Chief of Staff
hace 21 horas
New York
Job Description What You'll Do: Are you infinitely curious, always looking to dig into new problems and learning how to solve them? Are you a highly organized professional who can implement processes and procedures without destroying creativity and entrepreneurial initiative? Do you thrive digging into data to fully understand a business and identify opportunities? Do you get energy working across all levels of an organization, understanding your teammate’s contributions and working to align everyone with common objectives and outcomes? Would you like to be part of a company that helps the digital advertising ecosystem thrive and grow? If this is you, and you are looking to join a company where you can have an immediate impact, this is the job for you. IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) seeks an ambitious, dynamic, entrepreneurial Chief of Staff to support our CEO. You will serve as a force multiplier to the CEO and the company’s Leadership Team. In this role, you will provide critical operational and strategic support to the CEO and executive leadership team to enable efficient and effective operations. You will provide guidance and leadership around the execution of IAB strategic imperatives, deliver on the company operating plan, and enable data-informed business decisions. From day one, the Chief of Staff will have an immediate impact by taking on various must-get-done projects to help keep the business running smoothly and efficiently. You’ll significantly impact our productivity and effectiveness by streamlining operations and processes to scale the business to the next level. You should be able to thrive in ambiguity as the Chief of Staff is a living, breathing, evolving role based on the needs of the business. What You'll Do: • CEO Collaboration: Act as a critical business partner to CEO and executive leadership team., • Strategic Input: Understand digital industry challenges/opportunities to provide strategic input to business planning and operations., • Strategic Counsel to CEO: Advice the CEO on the organization’s strategic direction and leadership team’s priorities, including strategy development and employee experience. Evaluate new ideas and business opportunities; conduct analysis and research to support key decisions., • Create Synergy: Across all facets of the organization, including Centers of Excellence, Member Engagement & Development, Public Policy, Legal, Research, Marketing, Events, Professional Development & Education, Program Management, and Operations., • Leadership Team Support: Own agenda and follow-ups for all Leadership Team meetings, support Leadership Team with project execution (timelines, work plans, materials, etc.), and ensure key cross-functional stakeholders are aware of Leadership Team initiatives and held accountable for their input/work product as needed., • Optimize Operations: Facilitate the optimal operation of committees, councils, and working groups. Work to streamline processes, evaluate alternative directions to achieve optimum organizational performance, and re-engineer to consistently improve results., • Problem-Solving: Collaborate across departments to create new solutions and services for members – optimize current offerings and suggest new approaches., • Cross-Functional Project Management: Oversee and lead the Program Management Office (PMO), establishing governance, prioritization frameworks, and execution standards across all strategic initiatives. Ensure alignment to organizational priorities, drive accountability through clear milestones and KPIs, and enable consistent, high-quality delivery across teams. Serve as a centralized hub for risk identification, mitigation, and escalation, proactively addressing dependencies, gaps, and execution challenges., • Build and maintain relationships: Develop and build upon relationships across all employees to help identify and define new operational strategies and processes, address cross-team challenges, and ensure an efficient flow of information and objectives., • ELT Meeting Management: Support the productivity of executive leadership team meetings by owning the planning, agenda, notes, and follow-up items including leading the programming, planning, and execution of the annual leadership offsite., • Operational Support: Own and continuously improve company operating cadence (e.g., executive team meetings, all hands, product development, operational check-in meetings, etc.), • Data, Insights & Performance Management: Own and drive a data-forward approach across the organization, including KPI refinement, dashboarding, and performance tracking; translate data into actionable insights to inform strategy, optimize execution, and enable leadership decision-making. · Digital Media and Marketing is your Passion: You deeply understand the digital economy, have knowledge of advertising technology, AI, digital content, social media, measurement, and have a passion for advertising, marketing, and media. · Interpersonal Effectiveness: You are attuned to perceptions and how others feel and can leverage that insight to manage communication and behaviors. You have a high level of Emotional Intelligence, appreciate the impact of messaging and behaviors on others, and adapt actions to achieve goals. Demonstrates listening skills and empathy, working effectively with people of different backgrounds and diverging interests. · You Inspire Greatness: Your leadership style inspires and energizes individuals to strive towards a compelling