Chief Of Staff Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Chief of Staff roles can qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship, but the petition needs careful framing because the title isn't a standard specialty occupation category. Employers sponsoring for this role typically need to demonstrate it requires a degree in business, economics, or a related field and involves strategic planning rather than administrative support. You'll find the most sponsorship opportunities at well-funded startups, private equity portfolio companies, and tech firms where the CoS reports directly to the CEO. Having an MBA or a background in management consulting or investment banking makes the visa case significantly stronger. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Chewy is seeking a Chief of Staff to support the President of Chewy Health. This is a highly visible role responsible for driving clarity, alignment, and execution across one of Chewy’s most strategic and complex growth businesses.
As a trusted advisor and operational partner to the President, this leader will help shape and operationalize Chewy Health’s strategy while ensuring disciplined execution against key priorities. The Chief of Staff will develop a comprehensive understanding of Chewy’s healthcare ecosystem—including pharmacy, clinical services, regulatory considerations, partnerships, product, and customer experience—and translate strategy into structured plans, measurable outcomes, and scalable operating mechanisms.
This role requires strong business judgment, operational rigor, executive presence, and the ability to navigate complexity in a fast-paced, regulated environment. The ideal candidate is both framework-oriented and execution-focused—equally comfortable advising at the strategic level and driving cross-functional initiatives to completion.
What You’ll Do
- Serve as a trusted advisor and day-to-day thought partner to the President of Chewy Health.
- Help refine and articulate Chewy Health’s long-term strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities.
- Translate strategic direction into actionable roadmaps, measurable KPIs, and cross-functional plans.
- Prepare executive-level materials, board-ready content, business reviews, and decision frameworks.
- Organize and prioritize critical issues to enable effective, data-driven decision-making.
- Lead and coordinate high-priority, cross-functional initiatives from concept through delivery.
- Define scope, milestones, accountability structures, and success metrics for key programs.
- Identify risks, trade-offs, and interdependencies across clinical, pharmacy, product, operations, marketing, finance, and technology.
- Drive accountability and remove execution barriers to ensure on-time, high-quality outcomes.
- Establish and refine operating rhythms (leadership meetings, goal-setting processes, business reviews, planning cadences).
- Represent the President in meetings and forums as appropriate; manage pre-work, facilitate discussions, and ensure follow-through.
- Coordinate with external partners within the broader pet healthcare ecosystem when needed.
- Surface risks proactively and coordinate mitigation strategies.
- Identify structural or process gaps and implement scalable solutions.
What You’ll Need
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in strategy, operations, healthcare, consulting, or business leadership roles
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution
- Strong business and operational acumen, ideally within healthcare, pharmacy, or regulated industries
- Experience supporting senior executives in high-growth, matrixed environments
- Proven ability to build and scale operating mechanisms and performance management processes
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level materials development
- Data-driven approach to prioritization, decision-making, and problem-solving
- Strong stakeholder management and influence skills across diverse teams
- Ability to anticipate future business needs and build proactive solutions
Bonus
- MBA or advanced degree
- Experience in healthcare services, digital health, pharmacy, or regulated environments
- Senior leadership experience (Director+ level)
- Previous experience as a Chief of Staff or Technical Advisor
- Experience in high-growth, tech-enabled organizations
Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact CAAR@chewy.com.
Our Opportunity
Chewy is seeking a Chief of Staff to support the President of Chewy Health. This is a highly visible role responsible for driving clarity, alignment, and execution across one of Chewy’s most strategic and complex growth businesses.
As a trusted advisor and operational partner to the President, this leader will help shape and operationalize Chewy Health’s strategy while ensuring disciplined execution against key priorities. The Chief of Staff will develop a comprehensive understanding of Chewy’s healthcare ecosystem—including pharmacy, clinical services, regulatory considerations, partnerships, product, and customer experience—and translate strategy into structured plans, measurable outcomes, and scalable operating mechanisms.
This role requires strong business judgment, operational rigor, executive presence, and the ability to navigate complexity in a fast-paced, regulated environment. The ideal candidate is both framework-oriented and execution-focused—equally comfortable advising at the strategic level and driving cross-functional initiatives to completion.
What You’ll Do
- Serve as a trusted advisor and day-to-day thought partner to the President of Chewy Health.
