# Chief of Staff, Government Affairs and Public Policy

**Company**: HP
**Location**: Washington, District of Columbia
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $130,700 to $205,200 USD annually
**Category**: Policy & Public Affairs
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

HP is seeking a Chief of Staff to support the Chief Public Policy Officer (CPPO) and drive strategic execution across the global Government Affairs & Public Policy (GA&PP) organization.

The Chief of Staff serves as a trusted advisor to the CPPO and GA&PP Leadership Team, translating priorities into action, strengthening coordination across teams, and ensuring timely delivery of leadership commitments.

**Key Responsibilities:**

**Strategic Planning and Executive Partnership**

- Advise the CPPO and GA&PP Leadership Team on priorities, organizational challenges, and execution risks.

- Structure complex issues into clear options and actionable recommendations.

- Coordinate annual planning and periodic priority reviews, establishing objectives, milestones, and accountable owners.

- Anticipate issues requiring CPPO attention and coordinate the information and recommendations needed for decisions.

**Operating Rhythm and Organizational Effectiveness**

- Manage GA&PP's operating cadence, including leadership meetings, all-employee meetings, planning sessions, and organizational reviews.

- Ensure meetings advance decisions and priorities through focused agendas, appropriate preparation, and documented follow-up.

- Drive accountability for leadership commitments, addressing dependencies and escalating risks across global teams.

- Partner with Finance, HR, and GA&PP leaders to coordinate budget and workforce planning.

- Identify opportunities to improve collaboration, clarify responsibilities, and simplify internal processes.

**Executive Communications**

- Lead preparation of executive presentations, Board materials, briefing documents, talking points, and responses to leadership questions.

- Synthesize contributions from regional and functional experts into accurate, concise materials.

- Manage preparation and review timelines for priority executive deliverables.

- Support communication of GA&PP's strategy, priorities, decisions, and progress across the organization.

**Transformation and Special Initiatives**

- Lead designated transformation initiatives and special projects sponsored by the CPPO.

- Establish project objectives, milestones, responsibilities, and measures of success.

- Coordinate participating teams, resolve execution barriers, and provide leadership with clear progress assessments.

- Advance adoption of AI-enabled workflows that improve productivity and the quality of decision support.

- Ensure completed initiatives transition to appropriate ongoing owners.

**Executive Operations and Team Leadership**

- Partner with the CPPO's Executive Assistant to align scheduling priorities, preparation, and follow-up with the CPPO's objectives.

- Coordinate competing requests for executive attention and recommend appropriate prioritization or delegation.

- Oversee the Chief of Staff team, setting expectations, managing workload, and supporting professional development.

- Build a collaborative and responsive function that supports the CPPO and GA&PP Leadership Team.

- Handle sensitive information and relationships with discretion.

**Required Capabilities and Qualifications**

- Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, business operations, executive support, government affairs, or related work.

- Experience leading complex initiatives across teams with competing priorities.

- Strong analytical judgment and ability to develop practical recommendations from incomplete information.

- Excellent executive writing and presentation skills.

- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive commitments across organizational boundaries.

- Experience coordinating resource planning, organizational performance, and change initiatives.

- Ability to work independently, anticipate needs, and manage sensitive matters.

- Experience leading and developing staff.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience supporting a senior executive in a Chief of Staff or comparable capacity.

- Experience in a multinational technology company or global government affairs organization.

- Familiarity with public policy and the relationship between policy priorities and business objectives.

- Experience improving organizational processes through digital tools and AI-enabled workflows.

The pay range for this role is $130,700 to $205,200 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only).

**Benefits:**

- Health insurance

- Dental insurance

- Vision insurance

- Long term/short term disability insurance

- Employee assistance program

- Flexible spending account

- Life insurance

- Generous time off policies, including;

- 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure

- 11 paid holidays

- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave

## Skills

### Required
- strategic planning
- business operations
- executive support
- government affairs
- analytical judgment
- executive writing
- presentation skills
- influence senior stakeholders

### Nice to have
- public policy
- organizational processes
- digital tools
- AI-enabled workflows

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