Applied AI Strategy Business Planning Lead - Chief of Staff (AI)

Location: Spring, Texas, United States of America. Relocation available.

Salary: $130,700–$205,200 USD annually, plus potential bonus and/or equity for United States of America candidates.

Company

hirify.global's Applied AI organization builds internal AI solutions, runs the AI platform, develops AI tools and infrastructure, and enables AI training and adoption across the company.

What you will do

• Act as an operating partner to the VP and Head of Applied AI for a 120+ person organization.
• Develop presentations and executive communications for C-suite and senior leadership audiences, including strategy updates, operating reviews, transformation narratives, investment cases, and progress reports.
• Translate AI, data, platform, infrastructure, and product work into clear business narratives and measurable outcomes.
• Design and manage staff meetings, leadership meetings, business reviews, OKR checkpoints, planning cycles, team-wide meetings, and offsites.
• Drive priority-setting, goal and dependency alignment, budget and resource tracking, and cross-functional coordination.
• Lead or coordinate high-priority Digital transformation initiatives and resolve dependencies across teams and peer organizations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in business operations, strategy and planning, Chief of Staff roles, program or portfolio management, transformation, consulting, or a related field.
• Exceptional executive communication skills, including the ability to build clear, concise, visually strong presentations for C-suite and senior leadership audiences.
• Strong business acumen and financial literacy, including experience with budgets, headcount and resource planning, and operational metrics.
• Ability to manage complex intake, competing priorities, multiple stakeholders, and fast-moving deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills, including the ability to work through leaders and peers without direct authority and build trust across functions.
• Technical fluency and curiosity, with the ability to understand AI, data, software, platform, infrastructure, and responsible AI concepts well enough to translate them into business narratives and operating plans.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Nice to have

• MBA, MS, or another advanced degree.
• Experience in or supporting AI, data science, software engineering, cloud or platform, infrastructure, automation, or enterprise technology organizations.
• Experience supporting a VP-level or senior executive leadership team in a Chief of Staff, business planning, strategy, or operations capacity.
• Familiarity with AI adoption, AI governance, responsible AI, privacy, security, model lifecycle, or enterprise AI enablement.
• Experience building operating mechanisms for a complex organization, including OKRs, portfolio reviews, roadmap reviews, executive dashboards, and team cadences.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability, life insurance, employee assistance, and flexible spending accounts.
• Four to twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave based on tenure.
• Eleven paid holidays plus flexible paid vacation and sick leave.
• Additional bonus and/or equity opportunities may be available.