The Role:
The Chief of Staff will serve as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to the Global Public Policy Senior Executive leadership team, driving alignment across a dynamic portfolio of global initiatives, stakeholder engagements, and policy priorities. This role demands a high level of discretion, intellectual agility, and operational excellence to manage both strategic and tactical activities across senior leadership.
Responsibilities
- Lead GPP Operations Team that manages global function budget and headcount; senior executive engagement and briefings; GM political and industry affairs, including GM PAC and grassroots , lobbying disclosures, and trade association relationships; DC office operations; and special project support for GPP functions and events. Drives coordination and collaboration with GPP executive support staff to ensure seamless operational support of executives and other professional staff.
- Serve as senior advisor to and proxy for Head of GPP on a range of business, policy, geopolitical issues, personnel management, and special projects representing GPP perspective on urgent and emerging issues throughout decision-making forums. Help to ensure transparency and alignment as appropriate on GPP Leadership Team decisions and direction.
- Oversee annual GPP budget formulation and allocations, ensuring funds are spent in alignment with Operating Plan while avoiding overruns; liaising with Finance, HR and other functions to ensure good budget management.
- Maintain oversight on GPP headcount to ensure adherence to allotted maximum and ensure hiring and retention address critical needs; partner with HR and GPP team leaders.
- Lead creation and execution of annual GPP strategy and Operating Plan, ensuring alignment across global teams and that progress towards functional priorities drives GM’s enterprise objectives.
- Lead GPP Leadership Team Priorities meetings, bi-weekly Strategy meetings, and All People Meetings.
- Lead GPP Engagement Committee and serve as “chief engagement officer,” driving efforts to build GPP culture and ensure best-in-class workplace environment.
- Help shape strategic policy priorities and supporting advocacy and narratives; utilize knowledge of GPP and the policymaking process to advance cross-cutting GM and GPP objectives. Emphasis placed on collaboration with GM Communications teams and other external facing functions.
- Drive coordination across GPP teams and GM functions, ensuring that issues are handled in a coordinated manner, align with business goals, and are supported by appropriate GM teams and resources.
- Serve as a key communications channel between GPP and GM Senior Leadership, ensuring senior executives are educated on key policy developments and prepared to engage with government officials to advance enterprise priorities.
- Manage and mentor a small, high-performing staff supporting the Global Public Policy office, ensuring clarity of roles, alignment with strategic priorities, and professional development across the team.
Required Skills and Experiences
- Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Economics or other Policy related areas
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated history of exceptional judgement and discretion
- Understanding of GPP and GM functions/structure
- Ability to successfully work with various leadership styles to advance objectives
- Ability to coordinate across geographically diverse groups
- Ability to distill complex information into executive level communications to aid quick decision making.
- Ability to excel in fast-paced, dynamic situations
- Expertise with Microsoft Tools
- Demonstrated experience with communication to Senior Executive Stakeholders
Preferred Skills and Experiences
- Master’s degree
- 7-10+ years of project management, strategy, or related business experience
- Past experience in a policy domain
Compensation:
The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws.
The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.
- The salary range for this role is $149,000- $198,600. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
- Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
- Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
