Chief of Staff, Manufacturing

• CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators
• border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly
• stay ahead of evolving threats.
• CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel
• Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle
• London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com .
• Role Overview:
• As CHAOS Industries scales production of advanced defense systems, manufacturing execution becomes a critical competitive advantage. We are seeking a Chief of Staff, Manufacturing to serve as a force multiplier for our manufacturing organization—driving strategic initiatives, solving complex operational challenges
• ensuring critical priorities translate into measurable outcomes.
• Working closely with Manufacturing Leadership, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Finance
• Program Management, you will lead high-impact projects that improve throughput, enable scale
• strengthen operational performance across the business. This is a builder’s role: you will identify bottlenecks, develop solutions
• drive execution in areas that do not neatly fit within existing organizational boundaries.
• The ideal candidate combines the structured thinking and analytical rigor of a top-tier consulting background with the ownership mindset and bias for action required to build in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This is a 0-to-1 role: you will be standing up structure, owning cross-functional work that has no home yet
• acting as connective tissue across a leadership team that is still being built—not optimizing a machine that already runs.
• High performers in this role are positioned to move into manufacturing leadership seats as the organization scales

Responsibilities

• Establish and run the manufacturing operating rhythm—performance reviews, operating mechanisms, and decision forums that create accountability across functions.
• Own cross-functional work that does not yet have a clear home: identify bottlenecks, run root-cause analyses, drive issues to closure, and stand up the structure to keep them closed.
• Build executive-level analyses, business cases, and decision-support materials that inform strategic and operational decisions.
• Develop the metrics backbone—throughput, quality, labor, capacity, and on-time delivery reporting—into a single operating picture leadership can run on.
• Support capacity planning, facility expansion, and production ramp efforts as a hands-on project owner.
• Lead special, high-priority initiatives on behalf of manufacturing leadership.
• Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of experience spanning both a strategy/consulting environment and an operating role where you owned execution and results (manufacturing, industrial, or operations).
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from problem definition through implementation.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience developing executive-level presentations, analyses, and recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Proven ability to drive outcomes through influence rather than positional authority; this role leads cross-functional work without direct reports.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and project leadership skills.
• U.S. citizenship is required: this role accesses export-controlled information and requires a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance—current, or the ability to obtain and maintain one.
• Preferred Requirements:
• Experience at a top-tier consulting firm such as McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, LEK, or Accenture Strategy.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, supply chain, aerospace, defense, or other operationally intensive organizations.
• Experience leading operational excellence, business transformation, production scaling, or organizational effectiveness initiatives.
• Familiarity with manufacturing operations, production systems, supply chain management, or industrial engineering principles.
• Experience working directly with senior executives and leadership teams.
• Active U.S. Department of Defense Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
• Why CHAOS?
• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits : 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more
• Our Perks: Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO, casual dress code
• Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and (coming soon!) annual bonuses
• Team Growth: 350 employees and counting across 5 global offices
• The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity
• benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.
• Recruiting Agencies: CHAOS Industries does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach. Unsolicited submissions will not be reviewed or compensated.
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