- Help refine and articulate Chewy Health’s long-term strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities.
- Translate strategic direction into actionable roadmaps, measurable KPIs, and cross-functional plans.
- Prepare executive-level materials, board-ready content, business reviews, and decision frameworks.
- Organize and prioritize critical issues to enable effective, data-driven decision-making.
- Lead and coordinate high-priority, cross-functional initiatives from concept through delivery.
- Define scope, milestones, accountability structures, and success metrics for key programs.
- Identify risks, trade-offs, and interdependencies across clinical, pharmacy, product, operations, marketing, finance, and technology.
- Drive accountability and remove execution barriers to ensure on-time, high-quality outcomes.
- Establish and refine operating rhythms (leadership meetings, goal-setting processes, business reviews, planning cadences).
- Represent the President in meetings and forums as appropriate; manage pre-work, facilitate discussions, and ensure follow-through.
- Coordinate with external partners within the broader pet healthcare ecosystem when needed.
- Surface risks proactively and coordinate mitigation strategies.
- Identify structural or process gaps and implement scalable solutions.
What You’ll Need
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in strategy, operations, healthcare, consulting, or business leadership roles
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution
- Strong business and operational acumen, ideally within healthcare, pharmacy, or regulated industries
- Experience supporting senior executives in high-growth, matrixed environments
- Proven ability to build and scale operating mechanisms and performance management processes
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level materials development
- Data-driven approach to prioritization, decision-making, and problem-solving
- Strong stakeholder management and influence skills across diverse teams
- Ability to anticipate future business needs and build proactive solutions
Bonus
- MBA or advanced degree
- Experience in healthcare services, digital health, pharmacy, or regulated environments
- Senior leadership experience (Director+ level)
- Previous experience as a Chief of Staff or Technical Advisor
- Experience in high-growth, tech-enabled organizations
Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact CAAR@chewy.com.
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Target venture-backed startups between Series B and Series D
Startups at this stage are scaling rapidly and often create Chief of Staff roles to help founders manage growing complexity. Companies that have recently raised significant funding have the budget for sponsorship and the operational need for a strategic right hand. Boards and investors actually encourage these hires. Search for CoS openings on startup job boards like Wellfound, Y Combinator's Work at a Startup, and LinkedIn filtered by company funding stage. These employers tend to move fast on hiring decisions, which helps with H-1B timing.
Build a track record in investor relations or board materials
Chiefs of Staff who can prepare board decks, manage investor updates, and coordinate fundraising logistics are extremely valuable to startup CEOs. This skill set is hard to find and easy to document as specialized knowledge in a visa petition. If you're currently in consulting or banking, start building experience with pitch decks, cap table management, and quarterly business reviews. Companies like Carta, Brex, and Stripe have hired CoS candidates specifically for their finance and investor relations expertise, and these are all active H-1B sponsors.
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How should the Chief of Staff role be framed differently for H-1B versus other positions?
The biggest risk with a CoS H-1B petition is USCIS viewing it as an executive assistant with a fancy title. Your employer needs to describe the role as a strategic operations position involving business analysis, cross-functional project leadership, and executive decision support. Include specific deliverables like financial modeling, board reporting, M&A due diligence, or operational efficiency initiatives in the job description. Reference the SOC code for management analysts (13-1111) rather than administrative assistants. Immigration attorneys experienced with non-traditional titles know how to structure these petitions, so make sure your employer works with one who has handled CoS cases before.
How to find Chief Of Staff jobs with visa sponsorship?
To find Chief Of Staff jobs with visa sponsorship, use Migrate Mate, which specializes in visa-sponsored positions. Chief Of Staff roles are commonly available at tech startups, scale-ups, and multinational corporations that frequently sponsor H-1B, L-1, or O-1 visas. These positions typically support C-suite executives at companies experiencing rapid growth or international expansion.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Chief Of Staff jobs?
When a U.S. employer sponsors a foreign worker for a work visa, they are legally required to pay at least the "prevailing wage" — the average wage paid to workers in the same occupation, in the same geographic area, with similar experience. This is set by the Department of Labor to prevent employers from hiring foreign workers at below-market rates. The prevailing wage varies significantly by role, location, and experience level — for example, a chief of staff in California will have a different prevailing wage than the same role in a smaller state. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search tool.
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