Chief of Staff, Engineering (Remote)

Rula • Los Angeles, CA

1d • Remote

About The Position

As Rula enters a pivotal phase of growth, our Engineering organization is expanding and scaling rapidly this year. To guide this evolution, we are hiring a Chief of Staff to serve as a senior organizational leader and strategic partner to the Head of Engineering and the Engineering Leadership Team. In this role, you will help shape how Engineering operates, makes decisions, and executes against our most critical goals. Rather than leading through formal authority, you will drive impact through influence, collaboration, and sharp organizational insight. You will own key operational rhythms, while tackling ambiguous challenges, diagnosing friction, and designing actionable plans for cross-functional execution. Beyond day-to-day operations, you will bring innovative thinking to how we work, leveraging modern tools and AI to remove toil across the department. With prior experience inside an engineering organization, you communicate as a strategic peer to senior technical leaders and are energized by turning high-level vision into sustainable organizational success.

Requirements

• 12+ years of related professional experience
• Direct experience as an engineer, EM, or technical program leader inside a software organization (not purely a BizOps/consulting background)
• Demonstrated experience serving as a strategic partner or Chief of Staff to a CTO, Head of Engineering, VP of Engineering, or other senior technical executive
• Proven track record of diagnosing an organizational/operational problem, designing a plan, and handing execution to another owner while tracking progress to completion
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, facilitate complex decisions, challenge assumptions constructively, and create alignment across multiple stakeholders.
• Navigated fast-moving environments with high adaptability and resourcefulness, rolling up your sleeves to turn unstructured challenges into clear, repeatable practices without relying on a pre-existing corporate playbook.
• Proven ability to translate company and technology strategy into clear organizational priorities, operating plans, and measurable outcomes, moving fluidly between strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
• Demonstrated personal fluency with AI tools in daily work, including experience applying AI to redesign or improve an organizational process

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience specifically in a Chief of Staff, Engineering Operations, or similar title reporting to a CTO/Head of Engineering/VP of Engineering
• Experience operating inside a high-growth or rapidly scaling technology company
• Experience within healthcare technology or another highly regulated or complex industry
• Experience partnering on organizational design, workforce planning, or leading significant change management/transformation initiatives
• Prior individual contributor engineering experience (has personally written and shipped code, not just adjacent program/ops experience)

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior organizational leader and strategic partner to the Head of Engineering and the Engineering Leadership Team.
• Help shape how Engineering operates, makes decisions, and executes against critical goals.
• Drive impact through influence, collaboration, and sharp organizational insight.
• Own key operational rhythms.
• Tackle ambiguous challenges, diagnose friction, and design actionable plans for cross-functional execution.
• Bring innovative thinking to how the team works, leveraging modern tools and AI to remove toil across the department.
• Communicate as a strategic peer to senior technical leaders.
• Turn high-level vision into sustainable organizational success.

Benefits

• 100% remote work environment
• Working hours to support a healthy work-life balance
• Attractive pay and benefits
• Full transparency of pay ranges
• Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA/HSA
• 401(k) plan access
• Generous time-off policies: Including 2 company-wide shutdown weeks each year for self-care
• Paid parental leave: Available for all parents, including birthing, non-birthing, adopting, and fostering
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Quarterly department stipend: Fun team-building activities or in-person gatherings
• Community and employee resource groups
• Home office stipend: New hire home office stipend & $50 monthly stipend to help cover internet or cell phone expenses
• Wellness at Rula program: Year-round wellness initiatives and a $50/month wellness stipend

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed