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Applied AI Strategy Business Planning Lead - Chief of Staff Description - HP's Applied AI organization is at the center of HP's enterprise AI transformation. The team builds internal AI solutions, runs the AI platform, develops new AI tools and infrastructure, and enables AI training and adoption for employees across the company. We are seeking a highly organized, strategic, and execution-oriented senior professional to serve as the Strategy & Business Planning Lead for Applied AI. This person will act as an operating partner to the VP, Head of Applied AI, helping a 120+ person organization run with clarity, discipline, and speed while ensuring the team is well represented with senior leaders and cross-functional partners. The ideal candidate is a strong collaborator and executive communicator who can manage a continual flow of leadership requests, synthesize complex AI and technology work into crisp narratives, maintain financial and operational discipline, and drive coordination across leaders, workstreams, and peer Chief of Staff / business operations teams. Key responsibilities Executive communications and storytelling Develop high-quality presentation materials for C-suite and senior executive audiences, including strategy updates, operating reviews, transformation narratives, investment cases, and progress reports. Partner with Applied AI leaders to translate technical AI, platform, infrastructure, and product work into clear business narratives and measurable outcomes for HP. Create reusable communication frameworks and establish recurring forums to improve how Applied AI explains its strategy, priorities, and impact. Operating rhythm and organizational effectiveness Design and manage the Applied AI operating cadence, including staff meetings, leadership mee

About the Team The Strategic Futures team is a small, research- and writing-focused group exploring how advanced AI could reshape public policy, institutions, and society over the long term. We operate like an internal think tank: developing clear views of desirable long-range outcomes, examining the choices that could make those outcomes more likely, and producing ideas that help OpenAI and the broader public navigate profound technological change. The team is intentionally lean and highly collaborative. Our work draws from public policy, law, economics, political science, history, institutional design, technology, and other relevant disciplines. We partner closely with experts across OpenAI to connect long-range thinking with evolving AI capabilities, organizational priorities, and real-world policy questions. About the Role We are looking for a highly organized and strategic operator to serve as Chief of Staff and Program Manager for the Strategic Futures team. Working closely with the team’s leader, you will translate broad priorities into coordinated execution, establish the systems and operating rhythms that keep a small team performing at a high level, and ensure important work moves forward with clarity and consistency. This is a hands-on role combining chief-of-staff partnership, program management, strategic planning, cross-functional coordination, and communications. You will make it easier for the team to focus on high-quality research and writing by ensuring priorities are clear, decisions are documented, dependencies are visible, collaborators are engaged, and follow-through is reliable. You will also serve as a central connector between Strategic Futures and teams across OpenAI, helping the group build trusted relationships, navigate organizational complexity, and contribute effectively to broader company priorities. In this role, you will: Partner closely with the leader of Strategic Futures to translate the team’s strategic direction into clear prio

We are seeking a Director of Events to lead the planning and delivery of NVIDIA's most significant and high-profile events. You will act as a strategic collaborator throughout the company — partnering with business units, product teams, marketing, communications, and executive leadership. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers! We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you! What you'll be doing: Own and drive the overall strategy for assigned flagship events — defining goals, structure, and success metrics in partnership with senior leadership. Work across NVIDIA's business units, product teams, marketing, and communications organizations to align events with company priorities and ensure cross-functional agreement and implementation. Function as the chief strategic and operational authority — guiding and managing teams through every workstream stage, from idea development to on-site delivery and subsequent event evaluation. Drive the creative and experiential vision in close partnership with creative, content, and brand teams. Manage large, complex budgets — tracking costs, forecasting, and driving financial accountability across a multi-million dollar event portfolio. Serve as the primary executive point of contact, providing leadership with regular updates, critical issues, and strategic recommendations. Lead all vendor, agency, and venue relationships — holding external partners accountable to the highest standards of quality and delivery. Develop and manage master event timelines, ensuring all workstreams stay on track and interdependencies are clearly mapped. What we need to see: 12+ overall years of ev

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Director, SME Growth Program Management Overview: SMEs are the backbone of the global economy and a key driver of Mastercard’s growth strategy. As both buyers and sellers within the payment ecosystem, they represent a significant opportunity to expand adoption, deepen engagement, and deliver innovative solutions that help businesses thrive. The Director, SME PMO & Strategic Execution will serve as the operational backbone of Mastercard's global SME business across the enterprise, ensuring priorities are translated into coordinated action and measurable outcomes. This role is responsible for driving cross-functional execution, governance, and accountability across the SME organization, partnering closely with senior leaders to align stakeholders, prioritize investments, and maximize business impact. As a trusted advisor and chief integrator, the Director will establish the operating rhythms, performance management processes, and decision-making frameworks that keep strategic initiatives on track. The role requires a highly collaborative leader who can influence across a complex global matrix, anticipate risks and dependencies, and bring teams together around shared objectives. The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen with exceptional program management and stakeholder leadership skills.

About the Team DoorDash’s Internal Audit team provides independent assurance that the company’s risk management, governance, and internal control processes are operating effectively. We are a small team that is looking to expand and bring on motivated professionals. We don’t think of ourselves as a typical audit function - we are obsessively focused on risks to the organizations which reflects in the type of projects we support and execute. DoorDash is rapidly growing - we are expanding in multiple geos and launching new products. This exciting growth allows us to drive creative analysis, strategy, and solutions. Our focus areas include financial, operational, regulatory, security, IT, and more. About the Role We are seeking a Senior Director, IT Internal Audit to lead the strategy, execution and evolution of DoorDash’s global IT audit function. In this highly visible role, you will help shape the technology risk management practices across DoorDash - you will oversee a broad portfolio of audits, including IT SOX, cybersecurity, data governance, AI governance, and operational technology. You will report directly to the Chief Audit Executive and serve as a strategic advisor to DoorDash’s technology, security, and engineering leaders. You will bring deep technical audit expertise, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for innovation to build and lead a world-class IT audit organization that scales with the business. This role demands someone who can balance strategy with execution (and isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves) — a leader who can anticipate emerging technology risks, foster strong cross-functional partnerships, translate complex technical concepts into meaningful business insights, and be ready to operate at the lowest level of detail. You will partner with teams across Security, Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Privacy Legal, AI, Product, and Compliance to strengthen our risk posture and drive a data-driven approach

Mid-Market Account Executive Location: Remote - Hiring for multiple U.S. region, starting with Eastern US Reports To: SVP, Sales About the Role We are seeking an experienced, high-performing Mid-Market Account Executive to own the full sales cycle for selling new healthcare system customers. This role will focus on driving net-new revenue by introducing Canopy’s flagship wearable safety platform to C-level executives, security leaders, and operational decision-makers in hospitals and health systems. You’ll be selling a solution with an obvious ROI, a compelling emotional value proposition, and a proven track record of rapid adoption in one of healthcare’s most urgent priority areas—staff safety. Successful candidates will have a proven track record of driving new logo sales by identifying, prospecting, and closing six-figure deals in US-based healthcare systems, helping them solve complex, cross-functional business challenges with innovative solutions. Key Responsibilities Pipeline Generation – Identify, research, and target prospective health systems and hospitals; develop and execute account penetration strategies. Full-Cycle Sales Execution – Own the sales process from first meeting through close, including discovery, ROI modeling, proposal creation, contract negotiation, and handoff to implementation. Enterprise Stakeholder Management – Engage with multiple decision-makers including CNOs, COOs, CIOs, and Security Chiefs to navigate complex buying committees. Solution Selling – Articulate the value of Canopy’s wearable safety platform, demonstrating both operational impact and emotional ROI for staff safety. Pipeline Management: Maintain a robust and accurate sales pipeline, providing regular forecasts and updates to leadership. Market Development – Represent Canopy at industry conferences, security forums, and healthcare technology events to build relationships and brand awareness. Required Experience & Skills Track Record – 3+ years of B2B SaaS or healthcar

Upwork Inc.'s (Nasdaq: UPWK) family of companies connects businesses with global, AI-enabled talent across every contingent work type including freelance, fractional, and payrolled. This portfolio includes the Upwork Marketplace, which connects businesses with on-demand access to highly skilled talent across the globe, and Lifted, which provides a purpose-built solution for enterprise organizations to source, contract, manage, and pay talent across the full spectrum of contingent work. From Fortune 100 enterprises to entrepreneurs, businesses rely on Upwork Inc. to find and hire expert talent, leverage AI-powered work solutions, and drive business transformation. With access to professionals spanning more than 10,000 skills across AI & machine learning, software development, sales & marketing, customer support, finance & accounting, and more, the Upwork family of companies enables businesses of all sizes to scale, innovate, and transform their workforces for the age of AI and beyond. Since its founding, Upwork Inc. has facilitated more than $30 billion in total transactions and services as it fulfills its purpose to create opportunity in every era of work. Learn more about the Upwork Marketplace at Upwork.com and follow us on LinkedIn , Facebook , Instagram , TikTok , and X ; and learn more about Lifted at Go-Lifted and follow on LinkedIn . About the Role Upwork's COO and GM of Marketplace operates across one of the broadest organizational portfolios in the company - spanning Legal, Information Security, Marketing, Payments, Trust & Safety, Communications, Customer Support, Design, and Product. The Chief of Staff to the COO exists to make that model work: not as a coordinator, but as a true operating partner who extends the COO's capacity, sharpens decision-making, and holds together a complex, fast-moving organization. This role requires someone who has earned the confidence to walk into any room, speak with authority, and immediately earn cre

Upwork Inc.’s (Nasdaq: UPWK) family of companies connects businesses with global, AI-enabled talent across every contingent work type including freelance, fractional, and payrolled. This portfolio includes the Upwork Marketplace, which connects businesses with on-demand access to highly skilled talent across the globe, and Lifted, which provides a purpose-built solution for enterprise organizations to source, contract, manage, and pay talent across the full spectrum of contingent work. From Fortune 100 enterprises to entrepreneurs, businesses rely on Upwork Inc. to find and hire expert talent, leverage AI-powered work solutions, and drive business transformation. With access to professionals spanning more than 10,000 skills across AI & machine learning, software development, sales & marketing, customer support, finance & accounting, and more, the Upwork family of companies enables businesses of all sizes to scale, innovate, and transform their workforces for the age of AI and beyond. Since its founding, Upwork Inc. has facilitated more than $30 billion in total transactions and services as it fulfills its purpose to create opportunity in every era of work. Learn more about the Upwork Marketplace at Upwork.com and follow us on LinkedIn , Facebook , Instagram , TikTok , and X ; and learn more about Lifted at Go-Lifted and follow on LinkedIn . We are seeking a proactive, highly organized Executive Assistant to support the Office of the CEO. In this in-person role based in Palo Alto, you will work closely with the Executive Assistant to the CEO, Chief of Staff to the CEO, and CEO to ensure seamless day-to-day operations, thoughtful coordination, and exceptional execution. This is an opportunity to work at the center of Upwork's leadership team, where your ability to anticipate needs, navigate shifting priorities, and solve problems independently will make a meaningful impact. You will serve as a trusted partner, managing complex logistics, supporting executi

Upwork Inc.'s (Nasdaq: UPWK) family of companies connects businesses with global, AI-enabled talent across every contingent work type including freelance, fractional, and payrolled. This portfolio includes the Upwork Marketplace, which connects businesses with on-demand access to highly skilled talent across the globe, and Lifted, which provides a purpose-built solution for enterprise organizations to source, contract, manage, and pay talent across the full spectrum of contingent work. From Fortune 100 enterprises to entrepreneurs, businesses rely on Upwork Inc. to find and hire expert talent, leverage AI-powered work solutions, and drive business transformation. With access to professionals spanning more than 10,000 skills across AI & machine learning, software development, sales & marketing, customer support, finance & accounting, and more, the Upwork family of companies enables businesses of all sizes to scale, innovate, and transform their workforces for the age of AI and beyond. Since its founding, Upwork Inc. has facilitated more than $30 billion in total transactions and services as it fulfills its purpose to create opportunity in every era of work. Learn more about the Upwork Marketplace at Upwork.com and follow us on LinkedIn , Facebook , Instagram , TikTok , and X ; and learn more about Lifted at Go-Lifted and follow on LinkedIn . You will be joining the award-winning Legal & Policy team. We support every business unit and function in the company to unlock opportunity and win with integrity. We enable, accelerate, and protect Upwork’s business in a collaborative and innovative manner at a world-class level. In this role, you serve as a strategic partner to the Chief Legal Officer and work closely with the entire Legal team, as well as cross-functional stakeholders, to ensure Legal programs run smoothly. You oversee all facets of the Legal team’s operations, play a key role in day-to-day support, and make an impact by driving efficienc

