Chief of Staff

Overlake Medical Center & Clinics • Bellevue, WA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Chief of Staff (CoS) serves as a strategic partner to Overlake’s President/CEO and the executive leadership team, to ensure organizational priorities are clear, that key initiatives are highly coordinated and keep forward momentum, to ensure timely achievement of key milestones and achievement of desired levels of performance. The CoS facilitates alignment and execution among executive team members on organizational priorities, issues, goals, and initiatives. The CoS also leads and assists with efforts to: 1) Turn ideas into discrete action steps and/or project charters; 2) Facilitate discussions to identify, frame, and resolve complex or ambiguous issues; 3) Identify and help to resolve barriers to organizational progress (swiftly, and at the appropriate level of decision-making); 4) Complete specific action items and develops deliverables on behalf of the President/CEO and other leaders to ensure timely execution and momentum; 5) Consolidate information to help formulate recommendations; 6) Provide consultative support to leaders related to advancing President and CEO’s strategic agenda. The CoS serves as primary liaison between the project management office and the executive team, to ensure alignment of executive priorities with resourcing and timelines. The CoS also assists with preparation of selected executive-level materials and ensures that the right information at the right level of detail is available to support executive decision-making. In addition, a key role is to help establish and maintain a coordinated system and rhythm of business operations, and identify/implement opportunities to streamline / modernize / coordinate leadership workflows. The CoS will represent the CEO and other senior executives in key discussions, lead selected confidential or sensitive initiatives, and manage/lead specific projects as approved by the CEO.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Minimum of five years’ experience in consulting, strategy, operations, or analytics.
• Skilled in leading strategic or complex projects.
• Experience in developing and delivering executive level communications.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex organizations and influence without authority.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to simplify complexity for executive audiences.
• Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and professionalism.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Eight years of experience in consulting, strategy, operations, or analytics preferred.
• Healthcare industry experience also preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to Overlake’s President/CEO and the executive leadership team.
• Ensure organizational priorities are clear, key initiatives are highly coordinated, and forward momentum is maintained.
• Facilitate alignment and execution among executive team members on organizational priorities, issues, goals, and initiatives.
• Turn ideas into discrete action steps and/or project charters.
• Facilitate discussions to identify, frame, and resolve complex or ambiguous issues.
• Identify and help to resolve barriers to organizational progress.
• Complete specific action items and develop deliverables on behalf of the President/CEO and other leaders.
• Consolidate information to help formulate recommendations.
• Provide consultative support to leaders related to advancing the President and CEO’s strategic agenda.
• Serve as primary liaison between the project management office and the executive team.
• Assist with preparation of selected executive-level materials.
• Establish and maintain a coordinated system and rhythm of business operations.
• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline / modernize / coordinate leadership workflows.
• Represent the CEO and other senior executives in key discussions.
• Lead selected confidential or sensitive initiatives.
• Manage/lead specific projects as approved by the CEO.

Benefits

• Medical insurance premiums as low as $0 per month.
• Many Overlake services covered at 100%.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000 per year.
• Generous retirement plan matching starting at 5% and increasing to 7% after five years with immediate vesting.
• Pre-tax and Roth after tax retirement savings plans.
• An expanded Employee Assistance Program.
• A caregiver support program to help with everything from childcare to eldercare.
• Free parking and Orca transit passes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees