The application window is expected to close on: 03/24/2026Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. Note: Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are receive Meet the Team At Cisco, we know that technology can connect, empower, and drive us. Our mission is to simplify technology so our customers can focus on what's most meaningful to them: their students, patients, customers, and businesses. We’re making IT and networking easier, faster, and smarter with technology that simply works! Your Impact The Chief of Staff is a strategic advisor and operating partner to the Head of Cloud Engineering, working alongside his Senior Engineering Leadership Team. You will help establish, facilitate and drive the operating cadence of a rapidly growing engineering team. You will focus on building trust, improving coordination between teams, communicating with Cisco as a whole and most importantly assist the Head of Cloud Engineering and his senior staff on organization transformation. This is an Individual Contributor role and can be fully remote or based out of a Cisco office. - Act as a sounding board to senior leadership on matters of strategy, team efficiency, and operations - Hold the agenda for staff meetings - Maintain a strategic backlog of topics for the leadership team - Continuously look for opportunities to improve the operating cadence of the organization as it scales - Drive strategic initiatives around developer happiness and quality - Drive priorities through weekly meetings, tracking actions, and shaping off-sites - Find opportunities to increase leadership team effectiveness based on an understanding of product, ops, and strategic needs of the company - Lead engineering-wide strategy and planning processes (OKR planning, quality meetings, release planning, headcount planning, talent ops, budget, DEI, etc.) and represent the Head of Cloud Engineering in meetings when needed. - Work hand-in-hand with colleagues on the Finance, People and Operations teams to drive employee happiness and engagement, recruiting efficiency, headcount allocation, training, facilities, budget management, etc. This includes reviewing budget proposals, vetting budget requests for merit and authenticity and monitoring spending. - Drive a communication plan that builds awareness of the team vision, key accomplishments, and impact throughout the organization. - Help ensure our recruiting efforts and hiring process are streamlined, attract top talent, and build on our diverse, inclusive, people-first culture. Evolve the organization design, headcount forecasting, and staffing plan against team strategies and product priorities. Minimum Qualifications: - 10+ years of experience working in a software product environment (ideally SaaS) supporting engineering/operations functions or similar proven experience in a Chief of Staff role. - Experience in executive-level advising and interdepartmental collaboration. - Excellent relationship building skills: you influence, persuade, and build trust across your organizations. - Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills: you see the bigger picture, seek root causes, synthesize details, and break down obstacles into manageable work. - Exceptional written and verbal and communication skills, and a refined skill in tailoring messages to specific audiences in their preferred channels. - Comfort with ambiguity and a bias towards action and experimentation to drive progress. - A growth mindset, boundless creativity and adaptability, high situational awareness. Why Cisco? At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: The starting salary range posted for this position is $199,200.00 to $273,800.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: - 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees - 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco - Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees - Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) - 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next - Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members - Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows: - .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota; - 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%; - 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and - Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid. The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below: New York City Metro Area: $199,200.00 - $317,600.00 Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $179,900.00 - $291,700.00 * For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. ** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

United States or Canada Location: Remote (U.S. or Canada) Type: US Applicants – Full-Time; Canadian Applicants – Independent Contractor About Human Agency We're scaling rapidly and have a growing pipeline of opportunities that demand exceptional talent across disciplines. Our mission is to bring on individuals, from creative producers to technical experts to entrepreneurial leaders, who can help us realize this next chapter of growth. We are a company of doers. Leaders roll up their sleeves, teams work flat, and everyone contributes to what ships. Titles don't insulate us from feedback or basics. We invite critique, learn quickly, and keep raising the bar. The best ideas win here, no matter where they come from, because clients trust us to deliver the strongest outcomes every time. Our clients' missions, products, and bottom lines are sacred. We immerse ourselves in their world, becoming stewards of their goals and partners in solving big problems. Every product, strategy, or asset we create must be both beautiful and functional; practical, usable, and designed for real-world impact. Humans are our most valuable resource, and we only grow by hiring people who push us forward. Across strategy, engineering, design, data, and operations, we seek out teammates who raise the bar and make us better. Always hire up, never down. We partner with organizations of all sizes to explore, design, and