Chief of Staff Director, People

Role Overview

The Director, Chief of Staff (People) will directly support Affirm’s Chief People Officer (CPO) as a trusted advisor and strategic operator for the People organization. The role blends strategy with hands-on execution to help operationalize the People agenda, run organizational cadences, and drive critical initiatives across a complex, cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Trusted advisor to the CPO: Pressure-test priorities, evaluate tradeoffs, anticipate challenges, and support high-quality decision-making.
• Strategic narrative & communication: Shape and communicate the People organization’s strategy, priorities, progress, and impact with strong business context.
• Execution against People priorities: Partner with the People Leadership Team (PLT) and initiative owners to define, communicate, and advance key initiatives.
• Operating rhythm: Run People team cadences, including leadership meetings, offsites, annual planning, and business reviews.
• Executive-ready materials: Create presentations, narratives, leadership updates, and decision support for CPO and senior leaders.
• Connective tissue across People leadership: Improve information flow, surface risks/dependencies, identify decision bottlenecks, and ensure shared context and aligned priorities.
• Confidential special projects: Own high-priority, ambiguous, or time-sensitive projects from problem definition through execution.
• Cross-functional representation: Represent the CPO’s voice and priorities in cross-functional forums; escalate or drive work forward with sound judgment.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience (posting text cuts off after this line, but indicates senior experience is required).

Nice-to-haves / Desired Skills (from posting)

• Executive presence with exceptional communication skills
• Strong business judgment, discretion, humility, and ownership
• Ability to operate independently while building deep trust with senior leaders
• Rapidly develops understanding of business context, people strategy, and organizational dynamics