Program Manager, Chief of Staff Office

Program Manager, Chief of Staff Office

This role will lead key operational programs including executive communications, employee engagement, intern programs, business continuity planning, records management, site investment governance, and organizational reporting. The ideal candidate is a highly organized business operations leader who excels at driving cross-functional initiatives, managing executive priorities, and creating operational excellence within a fast-paced global engineering organization.

• Coordinate employee engagement activities across the organization.
• Lead logistical planning for all-hands meetings, town halls, leadership events, and employee programs.
• Support execution of Annual Employee Meeting (AEM) planning and logistics.
• Drive recognition programs including WoW Awards and other employee recognition activities.
• Help create programs that strengthen organizational culture and employee experience.

• Draft, coordinate, and distribute leadership communications.
• Develop presentations, newsletters, talking points, and organizational updates.
• Coordinate communication plans for major organizational initiatives.
• Support executive messaging and leadership engagement activities.
• Help ensure consistent communication across global teams.

• Coordinate internship program activities across the engineering organization.
• Track intern onboarding, engagement activities, project assignments, and key milestones.
• Partner with managers, HR, recruiting, and university relations teams.
• Plan intern events and leadership engagement opportunities.
• Support intern conversion and retention efforts.

• Maintain tracking and reporting for site investment initiatives.
• Coordinate planning activities across multiple stakeholders.
• Monitor project status, spend tracking, milestones, and business impacts.
• Develop reporting and executive summaries for leadership review.
• Support annual planning and investment prioritization activities.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of program management, business operations, chief of staff, or organizational effectiveness experience.
• Experience supporting senior leaders and complex organizations.
• Strong project and program management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.

• Experience supporting engineering or R&D organizations.
• Experience in communications, employee engagement, or organizational effectiveness.
• Experience with budget tracking and business operations.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects.
• Experience working with executive leadership teams.
• Familiarity with records management, compliance, or business continuity planning processes.

The ideal candidate is the person whohelpskeepthe trains running. They are highly organized, detail-oriented, comfortable working with executives, strong in communications, capable of managing many simultaneous work streams, and able to translate leadership priorities into coordinated action across the organization.

• Agile Methodology
• Automation
• Change Management
• Computer Science
• Continuous Improvement Process
• JIRA
• Kanban Principles
• Lean Manufacturing
• Milestones (Project Management)
• New Product Development
• Process Improvement
• Product Management
• Project Engineering
• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Project Schedules
• Risk Management
• Scrum (Software Development)
• Software Development
• Sprint Planning

• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

• Impacts function and leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.

• Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.

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