Chief of Staff

Gulf Copper LLC • Galveston, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

This is a high-impact executive opportunity for a Chief of Staff with exceptional compensation and a bonus structure. The role places the individual directly at the table where major business decisions are made. The position is responsible for supporting the CEO-chaired Transformation Steering Committee, leading the Administrative Transformation Team, and working with various senior leaders across the organization. The role involves transformation oversight, managing the operating rhythm, artifact capture and control, audit readiness and testing, internal reporting, and supporting the President's Office. After the transformation teams sunset, the role will maintain key leadership rhythms and governance processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or a related field.
• At least seven years of experience in complex manufacturing, investment banking, or consulting.
• Ideally includes experience as a Chief of Staff or in a PMO, internal audit, business systems, or operations leadership role.
• Experience building or running a controlled document, policy, or configuration management system.
• Experience preparing executive or board-level reporting and running recurring leadership meetings.
• Experience planning or running internal audits or control testing.
• Able to access export-controlled (ITAR/EAR) information.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or related master's degree.
• Shipbuilding or ship repair experience.
• Experience with an ERP implementation or a major business transformation.
• Experience in a foreign-owned U.S. company operating under FOCI mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Supports the CEO-chaired Transformation Steering Committee with monthly steering packs and development of a monthly business review pack.
• Leads the Administrative Transformation Team day to day with outside consulting partners.
• Works with the COO and Operations Transformation Team, EVP Transformation, Chief Counsel, CFO, and area owners.
• Manages the President’s Executive Assistant and external advisors.
• Keeps the integrated transformation plan and tracks teams and area owners against it.
• Collects weekly status updates, risks, and decisions needed from owners; escalates issues to the President.
• Leads the Administrative Transformation day to day with the consulting partner across finance, contracts, supply chain, HR, IT, and growth.
• Holds teams to the sunset criteria: approved future-state processes, controlled policies, trained staff, and completed self-assessment.
• Drives teams to execute against commitments and steps in to help before failure occurs.
• Sets and runs the calendar of team, steering, and leadership meetings.
• Prepares agendas, pre-reads, and decision papers; records decisions and actions and follows them to closure.
• Keeps one integrated schedule across both transformation teams.
• Stands up and owns the business system repository, including policies, procedures, desk guides, process maps, controls, and records.
• Captures every transformation artifact as it is approved; formats, numbers, versions, and files it.
• Chairs a Policy Control Board that approves and releases every new or changed policy and procedure.
• Completes a baseline audit of current business practices within the first 90 days.
• Keeps every artifact audit-ready for customers, government reviewers, and external auditors.
• Plans and runs the internal audit and control-testing program; tracks findings and corrective actions to closure.
• Checks new practices against FAR principles and specific contract requirements with the Chief Counsel.
• Sets the templates and documents for internal reports to the President.
• Consolidates owner status into a weekly brief for the President and a monthly pack for the Steering Committee.
• Keeps a single register of open gaps, with owners and due dates.
• Helps the President manage priorities, correspondence, follow-ups, and decisions.
• Prepares the President for internal and external meetings.
• Acts as a trusted channel between the President and the leadership team and handles sensitive matters with discretion.
• Keeps the leadership rhythm, repository, and Policy Control Board running as permanent business processes after transformation teams sunset.
• Runs the annual internal audit plan and supports customer reviews and corrective actions after transformation teams sunset.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior