Member of Executive Office, Engineering

At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.

The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn. 

We are seeking a strategic, technically fluent Chief of Staff to partner with our Head of Engineering and leadership team. Must be able to thrive in fast paced environments. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of engineering, operations, and strategy - driving clarity, alignment, and execution across the organization. This role will help scale our Engineering org and optimize team processes.

This role requires a proactive individual who excels in project coordination and cross-functional collaboration. We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the org.

• Quickly synthesize and comprehend complex information and use this to effectively partner and consult with technical stakeholders.
• Track and interpret metrics, set KPIs, and use data to drive decisions.
• Continuously evaluate and optimize systems and processes to enhance efficiency and collaboration within the engineering department.

• Develop and execute strategic plans, in collaboration with the Head of Engineering and leadership team, balancing immediate needs with long-term scalability.
• Manage, track, and moderate KPIs for the Engineering department to ensure alignment with organizational goals and maintain accountability.
• Lead retrospection of delivery and roadmap and guide the Engineering team's to improve processes.
• Own & drive strategic projects and initiatives, such as process improvements around project delivery, operational excellence and implementation of new initiatives.

• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration, ensuring alignment and understanding of engineering initiatives with the organization’s broader business goals.
• Collaborate with the People partners on strategic People-related initiatives and goals.
• Act as a sounding board for the Head of Engineering and provide support for investor updates, presentations, and other materials.

• Manage relationships and communications with technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment and collaboration on engineering initiatives.
• Manage Engineering meetings, setting agendas, documenting decisions, and ensuring follow-up on action items.
• Coordinate with the Head of Engineering on logistics, time management, and administration.
• Translate and articulate complex technical information into clear and understandable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
• Implement and maintain channels for receiving and providing feedback within the engineering team, helping ensure continuous improvement and employee engagement.

• Strategic Program Leadership: Ability to drive and operationalize strategic initiatives, manage complex cross-functional projects, and support decision-making
• Operational Excellence: Skilled in building and refining internal processes (e.g., Roadmap planning, engineering operational processes, dependency management) to improve team efficiency, alignment, and accountability across Engineering
• Exceptional Communication: Excellent communicator who can distill complex topics for diverse audiences, drive alignment across stakeholders, and influence outcomes
• Tool & Systems Fluency: Excellent mastery of tools and systems (e.g. Linear, Notion, Whimsical, Slack, Google Workspace)
• Technical Expertise: Good understanding software engineering and its practices (SDLC, infrastructure, metrics, tools)
• Execution: High ownership and bias for action to execute strategic and improvement initiatives.

• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)

About Anchorage Digital: Who we are

The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in  the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 300 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy. 

Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.

Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

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