# Chief of Staff

**Company**: Zendesk
**Location**: Austin, Texas
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $185,000.00-$277,000.00
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join Zendesk as a Chief of Staff, partnering with the Chief People Officer and People Leadership Team. You'll drive strategic priorities, portfolio management, and communications to deliver meaningful outcomes for employees and the business.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Partner with the CPO to shape and execute the People team's strategic priorities, annual plans, and operating cadence.

- Lead portfolio management across People initiatives, clarifying outcomes, dependencies, resourcing, risks, decisions, and progress.

- Own the People team planning process and budget rhythm in partnership with Finance and functional leaders.

- Drive preparation for Board and executive-level discussions, developing clear narratives, materials, and follow-through for People-related topics.

- Plan and facilitate People Leadership Team offsites and coordinate People Team All Hands and engagement moments.

- Serve as an active member of the People Leadership Team and Zendesk's Chief of Staff community.

- Lead high-priority, confidential, and often ambiguous special projects for the CPO.

**Requirements:**

- 10+ years of experience in business strategy, business operations, People/HR operations, consulting, program management, or a related strategic role.

- 4+ years partnering directly with C-suite or senior executive leaders in a Chief of Staff, strategy, operations, or equivalent capacity.

- Experience leading enterprise or functional planning, portfolio management, and cross-functional initiatives with multiple senior stakeholders.

- Experience developing executive- and Board-level materials, including synthesizing business, financial, and people data into clear recommendations.

- Demonstrated experience managing budgets, forecasting, or financial planning in partnership with Finance.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience supporting a Chief People Officer, CHRO, or senior leadership team in a global technology or SaaS company.

- Experience working in a 3,000+ employee, multi-region organization undergoing growth, transformation, or significant operating change.

- Experience designing leadership-team operating rhythms, offsites, employee communications, or large-scale engagement events.

- Experience using planning, portfolio management, and analytics tools to create transparent reporting, strengthen decision-making, and improve team effectiveness.

**Compensation:** The US annualized base salary range for this position is $185,000.00-$277,000.00. This position may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, or related incentives.

## Skills

### Required
- strategic planning
- portfolio management
- budgeting
- financial planning
- executive communication

### Nice to have
- AI-enabled tools
- planning
- analytics
- leadership-team operating rhythms
- employee communications

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