Chief of Staff to the CMO

We're looking for a Chief of Staff to the CMO to provide business leadership and establish operational rigor for the Databricks Marketing organisation 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.

Responsibilities include:

• Translating Databricks' company strategy into Marketing annual plans, OKRs, and strategic initiatives
• Driving marketing alignment and execution by driving company priority and marketing priority initiatives across a 250-person Marketing team
• Identifying and leading cross-functional process improvements that deliver on company-wide efficiency and profitability goals, most notably our AI transformation
• Accelerating decision-making velocity by owning critical CMO forums and running high-impact agendas and follow-through on all action items
• Increasing planning and analytic rigor; improving Marketing ROI and efficiency year-on-year in line with the company’s rapid growth goals, and in partnership with Analytics and Finance
• Driving marketing-wide and cross-functional alignment by driving CMO communications and exec presentations

Requirements:

• 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 organisational structure improvement and process optimisation
• Experience with an Analytic Consulting firm is preferred
• Experience as a Chief of Staff nice to have, not essential