Chief of Staff - Artificial Intelligence @ United States Steel Corporation

Job Description

The Chief of Staff multiplies the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer's impact by making sure the their time, attention, and decisions go to the highest-value priorities, and that the AI Center of Excellence (CoE) executes on them with speed and alignment.

The Chief of Staff owns the Chief AI Officer's priorities, frames the decisions that reach them, runs the CoE's operating rhythm, leads time-boxed strategic projects, and shapes how U. S. Steel's AI story is told to executives and the enterprise. The role works through influence, partnering with executive sponsors and business leaders across United States Steel Corporation and with every part of the CoE: strategy, delivery, value, adoption, data, platforms, and security.

The role is also a visible model of AI-enabled work. The Chief of Staff is expected to use generative AI daily to synthesize information, prepare briefings, and run their own workflow, and to help the CoE do the same.

This is an exceptional opportunity to learn how AI is scaled across U. S. Steel from the inside, to sit at the table for some of the company's most important decisions, and to build the breadth of experience that prepares someone for larger leadership roles.

Key Responsibilities

The role's responsibilities fall into three core competency areas. Each describes a broad capability the Chief of Staff must demonstrate, followed by the work that capability supports.

• 1. Executive Partnership & Judgment

Acts as a trusted extension of the Chief AI Officer, using sound judgment, discretion, and the confidence to challenge when it matters.

• Own the Chief AI Officer's agenda. Align the Chief AI Officer's time, priorities, and annual goals. Triage incoming issues, requests, and decisions so attention goes to strategic work rather than reactive work.
• Anticipate and prepare. Turn technical, portfolio, and financial detail into briefings, talking points, and presentations, anticipating the questions senior leaders will ask. Attend most meetings with the Chief AI Officer and drive follow-through.
• Frame decisions. Bring issues to the Chief AI Officer with clear options and a recommendation, and push back respectfully, including more senior leaders, when it serves the Chief AI Officer and the enterprise.
• Represent and translate. Within agreed decision rights (see below), speak and draft communications on the Chief AI Officer's behalf, and translate the Chief AI Officer's priorities into clear direction for CoE leaders, team members, and stakeholders.
• 2. Operational Leadership & Execution

Builds the rhythm, accountability, and resources that turn the Chief AI Officer's priorities into results across the CoE.

• Run the CoE operating rhythm. Design and own the cadence of leadership, governance, and executive forums, with decision-oriented agendas and pre-reads. Integrate the Program Manager, AI's portfolio reviews and the AI use case intake and review process into that cadence.
• Close the loop. Track decisions, commitments, and action items through to closure, and escalate stalled decisions and unresolved dependencies.
• Lead special projects. Own one or two time-boxed strategic initiatives per year, from scoping to handoff. Examples include redesigning the CoE operating model, refreshing the annual AI strategy, or supporting a major vendor or partner decision.
• Manage the CoE operating budget. Track CoE staffing, consultant and vendor spend, and invoices against plan, and support the annual planning and funding cycle with Finance. Initiative-level spend and value tracking sit with the Program Manager, AI.
• Shape the CoE organization. Lead workforce planning and role definition, coordinate requisitions and onboarding with Human Resources, monitor team health, and maintain the CoE charter and organizational materials.
• 3. Strategic Communication & Influence

Shapes how AI strategy and progress are understood, and builds the relationships that align executives, business leaders, and the CoE.

• Own the AI narrative. Turn the Program Manager, AI's portfolio reporting, together with value and adoption updates from across the CoE, into a single executive-level story with a clear "so what." Work with Corporate Communications and the CoE's literacy and adoption team to keep messaging on AI strategy and progress consistent.
• Design executive forums. Convene executive sponsors and business leaders to align on AI priorities, leadership meetings, offsites, and executive team briefings.
• Extend the Chief AI Officer's reach. Build relationships at all levels, internal and external. Serve as the executive-level point of contact for business leaders seeking engagement with the CoE, routing requests to the right team. Functional and business-unit relationships are led by the Program Manager, AI.
• Model AI-enabled ways of working. Apply generative AI to the Chief of Staff's own workflow, share what works with the CoE, and continuously simplify processes to increase team effectiveness.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Finance, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5–7 years of progressively responsible experience in business operations, strategy, consulting, program management, executive office, chief of staff, or related roles.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the executive presence to facilitate senior forums and represent the Chief AI Officer with confidence.
• Working knowledge of artificial intelligence concepts and their business applications.
• Demonstrated, hands-on use of generative AI in their own daily work; candidates should be prepared to show examples.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills across multiple workstreams, with the ability to anticipate deadlines, convene the right stakeholders, and drive deliverables to completion.
• Track record of leading cross-functional work through influence, without direct authority.
• High emotional intelligence, with the ability to navigate complex relationships and the confidence to push back, respectfully, on more senior leaders on behalf of the Chief AI Officer.
• Strong judgment, including knowing when to escalate and anticipating the questions senior leaders will ask, with the highest standards of integrity and confidentiality.

Preferred

• Experience supporting AI, data, analytics, or digital transformation programs.
• Finance or budget management experience.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial operations, mining, energy, or related industries.
• Familiarity with portfolio governance, business case development, and value realization methodologies.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification.

Competency Summary

At U. S. Steel all employees are expected to display the following core competencies every day to advance corporate, team and individual goals:

Think: Think Critically and Drive Change

Lead: Develop Talent and Collaborate

Do: Empower Performance and Deliver Results

Company Overview

Since 1901, U. S. Steel has been a recognized leader in steel production. Today, as the first North American steel company to have declared a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, we remain as innovative as ever, leading transformation across our industry while continuing to make products for everyday life - from industries as far ranging as automotive, construction, containers and packaging, appliances, and energy.

Underneath it all is our Culture of Caring, which shows up in our community partnerships, charitable contributions, company-sponsored employee volunteer initiatives, scholarship programs, leadership training, and much more. And of course, it takes shape in a steadfast commitment to safety first in our workplaces and respect for our employees, who are United by Steel.

We are honored to have earned accolades and awards from well-regarded organizations, including the following:

• Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies® 2022, ’23, ‘24
• Disability: IN’s Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021, ’22, ’23, ‘24
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Equality 100 Award 2020, ’21, ’22, ’23-24, ‘25
• Military Times’ Best for Vets: Employers 2023, ‘24

Conducting business with integrity and with the highest ethical values has underpinned U. S. Steel’s success for over 100 years, and it remains critical to our company’s success in the future. U. S. Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) according to job qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, genetics, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability status or status as a protected Veteran or any other legally protected group status. (California residents may visit www.ussteel.com/CANotice regarding collection of personal information and U. S. Steel's privacy practices.)