Chief of Staff

LaunchDarkly

8d•$204,500 - $330,700

About The Position

LaunchDarkly is hiring a Chief of Staff to report to the CEO and partner with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) as the company scales. This senior individual-contributor role is for a strategic operator and trusted advisor working across strategy, execution, communication, and data. The Chief of Staff translates company strategy into action, shapes executive planning and decision-making, and ensures leadership discussions are supported by clear insights and high-quality materials. The role operates with significant autonomy and broad influence, without people-management responsibilities. The position partners with the CEO on company-wide strategic initiatives, supports the company’s operating cadence and planning, prepares executive and Board materials, works with executive dashboards and data, and designs executive meetings and offsites. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in complex, cross-functional environments and a strong executive presence. LaunchDarkly’s platform helps software teams release features faster and more safely, target experiences to customer cohorts, experiment and optimize product impact, coordinate software releases across platforms, and improve engineering effectiveness. The company describes its culture as humble, open, collaborative, respectful, and kind, and states that it is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience.
Demonstrated success partnering closely with executive leaders and influencing at the highest levels of an organization.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distill complexity into clear, compelling narratives.
Strong analytical capabilities and comfort working with SaaS metrics and executive-level data.
Ability to manage multiple high-impact workstreams with sound judgment and prioritization.
High degree of discretion, integrity, and emotional intelligence.

Nice To Haves

Experience in senior-level roles involving strategy, operations, consulting, finance, product operations, or executive advisory work.

Responsibilities

Partner with the CEO to drive company-wide strategic initiatives from conception through execution.
Align the Executive Leadership Team and broader organization around priorities, tradeoffs, and outcomes.
Identify risks, dependencies, and gaps across critical initiatives and surface insights to leadership.
Connect executives and teams to ensure strategy translates into coordinated action.
Shape and support the company’s operating rhythm, including owning OKRs and leadership planning processes.
Design and evolve planning frameworks that enable effective executive decision-making.
Support annual and long-range planning cycles by synthesizing inputs and highlighting strategic implications.
Lead the preparation and refinement of executive-level materials, including Board meeting materials and ELT presentations.
Ensure executive content is clear, concise, decision-oriented, and aligned with company strategy.
Partner on executive dashboards and reporting, ensuring metrics are accurate, consistent, and actionable.
Analyze data to inform strategic decisions and evaluate proposed initiatives.
Translate analysis into clear recommendations for senior leadership audiences.
Design agendas and content for executive meetings and offsites with a focus on alignment and outcomes.
Capture key decisions, clarify next steps, and support follow-through across the organization.