Chief of Staff

Lindblad Expeditions is a true pioneer in Expedition Travel. From taking the first citizen explorers to Antarctica in 1966, opening the Galapagos and Easter Island to tourism in 1967, leading the first tourist expedition through the Northwest Passage in 1984, and launching our innovative partnership with National Geographic in 2004, we're now taking almost 30,000 guests a year to some of the world’s most remote and pristine locations on our fleet of 20 ships, and are committed to ensuring our guests experience the “Exhilaration of Discovery”.

 

 

 

POSITION SUMMARY

 

Lindblad Expeditions is seeking an exceptional leader to serve as Chief of Staff. This is a highly visible enterprise leadership role partnering directly with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to translate strategy into execution, lead complex cross-functional initiatives, and improve organizational effectiveness.

Acting as an extension of the CEO, the Chief of Staff will help set and advance strategic priorities, strengthen the company's executive operating cadence, lead Board preparation, and take ownership of CEO-sponsored initiatives that span functions or do not have a natural organizational owner.

 

Success requires a distinctive combination of strategic thinking, business judgment, operational rigor, executive presence, and emotional intelligence. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable analyzing an ambiguous business problem, developing a recommendation, facilitating senior-level discussions, and rolling up their sleeves to drive execution.