Executive Director, Chief of Staff to the Chief Growth Officer

SAIC•Flexwork, VA

About The Position

The Chief of Staff to the Chief Growth Officer (CGO) is a high-impact, strategic leader who serves as a critical advisor and partner in achieving SAIC’s growth objectives. This role drives alignment, accelerates decision-making, and ensures integrated execution of the company’s growth strategy across the government, defense, and intelligence sectors. Acting as a seamless extension of the CGO, the Chief of Staff fosters collaboration, strengthens organizational capabilities, and enables transformational initiatives that position SAIC as an industry leader.

Requirements

Strategic Alignment & Execution
Executive Advisory & Partnership
Enterprise Integration & Governance
Decision Support & Market Intelligence
Executive Communications
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Organizational Development
Project Leadership
Risk Identification & Management
Stakeholder Engagement Leadership

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the CGO to define and execute SAIC’s growth strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives and tracking progress against key outcomes. Partner closely with business development, capture, and proposal teams to drive organizational clarity and focus on growth.
Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic thought partner to the CGO, offering forward-looking insights, risk assessments, and actionable recommendations on high-stakes decisions involving investments, competitive opportunities, and market trends.
Translate Growth priorities into cross-functional processes across enterprise functions (Finance, HR, Strategy, and Operations). Ensure collaboration, consistency, and alignment with key growth initiatives and governance frameworks.
Establish and maintain systems, dashboards, and review mechanisms that provide real-time insights into pipeline health, growth opportunities, competitive positioning, and execution performance of priority pursuits.
Develop high-impact executive-level presentations, board updates, internal messaging, and external engagement materials to advance SAIC’s growth mission. Support CGO’s external engagements with partners, customers, and stakeholders (e.g., government officials, congressional leaders).
Build strong, collaborative relationships across SAIC’s internal teams. Eliminate silos by ensuring open communication and unity of effort between Growth and other critical business units.
Support the CGO in evolving the Growth team’s organizational design, talent strategy, and leadership infrastructure. Lead initiatives to enhance team performance, ensure workforce readiness, and drive a culture of continuous improvement.
Drive high-value strategic initiatives and cross-functional projects from concept to completion. Establish accountability, coordinate stakeholders, and manage successful outcomes on behalf of the CGO.
Develop structured frameworks and processes to identify and address cross-functional risks, organizational challenges, and systemic issues, enabling sustainable growth and operational excellence.
Oversee planning, messaging, and follow-up around high-level external engagements to ensure impactful and aligned interactions with key stakeholders, customers, and partners.