Chief of Staff, Production

Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 220,000-292,000 · 5+ years experience · Posted Sep 29, 2026

At a glance

The Chief of Staff, Production acts as an extension of the SVP of Production, serving as a force multiplier to increase executive leverage across a hyper-growth organization.
This role drives the transition from an organization dependent on executive participation in every thread to one where leaders own outcomes and escalations are high-quality.
Serving as the glue between the SVP, the Production leadership team, and the rest of the company, the Chief of Staff thrives in ambiguity and structures chaos without slowing things down.

Maintain continuity across every active thread, triage information overload, and proactively surface only what requires direct engagement.
Design and drive the operating cadence for the Production organization, including leadership meetings, QBRs, strategic planning cycles, and internal business reviews.
Determine where the SVP must engage, where they should adjudicate, and where their directs should own resolution to improve escalation quality.
Represent the SVP's viewpoint credibly in internal forums, cross-functional meetings, and leadership discussions.
Own communications from the Production leadership team, all-hands content, email updates, departmental rollouts, and presentations for QBRs and offsites.
Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives from scoping through execution and drive strategic projects without a natural owner.
Plan and execute VIP engagements, customer visits, investor visits, department summits, and all-hands events.
Help leaders prepare better, escalate smarter, and own outcomes to mature the organization from reactive to operational.

5+ years of progressive professional experience in strategic operations, business leadership, management consulting, or directly supporting senior executives in high-growth, complex environments.
Demonstrated success in a Chief of Staff, or similar executive leverage role, with a track record of transforming how an organization operates.
Technical or operational experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, advanced technology, or similar hardware-intensive industries.
Proven ability to absorb executive context rapidly, operate with incomplete information, and accurately represent senior leadership's intent and judgment.
Exceptional executive communication skills to distill complex, ambiguous situations into clear, actionable recommendations.
Track record of building operating structure around fast-moving leaders, creating scalable systems, decision hygiene, and accountability.
Self-driven, relentlessly proactive, and able to operate with high autonomy in ambiguous environments.
Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Bachelor's degree in a Science, Engineering, or related field; MBA or other advanced degree is a plus.
Previous success as a Chief of Staff directly supporting C-suite or SVP-level executives in defense or technology companies.
Familiarity with production environments, manufacturing operations, or hardware development lifecycles.
Experience in organizations with significant government relations or regulatory components.

Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full time offers
Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees supporting health, recovery, and more