Chief of Staff to the COO

Change.org is searching for a Chief of Staff to the COO to partner with the COO as a senior strategic operator to ensure the Ops function executes against the company's highest-priority initiatives — translating strategy into action, building operational clarity, and enabling the COO to focus on the highest-leverage decisions.

Change.org is the world’s largest platform for democracy. At a time when dissatisfaction with democracy globally is at an all-time high, we’re investing heavily in using AI to build the most powerful tools in the world to give people greater voice, while bringing people across the political spectrum together to identify shared solutions.

Our core petitions platform, used by more than 100 million people annually, is growing rapidly - and we are rebuilding it from the ground-up using new tools to turn anyone into a powerful civic leader on the issues they care about. Soon we will launch a new platform to identify the >80% of issues that most people agree on, locally and nationally, and to mobilize hundreds of millions of people to advocate for those common-ground solutions.

To realize this vision, we’re expanding the most talented team in the world at the intersection of technology and social impact - all focused every day on building healthier democracies globally.

• 7–10+ years in operational, strategy, or CoS roles within a fast-moving tech or mission-driven organization.

• Demonstrated success supporting or partnering directly with a COO, CEO, or other C-suite executive.

• Prior experience as a Chief of Staff, Head of Operations, or Strategy/Operations lead.

• Some background in operations functions — finance, people, legal, or equivalent; not just general consulting or strategy experience.

This is a full time role based in the US, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, or Mexico.

Our compensation philosophy is based on pay equity. All of our salaries are determined before we launch a role – they are based on a predetermined salary scale, the level on that scale and the cost of labor for that location. The annual salary for this role is $187,500-$220,000 USD in the US, $188,500-$206,500 CAD in Canada, $94,031,500 ARS in Argentina, $373,500 BRL in Brazil and $1,609,500 MXN in Mexico.

Benefits and perks also vary based on location.

Our evaluation process is as follows:

• Recruiter Screen

• Hiring Manager Interview

• Take Home Assignment

• Team Interviews

• Executive Interview

• Reference Checks

• Offer

We recognize that people assess their qualifications differently, and you may not meet every requirement listed. If you believe you could be successful in this role, we encourage you to apply.

Change.org is an open platform designed to serve people across the full range of viewpoints. Effectively supporting that mission requires teams with a wide variety of experiences, skills, and perspectives, which we consider essential to our work.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity [or expression], national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other status protected by law.

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