Chief of Staff & Operations, Strategic Advisory & Lifecycle Resiliency Services Job Details | Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Black & Veatch - Des Moines, IA

Part-time,Full-time - Senior

Des Moines, IA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Chief of Staff & Operations role at Black & Veatch involves serving as an executive advisor to the President of Strategic Advisory & Lifecycle Resiliency Services (SALRS). This position focuses on driving operational excellence, supporting leadership objectives, and enhancing the effectiveness of the SALRS organization. The Chief of Staff will be responsible for strategic initiatives, communication management, and fostering partnerships across the business to ensure alignment with organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Execute operational excellence with a focus on driving key strategic objectives including sales performance to goals.
• Expand the bandwidth and effectiveness of the President and ensure that the SALRS organization is highly effective.
• Support and facilitate the SALRS Leadership Team objectives.
• Ensure that SALRS leadership is best in class, with defined and effective processes and governance.
• Build partnerships across the business and advocate for business objectives and strategy.
• Anticipate challenges that require diplomacy and immediate attention.
• Provide leadership that influences better time management and flow of information to and from the SALRS President.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience.
• Client services experience.
• 12-15+ years of business experience progressing through leadership roles and assignments that provide broad multi-functional capability.

Nice-to-haves

• Consulting, PM or commercial leadership role.
• Supervisory experience or oversight of project teams.
• Degree in business, economics, finance or engineering preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• 401K match
• Benefits starting day 1
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid vacation and holiday time
• Sick time and dependent sick time
• Adoption reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vendor discounts
• Employment referral program
• AD&D insurance
• Pre-taxed accounts
• Voluntary legal plan
• Performance-based bonus program