The ideal candidate is ambitious, highly organized, intellectually curious, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving executive environment with evolving priorities.
Be equally comfortable preparing a board briefing, leading a cross-functional initiative, or reorganizing a complex executive schedule
Thrive in environments where urgency, responsiveness, and adaptability are essential
Possess exceptional business judgment and attention to detail
Demonstrate humility and a willingness to handle both strategic and operational responsibilities
Build credibility quickly with senior leaders through preparation, follow-through, and professionalism
Be motivated by the opportunity to grow into a significant operational or executive leadership role within the company
Responsibilities
Executive Support and Office Management
Serve as the CEO's primary proxy in selected meetings, communications, and decision-making forums, representing the CEO voice and judgment with authority and discretion
Manage the CEO calendar with rigorous prioritization, ensuring time is allocated to the highest-value activities and business objectives
Prepare a structured daily briefing summarizing priorities, key decisions pending, time-sensitive items, and important context the CEO needs to know
Monitor and help manage CEO correspondence, drafting responses where appropriate and flagging items requiring personal attention
Coordinate CEO travel logistics, including itineraries, accommodations, transportation, and pre-meeting preparation materials
Ensure the CEO is fully prepared for meetings, presentations, board-related discussions, and external engagements with relevant background, talking points, and anticipated questions
Strategic Operations and Organizational Alignment
Track and manage the CEO's strategic priorities and key initiatives, proactively surfacing items that need attention, are at risk, or require a decision
Serve as connective tissue across leadership teams, ensuring cross-functional alignment on strategic goals, follow-through on commitments, and accountability on deliverables
Independently lead high-priority cross-functional initiatives on behalf of the CEO from planning through execution
Build and maintain systems to track strategic initiatives, accountability, deadlines, and decision-making across leadership teams
Attend senior leadership and board-related meetings on behalf of or alongside the CEO; capture action items, decisions, and follow-up commitments and drive their completion
Conduct research, analysis, and executive-level synthesis to support strategic and operational decisions
Coordinate across departments to identify bottlenecks, improve execution speed, and ensure alignment on company priorities
Identify emerging issues, organizational friction, or strategic gaps before they escalate and bring them to the CEO's attention with context and proposed solutions
Exercise sound independent judgment in prioritizing issues, escalating risks, and resolving operational matters when appropriate
Communications and Stakeholder Relations
Draft executive communications, all-hands materials, internal memos, briefing documents, and external correspondence on behalf of the CEO
Synthesize complex business discussions into concise executive summaries, clear ownership, and actionable next steps
Serve as a credible liaison between the CEO's office and all departments, including business pods, finance, operations, sales, HR, product, technology, media, and marketing
Build strong relationships with direct reports to the CEO, external partners, board members, key clients, and other important stakeholders
Facilitate and improve the flow of information within the CEO's office and across the senior leadership team
Represent the comp
Benefits
Vision insurance
Additional Information
AccuWeather is seeking an exceptional Chief of Staff to serve as the strategic right hand to the Chief Executive Officer. This is a high-visibility leadership role at the center of the organization, designed for an intellectually rigorous, operationally excellent, and highly trustworthy professional who aspires to build a long-term executive leadership career within AccuWeather.
The Chief of Staff will operate as the CEO's trusted proxy, thought partner, and organizational connector, helping drive strategic initiatives, organizational alignment, and operational execution across the company. This role combines strategic execution, operational leadership, and hands-on management of the CEO's office. Exceptional candidates understand that elite executive operations require both high-level thinking and flawless execution of details.
This role is intentionally structured as a transitional executive pathway. The right candidate will immerse themselves in all facets of the business, build relationships across every division, and develop the depth of organizational knowledge needed to ultimately step into a senior executive or division leadership role within the company.
Accuweather · State College, PA