Product – Development

Chief of Staff to Chief Product Officer

JOB TYPE

Full-Time

LOCATION

Remote United States

About Us:

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Seismic, a rapidly growing Forbes Cloud 100 company, is the global leader in enablement, helping organizations engage customers, enable teams, and ignite revenue growth. The Seismic Enablement CloudTM provides continuous guidance to improve behavior, content, and skills to win more deals and deliver better experiences. More than 2,200 organizations around the globe including IBM and American Express have made Seismic their enablement platform of choice. Seismic integrates with business-critical platforms including Microsoft, Salesforce, Google and Adobe. Seismic is headquartered in San Diego, with offices across North America, Europe, Australia and China.

Seismic is committed to building an inclusive workplace that ignites growth for our employees and creates a culture of belonging that allows all employees to be seen and valued for who they are. Learn more about DEI at Seismic here.

Overview:

As the Chief of Staff to the Chief Product Officer, you will be a strategic partner and force multiplier, driving operational excellence, cross-functional alignment, and strategic execution. You will work closely with the leadership team to enhance decision-making, streamline initiatives, and accelerate the company’s growth in a high-scale environment. This role requires a mix of strategic thinking, operational execution, and exceptional communication skills to ensure our Product & Technology organization is operating at peak efficiency.

The Chief Product Officer’s organization includes Product Management, Design, Engineering, Technical Support and Cloud Operations.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Strategic Planning & Execution: Partner with the CPO to set and execute strategic priorities, track progress on key initiatives, and ensure alignment across teams.
  • Operational Efficiency: Develop and drive processes that improve collaboration and efficiency across Product, Engineering, and Technology teams.
  • Cross-Functional Coordination: Serve as a liaison between the Product & Engineering organization and other key business units, ensuring seamless communication and execution of company OKRs.
  • Executive Decision Support: Provide research, insights, and recommendations to support data-driven decision-making at the executive level. Coordinate the strategic planning, budgeting, capacity planning, financial analysis and allocations processes across all product, engineering and operations areas
  • Leadership & Culture Building: Act as a key voice in fostering an innovative, high-performance, and inclusive culture within the Product & Engineering teams.
  • Meeting & Communications Management: Own and manage leadership team meetings, including agenda setting, action tracking, and follow-ups. Drive content for Board decks, leadership offsites, Product Advisory Council meetings, Key customer engagements and All Hands meetings
  • Special Projects: Lead and support critical, high-impact initiatives that contribute to the company’s growth and scalability.
  • Metrics & Reporting: Define and track KPIs to measure effectiveness and drive continuous improvement across the Product & Engineering organization.

What you bring to the team:

  • 10+ years of experience in strategy, operations, consulting, or leadership roles within a high-growth SaaS, technology, or enterprise software company.
  • Proven ability to drive strategic initiatives and operational excellence at an executive level.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven mindset.
  • Exceptional communication and executive presence; ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of an organization.
  • Experience in managing complex cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
  • Deep understanding of product development, engineering processes, and SaaS business models.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and rapidly changing environment.
  • Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent experience preferred.

What we have for you:

  • Be a key strategic leader in a hyper-growth SaaS company.
  • Work alongside top executives, gaining exposure to high-impact decision-making.
  • Opportunity to shape the future of an industry-leading product & technology organization.
  • Competitive compensation, benefits, and career growth opportunities.

At Seismic, we’re committed to providing benefits and perks for the whole self. To explore our benefits available in each country, please visit the Global Benefits page. 

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Headquartered in San Diego and with employees across the globe, Seismic is the global leader in sales enablement, backed by firms such as Permira, Ameriprise Financial, EDBI, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and T. Rowe Price. Seismic also expanded its team and product portfolio with the strategic acquisitions of SAVO, Percolate, Grapevine6, and Lessonly. Our board of directors is composed of several industry luminaries including John Thompson, former Chairman of the Board for Microsoft.  

Seismic is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, or any other classification which is protected by applicable law.   

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  

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