Executive Operations Chief of Staff

GovHRUSA; Warwick (RI); On-site; USD 14,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

GovHRUSA is seeking a highly organized Chief of Staff to the Executive Vice President of Business Development & Public Safety. This on-site, long-term contract role requires turning executive direction into actionable plans and ensuring follow-through across a broad portfolio.

You will monitor progress with dashboards, reports, and performance indicators, while holding leaders accountable and mitigating risks. A senior, detail-oriented presence is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, aviation management, finance, organizational management, or a related field.
• Master's degree in business administration, public administration, aviation management, or a related field is preferred.
• Experience supporting senior executives, coordinating complex priorities, and driving work across multiple departments is required.
• Minimum seven years of progressively responsible professional experience with management, project, operational, financial, or executive staff responsibility.
• Meticulous attention to detail, strong follow-up discipline, and ability to hold teams accountable for commitments and deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with executive presence to influence outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the EVP's Chief of Staff by organizing priorities, coordinating execution, and ensuring timely follow-through across the Business Development & Public Safety portfolio.
• Translate executive direction into clear assignments, milestones, deadlines, owners, and expected outcomes.
• Maintain consolidated work plans, status reports, dashboards, scorecards, and performance indicators across assigned departments.
• Hold department leaders and responsible parties accountable for commitments, deadlines, deliverables, and corrective actions.
• Run interference on behalf of the EVP by identifying obstacles, resolving coordination issues, elevating barriers, and ensuring momentum.
• Establish ownership, decision authority, accountability measures, and escalation processes for major initiatives and recurring responsibilities.
• Verify reported performance through documentation review, QA checks, field observations, site visits, and observed results.
• Monitor contracts, vendors, invoices, budgets, and expenditures to ensure oversight and controls.
• Identify risks and ensure timely mitigation or escalation across operational and financial domains.
• Prepare executive briefings, decision memoranda, dashboards, and presentations for senior leadership and Board matters.

Skills

Executive support

Cross-functional coordination

Follow-up discipline

Executive communications

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

GovHRUSA is seeking a highly organized Chief of Staff to the Executive Vice President of Business Development & Public Safety. This on-site, long-term contract role requires turning executive direction into actionable plans and ensuring follow-through across a broad portfolio.

You will monitor progress with dashboards, reports, and performance indicators, while holding leaders accountable and mitigating risks. A senior, detail-oriented presence is essential for success.