future vision by embracing and embodying shared values and goals. · Engaging Executive Presence: You build credibility and exert influence beyond formal authority by portraying a professional image and presenting ideas clearly and confidently. · Strong Moral Compass: You are honest, forthright, and lead with integrity. You value transparency and keeping colleagues and stakeholders apprised of activities and developments. You can promptly communicate good or bad news inclusively and effectively. · You love what you do! And it shows you've been doing what you love for a while. You have years of direct experience working in Digital Media/Marketing and/or Business Management. You have a B.A./ B.S in a relevant field, and an MBA is a plus. · World Class Communicator: Some people get nervous speaking in public, but you are not one of those people. You love educating and speaking to an audience and have experience presenting to large audiences. · Solution Oriented: You're an intrepid problem-solver with a strong business sense. You're excited to dive into topics and quickly become an expert. You can distill your learning into clear, concise written summaries and reports. · Champion Effective Collaboration: You love working solo or with a team. You have experience engaging with teams cross-functionally, you know how to bring a team together to deliver results, all while considering all team members. · "Find A Way" Orientation: You are an entrepreneurial and creative thinker who wants to overcome barriers and obstacles productively and satisfactorily. · Maintains Perspective: While we operate in a fast-paced professional business environment, you know how to have fun, maintain a positive attitude and be flexible in response to changing business needs. · You are a Rock Star at Project Management: You have proven experience in project management, managing multiple projects simultaneously, and managing various constituents—a proactive approach to work is essential. PMP or other certification is a big plus. · Relationship Builder: You build and develop relationships with all employees for increased efficiency and effective responsiveness into existing operations and help to define new operational strategies. · Organizational architect: You leverage mutually beneficial relationships and networks and strategic alliances, both internally and externally, which generate opportunities for the mutual benefit of all parties. · You are digitally connected and savvy. You are highly proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, video conferencing platforms (e.g., Zoom), SharePoint. · Influencer: You can influence through respect, candor and trust. You lead and influence across multiple levels and functions of an organization. Why You'll Love IAB: · We team up. We promise you'll work with some of the industry's most innovative and exciting people. We work hard, and we have fun too. We care deeply about our work and each other. · We are purposeful, strategic, and mindful with our decisions, words, and behaviors. · Everybody sweeps. No task is ever too small for our team. We sweat the details and are not afraid to get our hands dirty. · We lead the future together and cultivate the action mindset to create it. · We cultivate curiosity, take risks, learn by doing, and reward future thinking. · We encourage all voices. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to share their thoughts and ideas. We embrace the idea that debate is healthy and know that an impassioned discourse leads to our best results. · We stay hungry. We look for the most complex challenges and tasks; once we master them, we look for the next one. We celebrate our victories and are always excited for tomorrow, knowing "good enough" is never really "good enough." Additional Information: All IAB employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment and, therefore, prior to job offer and hire. Religious and medical exemptions will be provided to the extent required. About IAB: The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy. Its membership comprises more than 700 leading media companies, brands, and the technology firms responsible for selling, delivering, and optimizing digital ad marketing campaigns. The trade group fields critical research on interactive advertising, while also educating brands, agencies, and the wider business community on the importance of digital marketing. In affiliation with the IAB Tech Lab, IAB develops technical standards and solutions. IAB is committed to professional development and elevating the knowledge, skills, expertise, and diversity of the workforce across the industry. Through the work of its public policy office in Washington, D.C., the trade association advocates for its members and promotes the value of the interactive advertising industry to legislators and policymakers. Founded in 1996, IAB is headquartered in New York City. The IAB Global Network brings together 45 national IABs and three regional IABs to share challenges, develop global solutions and advance the digital advertising industry worldwide. IABs are located in North America, South America, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Europe. Each association is independently owned and operated, functioning under bylaws consonant with local market needs. IAB is a proud equal-opportunity employer. We are a drug-free EEO employer committed to a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, education, political affiliation or veteran status. For more information, please visit