Engineering - Chief Of Staff (Tech)

About GameChanger:

We believe in the life-changing impact youth sports have on and off the field because they encourage leadership, teamwork, responsibility, and confidence—important life lessons that have the power to propel our youth toward meaningful futures. We recognize that without coaches, parents, and volunteers, organized youth sports could not exist. By building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community, we are helping families elevate the next generation through youth sports.

So if you love sports and their community-building potential, or building cool products is your sport, GameChanger is the team for you. We are a remote-first, dynamic tech company based in New York City, and we are solving some of the biggest challenges in youth sports today.

The Position:

We are a dynamic and rapidly growing tech startup with a focus on innovation and excellence. As we continue to expand our operations, we are seeking a highly skilled and strategic Chief of Staff, Engineering to join our team. This individual will play a crucial role in ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of our engineering department, driving collaboration, and contributing to the overall success of the organization. This role reports to our VP of Engineering (VPE).

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and manage key initiatives, fostering collaboration among Engineering Directors (EDs) and Engineering Managers (EMs), ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

• Provide comprehensive operational support to the VPE by preparing meeting agendas, organizing and prioritizing action items, and efficiently documenting and disseminating key takeaways from Engineering leadership meetings.

• Collaborate with VPE on strategic technical planning, including innovation initiatives and investment allocation by contributing market research and data analysis.

• Support organizational health in Engineering by keeping a pulse on key issues impacting Engineers and tracking important organizational metrics.

• Help set up and monitor progress on OKRs in conjunction with cross functional departments.

• Act as an extension of VPE, managing day-to-day and being eyes and ears of organization.

• Market research and analysis to identify emerging tech, methodologies, and scaling best practices.

What You’ll Bring:

• Ability to translate between business and technical language

• Excellent organizational and project management skills

• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Strong ability to build narratives supported by data

• Excellent problem solving and strategic skills

• Prior experience with an app based, cloud backed product

• Software engineering and CoS, project management, or TPM experience at high growth startups

Perks:

• Work remotely or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.

• Unlimited vacation policy.

• Paid volunteer opportunities.

• WFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.

• Snack stipend - $60 monthly to have snacks shipped to your home office.

• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA/HRA., and coverage for family/dependents.

• Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.

• Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.

• Retirement savings - 401K plan offered through Vanguard, with a company match.

• Company paid access to a wellness platform to support mental, financial and physical wellbeing.

• Generous parental leave.

• DICK’S Sporting Goods Teammate Discount.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

The target salary range for this position is between $150,000 and $200,000. This is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes incentive, equity, and benefits for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all teammate pay regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay.

DICK’S Sporting Goods has company-wide practices to monitor and protect the company from significant compliance and monetary implications as it pertains to employer state tax liabilities. Due to said guidelines put in place, we are unable to hire in AK, DE, HI, IA, LA, MS, MT, OK, and SC.

Compensation Range: $150K - $200K