Chief of Staff

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• **Responsibilities**

• **Strategic Planning & Operating Cadence**

• Lead the annual and quarterly planning process, converting leadership priorities into actionable initiatives, objectives, and execution strategies.

• Develop leadership agendas, establish meeting and operations rhythms, including preparation materials, notes, and follow-up actions.

• Organize and implement quarterly business reviews, strategy sessions, and offsite meetings, including material development and outcome tracking.

• Maintain decision logs, action trackers, and ownership alignment to ensure accountability across leadership priorities.

• **Cross-Functional Execution & Program Management**

• Propel cross-functional initiatives involving development, engineering, operations, and commercial teams.

• Create and oversee integrated initiative trackers (milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, owners).

• Proactively identify bottlenecks and formulate resolution plans with responsible owners and deadlines.

• **Performance Management, Reporting & Analytics**

• Collaborate with functional leaders to establish and maintain KPIs, dashboards, and performance tracking tools.

• Generate weekly and monthly executive updates, business reviews, and leadership/board-ready materials.

• Conduct focused analyses (portfolio prioritization, resource planning, scenario modeling) and convert findings into clear recommendations and decision frameworks.

• **Stakeholder Alignment & Executive Communications**

• Act as a central liaison among teams to synchronize priorities, timelines, and deliverables.

• Coordinate cross-functional communications, ensuring consistent messaging and prompt escalation of issues.

• Represent senior leadership in meetings as required, capturing outcomes and ensuring clear execution of next steps.

• Create executive-level communications, presentations, and briefing materials for both internal and external stakeholders.

• **Governance, Risk & Decision Support**

• Maintain decision logs, risk/issue registers, and action trackers with clear ownership and deadlines.

• Ensure materials are comprehensive, accurate, and ready for leadership review.

• **Organization Enablement & Operational Improvement**

• Assist in organizational scaling through clarity in operating models, role definitions, and onboarding coordination.

• Promote process improvement initiatives, including the standardization of reporting, meeting governance, and documentation practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• **Requirements**

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.

• Over 8 years of experience in energy, infrastructure, corporate strategy, consulting, or program management.

• Experience in supporting senior executives and leading cross-functional initiatives within a matrixed environment.

• Strong comprehension of energy, power, or infrastructure business models and their lifecycle (development through operations).

• Demonstrated ability to execute across cross-functional teams and manage complex, multi-threaded initiatives.

• Strong program management skills, including the creation of trackers, dashboards, and structured reporting outputs.

• Strategic and analytical aptitude to distill complex inputs into clear recommendations and materials suitable for executives.

• Financial and commercial insight to assist in business cases, prioritization, and trade-off decisions.

• Outstanding communication abilities, including drafting executive communications and facilitating discussions at the senior level.

🏝️ Benefits

• Our team is distinct — we are dedicated to our work. At Sand Cherry, our Consultants understand that they influence and shape the industries of our clients. We acknowledge our employees for their contributions. Our culture is among the friendliest and most communicative in the consulting sector. Sand Cherry is not a top-heavy organization. We provide the chance to be part of a digital workforce. Experience the unique opportunity that comes with self-responsibility in the workplace. Our team members manage their own workloads and are expected to deliver exceptional results for our clients. Professional career growth is one of our primary focuses, as we believe that investing in our Consultants and empowering our people will yield the best results and value for our clients.