Chief of Staff

Company: AUTODESK, INC.
Location: San Rafael
Posted on: September 12, 2020

Job Description:

The Global Operations group within the Finance Organization is responsible for Client Support, Pricing, Product Access, Export Control, Solution Design, Process Improvements, Business Automaton, and driving the digitization of Finance org.

We are looking for a Chief of Staff for the Vice President of Global Operations. If you are a self-directing, highly organized, strategically thinking, and detailed oriented individual with a get-it-done attitude, this job is for you.

In this role, you will serve as the Chief of Staff for the VP, Global Operations - streamlining time management, information, and decision processes to be more effective for the VP and the organization. You will be the trusted advisor. Your goal is to enable the leadership team to operate at a higher level of performance.

Responsibilities

Drive a strategic long-range plan, organizational SWOT, financial plan processes and discussions with Operations staff and stakeholders to understand the business environment, understand future capability needs, develop strategic objectives and assess the organization resources/changes required to achieve them

Prepare presentations for external and internal audiences such as customers, conferences, senior leaders of the company, All Hands meetings

Chair the staff meetings, including developing the agenda to review strategic topics and monitor operational health such as success indicators, budget, employee engagement, etc.

Structure Operational reviews- project reviews that drive operational efficiencies

Develop and execute the internal communication strategy by closely working with the Communications Manager to drive strategic change, inform managers and employees, and ensure robust alignment across departments and geos

Drive people development initiatives in conjunction with Operations staff and HR Business Partner. Examples include defining and executing hiring strategies, supporting the development of the Operations community with a learning agenda, assisting with inclusion initiatives, and instituting policy/guidelines to respond to group’s feedback/improvement areas

Leading strategic projects such as conducting benchmark studies to compare industry best practices versus those of Operations, or other strategic projects in support of the group’s or Autodesk’s vision

Establishing priorities for the VP’s calendar in concert with the Executive Assistant, considering organizational and cross-group schedules and commitments

Act as a proxy to the VP in requested meetings

Identify ways to develop leadership within the group, aligned with organizational goals

Ensure a strong and candid team dynamic by creating an optimum environment for productive dialogue

Be an honest broker and truth teller in consideration of the needs of the entire organization

Minimum Qualifications

B.S. and 8+ years of SaaS/Software or other high-tech industry experience

Detail-oriented, strategically adept, and a go-getter

Must be highly skilled at building relationships (with Operations staff, and senior leaders across Finance and a large organization) to influence agendas and drive organizational goals and programs

Candidates should have demonstrated ability to create and drive strategies, work independently, and simultaneously manage diverse assignments while remaining organized and productive in a highly interrupt driven environment

Must possess a well-developed ability to read the internal and external landscape

Must have strong business acumen in order to understand, prioritize, and act on the many requests received

Strong ability to influence and collaborate is a must in this position, as success will be measured by ability to influence situations where no formal authority exists

Skilled at identifying and optimizing areas of ongoing concern within the business (both structurally and operationally)

Excellent organizational skills, written and oral communications skills

Strong desire and commitment to achieve operational excellence

Must demonstrate strong leadership, teamwork, resourcefulness, and be trustworthy with sensitive information

High tolerance for ambiguity, with the ability to create order

The optimal candidate is self-driven and has a demonstrated ability to survey the environment and come up with relevant action plans to help the VP to be more effective

MBA and/or consulting experience

Expertise in data science/statistics, Finance, Operations

Human Centered Design acumen

Program Management

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