implement AI strategies that are secure, scalable, and human-centered. We believe AI should amplify human potential, not replace it and we build with that conviction in every engagement. From advisory and tooling to implementation and education, we meet clients where they are at and help them integrate AI in ways that align with their mission and values. Our goal is to empower teams to work smarter, move faster, and unlock new possibilities through thoughtful, responsible innovation. And through it all, we lead with purpose, love, and adventure. We do meaningful work with people we care about, and we make the ride an adventure worth taking. Because at Human Agency, who we are and how we work are one and the same. The Opportunity We are seeking an exceptional Chief of Staff, Go-To-Market & Growth to serve as a force multiplier to our CEO, Caroline Hoogland, while leading and executing high-impact marketing and GTM initiatives for both Human Agency and our clients. This is not a traditional Chief of Staff role. This is a revenue-driving operator role for someone who is as comfortable creating content and scaling paid acquisition as they are preparing executive strategy briefs. You will sit within our Commercial Strategy team and work across: - Client-facing B2B marketing & growth initiatives - Go-to-market strategy and execution - Performance marketing systems - Sales enablement and revenue operations - CEO-level strategic initiatives Our marketing and growth clients are quickly scaling. We need additional full-stack B2B performance marketers who can step into complex environments quickly and drive measurable impact. Over the next 12–18 months, this role will flex between internal leadership and embedded client execution depending on where leverage is highest. What You’ll Own Go-To-Market & Revenue Execution (Client-Facing) - Lead B2B GTM strategy development and execution for client organizations - Build and optimize performance marketing systems (paid acquisition, lifecycle, demand gen, conversion funnels) - Design positioning, messaging, and launch strategies for new products or AI-enabled offerings - Develop channel strategy across paid, organic, partnerships, outbound, and content - Build measurement infrastructure (CAC, LTV, funnel metrics, attribution models) - Partner with client CEOs and founders on growth strategy, fundraising narratives, and revenue planning - Turn strategy into execution plans with timelines, owners, and clear ROI targets You should be able to both design the strategy and get into the platforms when needed. Growth Systems & Sales Enablement (Internal) - Drive Human Agency’s own GTM initiatives and revenue acceleration projects - Improve sales pipeline operations, CRM rigor, and forecasting discipline - Build repeatable frameworks for how we scope, sell, and deliver marketing engagements - Create case studies, proof narratives, and growth assets that support business development - Identify and productize high-demand marketing service offerings CEO Partnership & Strategic Execution - Partner with the CEO to translate strategic priorities into executable plans - Own special projects tied to revenue growth, partnerships, or new service lines - Prepare high-quality executive materials (strategy briefs, board decks, decision memos) - Maintain visibility across revenue-driving initiatives and proactively identify risks - Pressure-test ideas and ensure GTM initiatives align with capacity and resourcing Systems, Infrastructure & Organizational Scaling - Build scalable marketing and operational systems that reduce friction as we grow - Improve intake → prioritization → execution → QA → measurement workflows - Design dashboards for revenue health, marketing performance, and capacity planning - Identify operational bottlenecks and implement improvements - Establish tight reporting rhythms that increase velocity without adding bureaucracy Who You Are Experience & Capability - 6–10+ years in B2B marketing, growth, performance marketing, or GTM leadership roles - Experience as a Head of Growth, Director of Marketing, Performance Lead, or GTM operator at a startup or high-growth environment - Demonstrated ability to scale acquisition and revenue in B2B contexts - Deep understanding of paid acquisition, demand gen, lifecycle marketing, positioning, and conversion optimization - Strong fluency in analytics, attribution, and revenue modeling - Comfortable owning both strategy and hands-on execution You are not just a strategist. You are not just an operator. You are both. Mindset - High-agency, low-ego builder - Revenue-oriented and metrics-obsessed - Thrive in ambiguity and create clarity quickly - Comfortable embedding in client environments and earning trust fast - Systems thinker who builds repeatable infrastructure - Bias for action — you ship Why This Role Is Unique This role sits at the intersection of: - Chief of Staff-level strategic influence - B2B performance marketing execution - Go-to-market leadership - Revenue infrastructure design You will have direct access to the CEO and outsized influence on both company trajectory and client growth outcomes. If you’re a full-stack B2B growth operator who wants both executive exposure and hands-on impact, this is your role. Considerations - Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; an advanced degree in a relevant field is a plus - Ethics: Commitment to ethical practices and responsible business operations - Travel: Occasional (10–25%) for company offsites, key events, and leadership meetings - Location: Remote-friendly with preference for candidates in major tech hubs and strong preference for overlap with EST business hours Compensation This role offers a competitive base salary with performance-based bonuses and potential equity participation. Final compensation will vary based on experience, performance, and location. Why Join Human Agency Join a team of thinkers and builders creating meaningful impact across sectors—with autonomy to lead, the resources to succeed, and room to grow. This role offers direct partnership with our CEO and outsized impact on the company's trajectory during a critical growth phase. Equal Opportunity Commitment Human Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diverse backgrounds and strive to build an inclusive culture where everyone feels welcomed and empowered.