Chief of Staff to the CMO

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Location: San Francisco, CA

We're looking for a Chief of Staff to the CMO to provide business leadership and establish operational rigor for the Databricks Marketing organization and support our mission to be the leading enterprise Data + AI company. You will develop an understanding of strategic and operational challenges faced by teams and define appropriate solutions to address such challenges. As a member of the leadership team, directly reporting to the CMO, you will extend the reach of the CMO by acting as a strategic advisor to the Marketing leadership team and managing all the critical business operations of the CMO office, including:

• AI transformation


• investment stewardship


• annual strategic planning 


• company priority initiatives


• marketing priorities


• cross-functional initiatives


• executive presentations


• marketing performance (ROI) management


• organizational strategy


• internal marketing communication

The impact you will have:

• Translate Databricks' company strategy into Marketing annual plans, OKRs, and strategic initiatives


• Drive marketing alignment and execution by driving company priority and marketing priority initiatives across a 250-person Marketing team


• Identify and lead cross-functional process improvements that deliver on company-wide efficiency and profitability goals, most notably our AI transformation


• Accelerate decision-making velocity by owning critical CMO forums (e.g., Marketing leadership, Marketing strategy), running high-impact agendas and follow-through on all action items 


• Increase planning and analytic rigor; improve Marketing ROI and efficiency year-on-year in line with the company’s rapid growth goals, and in partnership with Analytics and Finance


• Drive marketing-wide and cross-functional alignment by driving CMO communications and exec presentations, including driving All-Staff meetings and quarterly business reviews 

What we look for:

• 10+ years of marketing experience, ideally including recent experience at Director level


• B2B experience working at a dynamic, high-growth software company


• Proficiency in AI and ideally experience transforming marketing functions with AI


• Proficiency in analytics and data-driven decision-making


• Significant experience leading strategic and annual planning


• Significant project management and OKR leadership skills, with experience in achieving quantifiable results


• Excellent written and verbal communication and relationship-building skills with Senior Leadership and C-Level


• Experience in organizational structure improvement and process optimization


• Experience with an Analytic Consulting firm is preferred


• Experience as a Chief of Staff nice to have, not essential