Chief of Staff, Engineering

The role

The Chief of Staff for Engineering acts as an operating partner and force multiplier for engineering leadership. This person drives operating cadence, cross-organizational execution, and data-driven decision making across the engineering organization.

What you will do

• Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to engineering leadership
• Own the engineering leadership operating cadence including staff meetings, business reviews, and org planning
• Represent engineering leadership priorities across the organization
• Prepare executive-facing communications, board and all-hands content
• Own end-to-end planning and execution for complex multi-team programs
• Improve predictability in the release and planning model
• Build and maintain review cadences and status update systems
• Define and standardize success metrics across quality, release health, velocity, and team health
• Build AI-assisted dashboards and reporting workflows
• Create automations to connect tools like Jira, Notion, GitHub, and Slack

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a role combining program management, project management, and executive or leadership support
• Strong executive presence
• Data-driven, metrics-driven approach to decision making
• Ability to drive accountability and coordination without direct authority
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort using automation and AI to improve reporting and efficiency
• 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 working in security, SaaS, endpoint, platform, or infrastructure-heavy environments
• Experience supporting globally distributed engineering organizations

Nice to have

• Prior experience as a Chief of Staff or Engineering Leadership roles
• Prior experience transitioning from a technical or program management background into a Chief of Staff or executive operations role

About the company

Cyberhaven is building Data Security for the Agentic Enterprise. The team is backed by $250M from investors like Khosla and Redpoint.