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the VP, providing insight, analysis, and recommendations on priorities, risks, and organizational effectiveness. • Translate the VP’s strategic vision into executable plans, workstreams, and targets for all Digital Technology pillars. • Support enterprise-wide digital modernization initiatives by driving cross-functional clarity and alignment. • Design, implement, and continuously optimize the operating rhythm for Digital Technology. • Lead preparation and follow-ups for leadership meetings, QBRs, MBRs, program reviews, and executive discussions. • Own the management of OKRs, KPIs, dashboards, and performance tracking across all digital domains. • Serve as the connective tissue between Technology, Architecture, Product, HR, Security, Finance, and CDTO organizations. • Ensure alignment on priorities, resource allocation, and dependencies across Digital Experience, Platform, AI, Integration, and SRE. • Unblock cross-team issues and create predictability in execution across digital programs. • Develop executive-level presentations, strategy documents, communications, and business narratives for internal and external audiences. • Craft crisp messaging for digital transformation programs, leadership updates, operating model changes, and investment cases. • Ensure consistent and high-quality communications across all levels of the organization. • Lead high-impact, VP-sponsored initiatives spanning digital modernization, platform engineering, AI adoption, org design, and operational uplift. • Drive program execution rigor, including milestones, timelines, risk management, and stakeholder alignment. • Manage confidential and sensitive initiatives that require executive discretion and precision. • Serve as a culture champion — driving clarity, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement across Digital Engineering. • Monitor team morale, workload balance, role clarity, and leadership alignment. • Partner with HR on talent strategy, staffing, onboarding, headcount planning, and succession pipelines. • Triaging decisions, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring the VP focuses on the highest-leverage activities. • Prepare briefing materials, analysis, insights, and recommendations for complex decision-making. • Represent the VP in key meetings when needed to drive continuity and alignment.

Who is Nest Health? As the first value-based care provider built for families, Nest is on a mission to make comprehensive medical, behavioral, and social care radically accessible to America’s highest risk families. Founded in 2022 by Former Secretary of Health of Louisiana and practicing OB-GYN, Dr. Rebekah Gee, and Rebecca Kavoussi, Nest is the first-of-its-kind family-based, in-home, and virtual care model; this includes primary adult and pediatric care, mental health and nutrition support, vaccinations and labs, same-and-next-day acute visits, chronic condition and transitions of care management, social services and navigation, and more. Nest’s innovative model has resulted in partnerships, unlocking care for thousands of families across our markets. Nest’s early success has led to national traction across states and payers, laying the groundwork for future expansion to families across the United States. What does it mean to be a part of a startup? Working at a healthcare startup can be a unique experience with a fast-paced, ever-changing environment that can involve varied workloads, quick changes, and high expectations. Taking a position at a Healthcare startup allows for the opportunity to be high impact in disrupting the US healthcare system. You will have the chance to be creative, solution oriented, and have your voice heard! You will need to be flexible, accountable, and self-sufficient, and you might take on multiple roles. Here are some things you can expect: - Role Breadth- Your role may be less defined than in other settings, with the need to wear multiple hats & juggle various responsibilities - Learning opportunities- you will have the opportunity, at times, to function outside of your standard position and learn about new roles & areas - Fast Paced- Startups often must move faster than traditional large companies. This means you may be asked to cope with or advise on quick changes regarding systems or processes - Autonomy- You will need to be highly autonomous, as there is less structure and learning and development than at large orgs. This requires you to be able to learn asynchronously, as well as raise your hand when help is needed, or gaps are identified - Collaboration- With so many opportunities to build processes and improve how we deliver care to our patients, we rely heavily on one-another to communicate changes effectively to ensure seamless support across functions. This often requires this individual to give and receive feedback frequently and communicate challenges or opportunities effectively. What is the purpose of this role? The Fractional Chief of Staff acts as a strategic thought partner and force-multiplier for the CEO and executive leadership team. Primary responsibilities include board and investor management, facilitating executive meetings, high-level -administrative strategic support, leading internal company communications and management of the executive team’s time including in-person events. Preferred would be someone with experience/interest in growth and government relations, who can help to represent Nest externally and serve as a strategist on Nest’s growth pathway. Critically important is a confident communicator and leader, someone with excellent emotional intelligence and a flexible and creative mindset. What you’ll do Executive Leadership Support - Orchestrate strategic time management for the CEO and, on occasion, the executive team - Understand