Chief Of Staff / Technical Advisor

Atlassian; United States; Hybrid; USD 196,000 - 308,000; Full time

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Job summary

Atlassian, empowering teams to work anywhere, seeks a Technical Advisor (P70) to partner with the M100 Engineering Leadership and operate across a department‑level scope.

As a P70 individual contributor, you will evaluate high-stakes architectural proposals, drive cross‑organizational alignment, and optimize the engineering rhythm of the business across distributed systems and multi‑cloud environments. You will translate executive priorities into durable technical outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems architecture, or technical program management operating at scale
• Demonstrated P70-level scope with cross-organizational initiatives
• Hands-on software credibility with system-level knowledge
• Executive partner presence and strong communication with senior leaders
• Strategic program execution and delivery across distributed teams

Responsibilities

• Partner with M100 leaders to evaluate high-stakes technical proposals, RFCs, and architectural trade-offs across distributed systems
• Drive alignment and unblock complex technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams without direct line authority
• Define and run department-level operational rhythms, including OKR tracking and strategic milestone reviews
• Identify systemic operational risks, platform debt, and reliability bottlenecks with executives and leads
• Synthesize complex technical dilemmas into decision-ready frameworks for executive forums and board discussions
• Champion developer productivity, engineering standards, and platform modernization across the department

Job description

Overview

Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work - whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Technical Advisor (P70) to partner directly with our M100 Engineering Leadership.

As a P70 individual contributor, you operate across a department-level scope. You will serve as an intellectual sparring partner and trusted advisor to the engineering executive, evaluating complex technical architecture, driving cross-organizational alignment, and optimizing the engineering rhythm of business.

Your Future Org & Team The Engineering organization builds and scales the foundational platforms and products that power teamwork for hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide. Our teams operate across distributed multi-cloud architectures, enterprise-grade security and governance, and agent-native AI platforms. Sitting directly within the Enterprise Foundation leadership office, you will operate at the intersection of Engineering, Architecture, Product Management, and Design to ensure executive priorities translate into durable technical outcomes.

In this role, you will:

• Strategic & Technical Advisory: Partner closely with M100 leaders to evaluate high-stakes technical proposals, RFCs, and architectural trade-offs across distributed systems
• Cross-Department Influence: Drive alignment and unblock complex technical initiatives across multiple M60/M70 engineering teams without direct line authority
• Rhythm of Business & Operational Rigor: Define and run department-level operational rhythms, including OKR tracking, strategic milestone reviews, and executive briefing synthesis
• Incident & Technical Health Governance: Partner with technical leads to identify systemic operational risks, platform debt, and reliability bottlenecks, ensuring follow-through on architectural remediations
• Executive Communication & Integration: Synthesize complex technical dilemmas into crisp, decision-ready frameworks for executive forums and board-level discussions
• Engineering Excellence: Champion developer productivity, engineering standards, and platform modernization across the broader department

Must-Haves

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems architecture, or technical program management operating at scale
• Demonstrated P70-level scope: Proven track record of leading cross-organizational initiatives where business, product, and technical strategies are ambiguous or undefined
• Deep technical acumen: Hands-on software credibility with the ability to dive into code, system flows, microservices architecture, and technical trade-offs (e.g., consistency vs. latency, debt vs. velocity)
• Executive partner presence: Exceptional communication and framing skills, with experience acting as a trusted advisor to senior executives and multi-disciplinary teams
• Strategic program execution: Strong ability to connect high-level strategy to execution, tracking delivery health across distributed teams

Nice-to-Haves

• Prior experience in a Chief of Staff, Technical Advisor, or Principal TPM capacity within an enterprise SaaS engineering org
• Experience with large-scale cloud transformations, developer platform ecosystems, or AI/ML-native architecture
• Active participation in industry architecture forums, thought leadership, or open-source communities

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Pay Ranges

• In The United States , we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
• Zone A : $235,800 - $307,850
• Zone B : $212,220 - $277,065
• Zone C : $195,714 - $255,516

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits.

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of al