Chief of Staff, Office of CEO & Pres

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Pay Range

The Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO and President provides leadership and operational support to the President & CEO in advancing organizational priorities and ensuring effective execution of key initiatives. Serving as a trusted advisor and liaison to the CEO, this role coordinates executive priorities, facilitates cross-functional collaboration, and drives accountability for organizational commitments and initiatives.

The Chief of Staff works closely with executive leaders to support alignment, decision-making, communication, and follow-through on enterprise priorities. The role is responsible for developing and maintaining performance tracking tools, coordinating executive governance and leadership processes, supporting executive performance management activities, and monitoring progress against key organizational goals.

This position serves as a central point of coordination for the Office of the President, ensuring effective communication, operational efficiency, and organizational alignment across departments. The Chief of Staff partners with leaders throughout the organization to facilitate implementation of strategic and operational initiatives, identify and resolve barriers to execution, and provide leadership reporting that supports informed decision-making and organizational performance.

Minimum Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Health Administration or a related field (Required)

Minimum Work Experience

At least twelve years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare administration, executive operations, strategic initiative execution, project management, or organizational leadership, including experience supporting senior leaders and leading cross-functional initiatives in a complex organization. (Required) At least 7 years supervisory/management
experience in related job function. (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Strong leadership, relationship management, and influencing skills with the ability to work effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional projects and organizational initiatives.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-support capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment.
• Experience developing executive-level presentations, reports, and performance metrics.
• Knowledge of healthcare operations, administration, and organizational performance management.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with sound judgment and discretion.

Functional Accountabilities

The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children's National believes an individual's base pay rate will fall for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range. The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children's National compensation philosophy. These factors are legitimate and non-discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual's combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications. Children's National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees. This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The "Know Your Rights" poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here:Know Your RightsPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a "drug-free" work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.