Pendo is seeking a strategic, proactive Chief of Staff to serve as a trusted advisor and partner to our CEO. This highly visible role will help shape and advance company priorities, drive cross-functional alignment, and enable effective decision-making across the executive team. The ideal candidate is a sharp, analytical thinker who thrives in complexity, brings clarity to ambiguous situations, and moves seamlessly between strategy and execution. You’ll bring an independent and balanced point of view, build trusted relationships across the organization, and help translate the CEO’s and executive team’s priorities into meaningful business outcomes. This role is based in our Raleigh office and requires travel. What this looks like day-to-day Honestly, there is no day-to-day for this job -- that’s the point. We’re looking for a heat-seeking missile to direct at the company’s hardest problems. Yes, you’ll be a member of our C-team helping to maximize our team’s entire effectiveness including our strategy planning, goal-setting, etc. We’re not looking for a facilitator or agenda-creator. We’re looking for someone who can synthesize data, form opinions and tackle problems with minimal supervision. Strategic planning and operating cadence: Drive the company’s strategic planning and operating rhythm, including annual thematic goals and quarterly OKRs. Partner with executive leaders and program owners to establish priorities, track progress, and surface issues requiring leadership attention. Tackle the hard problems: Take on complex, high-impact problems with minimal direction. Identify root causes, bring together the right perspectives to shape the path forward, and drive the work to a measurable outcome. Turn executive priorities into measurable results: Translate critical priorities into coordinated action across the organization. Mobilize the right leaders, remove obstacles, establish accountability, and sustain momentum through delivery. Executive and board commun

As Chief of Staff to the Chief Product Officer, you will be a force multiplier for Asana's product leadership team. This role helps the CPO run a high-functioning organization by translating priorities into an effective operating rhythm, keeping Product, Engineering, and Design aligned, and driving the key forums, communications, and strategic work that let leaders make better decisions faster. This is a high-trust, high-judgment role for someone who can move fluidly between strategic thinking and execution. You will own the cadence and connective tissue around the Office of the CPO: leadership meetings, board and planning materials, internal communications, cross-functional follow-through, and special projects that do not sit neatly within a single team. The role is especially important as the CPO's org now includes StackAI, Ecosystem Partnerships, and Data Science. You increase the CPO’s leverage by representing his priorities clearly, moving cross-functional work forward without him in the room, and imposing structure on messy, ambiguous situations. This role is not a head of operations, a gatekeeper, or a proxy product leader. It succeeds by increasing leadership leverage, organizational clarity, and decision quality across the product organization. This role is based in our San Francisco office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements. What you’ll achieve Run the core operating rhythm for the Office of the CPO, including but not limited to CPO directs, R&D leadership, and product leads at executive meetings Drive high-quality preparation, agendas, decisions, and follow-through for leadership meetings so the right conversatio

POSITION SUMMARY The Leader of Strategic Programs /COS drives internal organizational program and project management on behalf of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), turning strategic priorities into coordinated, well-governed execution. This role act s as a force multiplier, enabling leaders to focus on high-priority decisions while ensuring that organizational initiatives are executed efficiently ; monitors progress across cross-functional initiatives, keeps stakeholders accountable to deadlines, and removes roadblocks so leadership's strategic agenda moves forward on schedule. The ideal candidate is a creative problem solver with a strong bias toward operational effectiveness, is comfortable using project and work-management tools to bring visibility and structure to fast-moving initiatives and is seeking to build the breadth of experience needed to advance into a leadership role. SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic Initiative & Program Management Serve as the internal program/project management lead for organization-wide initiatives sponsored by the Executive Leadership Team. Work collaboratively with Executive Leadership to translate strategic priorities into structured plans, workstreams, and measurable milestones. Build and maintain a portfolio view of active initiatives, surfacing status, risks, and dependencies to leadership on a regular cadence . Maintain a keen focus on meeting deadlines under pressure, adjusting plans proactively when priorities or timelines shift. Acting as a liaison, they translate executive priorities to teams and communicate organizational updates back to leadership . They may lead high-impact projects, prepare executives for key meetings, and respond to urgent organizational challenges . Provide data‑backed insights, challenge assumptions, and support executive decision‑making. Stakeholder Accountability & Execution Monitor progress agains

