Chief of Staff - Engineering chez Forterra Careers

About the role

The Engineering Chief of Staff partners directly with the CTO and engineering leadership to ensure the organization operates efficiently, executes priorities, and communicates clearly. This role is focused on driving alignment, accountability, and delivery across the engineering org.

What you'll do

• Maintain and improve the operating rhythm between engineering and product — planning, prioritization, goal tracking.
• Drive closure on strategic initiatives that improve the business and engineering org by coordinating with the engineering senior leadership team.
• Lead cross-cutting engineering initiatives that unlock product velocity.
• Run leadership meetings: own the weekly senior leadership meeting—agenda, notes, follow-ups, accountability.
• Drive communications: prepare briefings, decks, and updates for internal and external audiences.
• Keep priorities moving: ensure the leadership team closes on actions and stays focused on what matters most.
• Provide context both ways: make sure leaders and their teams are aligned with the right information at the right time.
• Be the glue between very high-functioning leaders who need to work as a team but are too busy to connect the dots themselves.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to gain an understanding of the product lifecycle processes
• Experience working within a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented with an ability to execute with minimal oversight
• Expectation of coming in as a systems thinker who'll design scalable ways of working across multiple teams

Preferred Qualifications

• COS experience in a startup
• Experience in engineering operations, product delivery, or technical program management
• Proven track record in improving coordination between product and engineering orgs

US Salary Range
 $90,000—$120,000

The salary range for this role is an estimate and is based on a wide variety of compensation factors. The salary offered to candidates will vary based on a variety of factors including (but not limited to) relevant work experience, education, specialized training, critical expertise, training, and more. Equity in Forterra is included in most of our full-time, high-demand roles and is therefore considered part of Forterra’s overall compensation package. In addition to base salary and equity, Forterra offers competitive benefits for full-time employees including:

• Premium Healthcare Benefits: Three plan options, including an HSA-eligible plan, with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for you and your dependents.  
• Basic Life/AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance plans 100% covered by Forterra, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December.
• Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year.
• A minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption. 
• A $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
• Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires. 
• 401(k) retirement savings plan, including traditional, Roth 401(k), and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%.

Your recruiter will be able to share more information about our salary and benefits offering during the hiring process.  

Forterra is an equal-opportunity employer, providing and promoting equal employment opportunity in accordance with local, state, and federal laws. Forterrans are unique, talented individuals who are united through a shared passion to deliver autonomous systems that enable national resilience and a robust supply chain. All qualified applications will receive equal consideration for employment.