Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff – Federal Intel Leadership Team

Orbis is a practitioner‑led company that moves at mission tempo and is looking for a Chief of Staff to join the Federal Intel Leadership team and act as a force multiplier by improving organizational effectiveness, driving strategic initiatives, facilitating executive decision‑making, and ensuring key business priorities are executed effectively. The role is a mid‑level leadership position that supports operations, growth, people, and customer relations, operates with discretion, and drives initiatives to closure.

The Chief of Staff is a high‑trust, high‑visibility position that sits at the operational center of the business unit. The Chief of Staff must be comfortable operating in an environment where priorities shift, ambiguity is the norm, and execution is expected without a detailed playbook. This role does not manage staff directly; it creates leverage by driving cross‑functional alignment, owning strategic projects, and ensuring the organization acts on what the leadership team decides.

• Drive Strategic Priorities & Special Projects:
  Lead cross‑functional initiatives from planning through execution, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and removing barriers to progress.
• Translate Strategy Into Actionable Plans:
  Convert leadership priorities into clear work streams, milestones, owners, and measurable outcomes.
• Provide Situational Awareness &
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Monitor organizational dynamics, surface emerging issues early, and proactively flag risks, conflicts, or misalignments.
• Serve as a Strategic Thought Partner:
  Deliver insights, analyses, business cases, and data‑driven recommendations to support executive decision making.
• Synthesize Information for Executive Consumption:
  Produce concise, decision‑ready briefings, summaries, and talking points that distill complex information across the business.
• Manage Operating Cadence & Organizational Rhythm:
  Oversee staff meetings, planning cycles, program reviews, and action‑item tracking to maintain operational discipline and accountability.
• Lead Internal & External Communications:
  Draft, refine, and coordinate high‑priority communications, ensuring consistent messaging to employees, customers, and stakeholders.
• Support Talent Processes & Organizational Health:
  Partner with HR on hiring, onboarding, and identifying organizational inefficiencies; recommend improvements backed by analysis.
• Oversee Federal Intel–Specific Processes:
  Manage the Federal Intel material repository, document procedures, administer awards programs, and participate in PMR processes to understand financial performance.
• Enhance Engagement & Executive Preparedness:
  Support leadership in communication and engagement strategies; prepare pre‑briefs, background materials, and decision memos for high‑stakes interactions.
• Strategic Leadership & Initiative
  • Proven self‑starter who delivers outcomes from high‑level guidance, independently or as part of a team, with a track record of leading cross‑functional teams through strategic initiatives.
  • Thrives in ambiguity, brings order from chaos, and demonstrates agility in fast‑paced, mission‑driven environments.
• Business Acumen & Domain Knowledge
  • Strong decision‑making and strategic thinking grounded in a solid grasp of federal contracting environments, including BD lifecycle, program execution rhythms, and government client relationship dynamics.
  • Ability to gather and analyze data, identify issues, and develop actionable solutions that support intel‑focused program and business objectives.
• Communication, Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to produce concise, decision‑quality documents under time pressure.
  • Builds and sustains relationships across internal teams, external stakeholders, and government clients, fostering collaboration and serving diverse program and employee needs.
• Manages multiple competing priorities and delivers results on schedule with a flexible, versatile approach to change.
• Comfortable operating within dynamic program execution environments with shifting requirements and stakeholder…