MKTQ427R52 Location: San Francisco, CA We're looking for a Chief of Staff to the CMO to provide business leadership and establish operational rigor for the Databricks Marketing organization and support our mission to be the leading enterprise Data + AI company. You will develop an understanding of strategic and operational challenges faced by teams and define appropriate solutions to address such challenges. As a member of the leadership team, directly reporting to the CMO, you will extend the reach of the CMO by acting as a strategic advisor to the Marketing leadership team and managing all the critical business operations of the CMO office, including: AI transformation investment stewardship annual strategic planning company priority initiatives marketing priorities cross-functional initiatives executive presentations marketing performance (ROI) management organizational strategy internal marketing communication The impact you will have: Translate Databricks' company strategy into Marketing annual plans, OKRs, and strategic initiatives Drive marketing alignment and execution by driving company priority and marketing priority initiatives across a 250-person Marketing team Identify and lead cross-functional process improvements that deliver on company-wide efficiency and profitability goals, most notably our AI transformation Accelerate decision-making velocity by owning critical CMO forums (e.g., Marketing leadership, Marketing strategy), running high-impact agendas and follow-through on all action items Increase planning and analytic rigor; improve Marketing ROI and efficiency year-on-year in line with the company’s rapid growth goals, and in partnership with Analytics and Finance Drive marketing-wide and cross-functional alignment by driving CMO communications and exec presentations, including driving All-Staff meetings and quarterly business reviews What we look for: 10+ years of marketing experience, ideally including recent experience at Dire

Chief of Staff, Public Sector As the Chief of Staff for Scale AI’s Public Sector business unit, you will be a strategic partner to the VP, Public Sector Engineering & Security, driving the execution of critical initiatives and optimizing the operational rhythm of the business. Your role will encompass strategic planning, cross-functional initiatives management, executive reporting, special project execution, and the synthesis of complex information to support Public Sector objectives and growth. We are seeking a hard charging, initiative-driven generalist that is obsessed with impact, deeply analytical, low ego, and ready to embrace the intensity required to achieve the goals of our growing Public Sector business. You will: Act as an extension of the VP, Public Sector Engineering & Security by attending key meetings and calls on the VP’s behalf, supporting client development, external presentations, internal problem solving, and special projects Run strategic planning for the business unit to include scoping business priorities, driving alignment among the VP, Public Sector Engineering + senior leadership (VPs of Engineering, Sales, and Operations), and leading initiatives that move the needle on key performance indicators (KPIs) Own operational rhythms for the business unit (leadership meetings, all hands, offsite events), executive deliverables, and special projects Own all executive-level reporting that communicates progress and blockers for the business unit and act as the primary liaison to central functions such as finance, communications, marketing, and legal Report to the VP, Engineering & Security of Scale’s Public Sector business unit Ideally you’d have: A strong orientation towards outcomes and a history of being scrappy when it counts An effective interpersonal style that you bring to bear in everything from deep technical conversations with engineers to polished executive level comms Proven ability to build high trus

We’re looking for a strategic and collaborative leader to join Asana as our Chief Accounting Officer. In this pivotal role, you will guide our global financial operations, overseeing our Accounting, controllership, billing, and revenue accounting functions. You will lead a high-performing finance team that tracks and seeks to understand the factors driving our growth and success, helping our entire organization achieve its operational and financial goals while embodying our company values. As a core financial leader and Section 16 Officer, you will partner closely with cross-functional executive stakeholders to ensure our business objectives are feasible and our long-term growth is built on an enduring foundation of operational excellence. This role is based in our San Francisco office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements. What you’ll achieve Lead Asana's global Accounting, controllership, billing, and revenue accounting functions. Serve as an executive Section 16 Officer, ensuring the highest standards of financial integrity, compliance, and rigorous governance for a public corporation. Oversee the accurate and timely execution of all monthly, quarterly, and fiscal year-end financial close processes and reporting. Partner closely with cross-functional executive stakeholders across Finance, Legal, and Product to build scalable financial infrastructure that supports business expansion. Develop, implement, and maintain robust internal controls and accounting policies to safeguard corporate assets. Mentor, grow, and empower a diverse, high-performing team, fostering a supportive environment focused on continuous career development. About you Pr