Chief of Staff - Print Business

Job Summary
• This role is responsible for driving the company's strategic direction, ensuring that it remains competitive and adaptable in a rapidly changing business landscape. The role develops strategic recommendations by overseeing synthesis of data, conduction of in-depth analysis, and rigorous testing of hypotheses, ensuring well-informed strategic choices. The role works with large, cross-functional teams to facilitate projects and collaborates across businesses to align strategy with organizational goals.
 

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Head of Print R&D in developing and implementing strategic plans and initiatives.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between the Head of Print R&D and other departments, stakeholders, and external partners.
• Provide analytical support to inform decision-making and strategy formulation.
• Drive operational reviews, action items & follow ups on key strategic initiatives and outcomes.
• Drive organization level risk identification, assessment, review, and management.
• Identify, influence and enable creative opportunities for cross-functional innovation.
• Act as a change catalyst for organizational transformation.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and other communications for internal and external stakeholders.
• Facilitate effective communication across the division to ensure transparency and information flow.

Education and Experience Required:

• Typically, 10+ years total experience in strategy, planning, operations, finance, transformation, or related functional area.
• Advanced university degree required (e.g., MBA) or demonstrable equivalent experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent systems thinking, analytical thinking, technical analysis, and data orientation skills.
• Creative identification and problem solving skills.
• Strong business acumen and technical knowledge within area of responsibility.
• Strong program management skills.
• Proven experience in managing and delivering cross-functional initiatives and outcomes.
• Strong relationship management skills, including partnering and consulting.
• Ability to deal with complexity & ambiguity.
• Ability to lead,  influence and deliver without authority.
• Proficiency in analysis, financial and presentation tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Knowledge & Skills
• Business Intelligence
• Business Process
• Business Requirements
• Business Strategies
• Computer Science
• Dashboard
• Data Analysis
• Data Modeling
• Data Science
• Data Visualization
• Data Warehousing
• Extract Transform Load (ETL)
• Finance
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Marketing
• Power BI
• Python (Programming Language)
• R (Programming Language)
• SQL (Programming Language)
• Tableau (Business Intelligence Software)
Cross-Org Skills
• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity
Impact & Scope
• Impacts large functions and leads large, cross-division functional teams or projects.
Complexity
• Provides highly innovative solutions to complex problems within established policy.
Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.