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Chief of Staff to the CMO

Databricks· Marketing
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San Francisco, CA$221.9k - $305.2kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Chief of Staff to the CMO at Databricks, responsible for providing business leadership and operational rigor within the Marketing organization, reporting directly to the CMO and acting as a strategic advisor to Marketing leadership.

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • 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

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of marketing experience, ideally including recent experience at Director level
  • B2B experience in 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

Skills

Required:Marketing leadershipStrategic planningAnalytics and data-driven decision making

Benefits

  • Refer to company benefits page for region-specific details
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Databricks

Leading Data and AI Platform for Enterprises

Databricks offers a unified platform for data, analytics and AI. Build better AI with a data-centric approach. Simplify ETL, data warehousing, governance and AI on the Data Intelligence Platform.

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