive clarity

 

It would be great if you also had these:

  • Master’s degree in business or a related field
  • Experience with hardware development and/or telecommunications industry

 

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $139,000 - $190,000 + bonuses + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, or benefits.

 

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