Juniper Networks Inc., a global leader in Cloud, Data Center, Enterprise and Security Networking, is seeking an experienced leader to promote a culture of operational excellence, agility, visibility, accountability, and collaborative decision making. The Chief of Staff (CoS) role requires exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, analytic detail and rigor, and ability to influence through respect and trust. The successful person will be deeply involved in business execution, decision making, and must prioritize and balance commitments while building a reputation for reliability, objectivity, and partnership across Strategy & Corp Dev and the Company.

Responsibilities :

Chief of Staff to the Strategy and Corporate Development Organization is an operational and strategic role supporting the SVP of Strategy & Corporate Development, his leadership team and organization. The role focuses on 3 main areas:

• Operations – create and manage the heartbeat of the departments operational rhythm, allowing for visibility and proactive planning
  • Drive execution and performance of operational and strategic planning, budgets, program investments, and allocations across functional areas
  • Establish and maintain cadence for key meetings & processes that help drive the organization
    • Determine logistics of the meetings i.e., the need for the meetings, frequency, stakeholders need to be involved, what success looks like, process to achieve success
  • Ensure collaboration for relevant projects and bridge operational gaps between functions/key projects/initiatives
  • Be the voice of the organization in leadership discussions, advocate on behalf of the team, promote a community of inclusive leadership with a sense of urgency
  • Contribute to organizational excellence through leading decision making across functions and the leadership team which will lead to effective and efficient decisions and outcomes
  • Drive cross-function projects, organizational change management and organizational alignment activities as needed
• Strategic Initiatives – help drive important cross-functional projects for organization
  • Identify and execute initiatives that contribute to long-term operational excellence, ensuring key projects have clear milestones, success measures and operational plans
  • Engage right stakeholders across the organization to focus time and attention on rapid resolution to strategic problems
  • Drive execution and performance of strategic initiatives that are critical to the success of the business through goal deployment via OKRs
  • Deploy initiatives to function/staff member to carry forward once it reaches an agreed upon level of completion to ensure success of initiatives
  • Drive employee engagement transformation activities to foster a culture of development, influence, inclusiveness, and work life experience
• Communications – help develop Strategy & Corp Dev keynotes & narratives
  • Provide concise, transparent, and insightful communication to a diverse organization
  • Plan and build content for internal communications, all-hands meetings, and operational reviews
  • Navigate team dynamics with tact and confidence as an objective program manager
  • Manage relationships across the organization and energize the team to be a productive and inclusive place focusing on impactful deliverables
  • Be a key bridge from leadership to the rest of the organization, conveying and ensuring successful communication and implementation of critical organizational and operational decisions and enhancing employees’ experience
  • Use social media and digital marketing tools to share and inspire communications across the team, the broader company at large and externally as appropriate

Requirements :

• 8+ years’ experience supporting operations and managing projects in a distributed, global and diverse organization
• Demonstrated project management skills driving cross-functions, complex projects
• Exceptional planning and organizational skills including the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Strong work ethic, disciplined execution skills, willingness to do whatever it takes to deliver results
• Acting as an objective sounding board for others and ability to anticipate the needs of the leader and team
• Self-starter who thrives in problem-solving with little direct supervision. Ability to learn quickly with a high tolerance for ambiguity and complexity
• Highest level of integrity and management of confidential information
• Proven ability to lead through influence and drive change
• Strong written communication skills and ability to distill and convey information in a compelling manner
• Drive issues through to resolution ensuring that all key stakeholders are informed of outcomes and company implications
• Ability to build trust with executives and internal / external stakeholders of all levels

Minimum Salary: $142,500.00

Maximum Salary:$218,500.00

The pay range for this position is expected to be between $142,500.00 and $218,500.00/year; however, the base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position also includes medical benefits, 401(k) eligibility, vacation, sick time, and parental leave. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Juniper’s pay range data is provided in accordance with local state pay transparency regulations. Juniper may post different minimum wage ranges for permanent residency petitions pursuant to US Department of Labor requirements.