CEO priorities and act as air traffic controller through effective schedule management and plan agendas and ensure materials are available for internal and external meetings that involve the CEO. - Plan and execute strategic conferences, high-level meetings, company-wide events - Provide strategic context and recommendations for executive decision-making - Function as a strategic connector between different organizational initiatives - Lead and structure Executive and Leadership team meetings to ensure clear agendas, productive discussion and alignment on key points, note taking, and timely follow-up with clear action items and owners to ensure that next steps are clearly defined and documented - Assist with complex travel planning and logistics for executives Stakeholder Management - In partnership with the CEO, manage Board of Directors relations, including meeting preparation, communications, and strategic engagement - Oversee investor relations strategy and communications, including drafting updates and managing materials in partnership with Nest’s CFO and CEO. - Support board and investor meetings, developing agendas, creating presentations, taking minutes, and ensuring follow-through - Facilitate productive engagement between executive leadership and key external stakeholders—especially governmental and health plan - Act as a liaison between the CEO and other departments, as well as external contacts Strategic Development and Planning - Lead and drive the development, alignment, and ongoing tracking of OKRs, contributing to strategic planning initiatives and ensuring long-term goals and objectives are clearly defined and achieved. - Conduct research and analysis to support executive decision-making - Serve as a central driver of enterprise-wide initiatives, coordinating across all functional areas and bringing together the appropriate Nest capabilities to ensure success. Operations and Project Management - Ensure careful documentation of discussions and meetings for longitudinal initiatives - Manage special projects that span functional domain, from requirements gathering to early project management - Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) to the executive team - Write original materials for the CEO's office and company communications to employees and external platforms - Be aware of and help educate the executive team and CEO on trends in venture capital and government/regulatory sphere that may benefit Nest or impact its operations. Organizational Effectiveness - Assess and support high functioning organizational culture - Develop strategic planning processes that align with organizational objectives - Partner with the People Team to ensure that strategic initiatives remain aligned with organizational mission and values - Identify opportunities to improve cross-functional collaboration and efficiency Government and Growth - Establish and maintain relationships with state and national government officials - Help VP of Growth to build out an effective client management pipeline, assist in growth strategy - Attend functions in support of CEO and VP Growth and support relationship building. What do you bring to the Nest? Education and Experience - Master's degree in public policy, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field preferred - 7+ years of experience in a senior leadership role within a healthcare organization, consulting practice, and/or government agencies or government relations - Startup experience preferred (Prior to Series B) - Experience working directly with senior executives, board members, and investors - Experience preparing executive-level materials (e.g., board decks, investor updates, policy briefs, strategic memos). - Prior exposure to government relations or public policy preferred - Track record of successful project management and operational excellence - Experience with organizational planning processes or strategic road mapping is a plus. Skills and Competencies - Expert knowledge of healthcare landscape - Strong strategic thinking and planning capabilities - Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills - Superior written and verbal communication abilities - Proven ability to navigate complex organizational dynamics - Political acumen and government relations experience - Ability to synthesize complex information into actionable strategies - Strong project management and execution skills - Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, particularly SharePoint, PowerPoint, and Excel - Exceptional organizational and time management skills - Ability to prioritize multiple competing demands and maintain attention to detail - Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities - Discretion when handling confidential and sensitive information What is required (travel & physical requirements)? Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer Nest understands that job requirements sometimes exclude people who identify with historically marginalized groups from applying to jobs for which they are qualified. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements listed, or if you achieved these requirements through unconventional channels, we encourage you to apply. Why choose Nest Health? Nest and its leaders have won multiple awards including Rock Health's Next-Gen Pediatric innovations, New York Times Top Five Who Spread Hope, New Orleans City Business Power 50, and CB Insights Digital 150. Additionally, Nest has become a prominent thought and brand leader garnering national attention from outlets such as 60 Minutes, Business Insider, NYTimes, Fierce Healthcare, Axios , and others. More recently, they were recognized on Inc.'s Female Founder 500 List for 2025. Learn more about us at https://www.nesthealth.com/. To learn more about the Nest care model, watch this video, by the award- winning HBO Katrina Babies filmmaker Edward Buckles, JR. Nest Health celebrates the diversity of our patient population and seeks diversity on our team. We are an equal opportunity employer, indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics.