Chief of Staff, Marketing

Cohere

Marketing Chief of Staff running planning, budgets, priorities, and executive reporting for Cohere’s enterprise AI marketing organization. Connecting marketing programs across teams and ensuring initiatives ship coherently.

Posted 8/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in marketing operations, including budget management, demand generation, and cross-functional collaboration. Capable of translating strategic priorities into actionable plans while maintaining focus and accountability across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

10+ Years Operating ExperienceDemand Generation ExpertiseBudget Management SkillsCross-Functional CollaborationClear Writing and Direct Communication

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Hard Skills

Financial ModelingMarketing Dashboard InterpretationPipeline Metrics AnalysisProgram ManagementGoal-SettingDecision-MakingOperational PlanningProject Management

Soft Skills

Direct CommunicationStakeholder AccountabilityProblem-Solving

Industry Keywords

B2B MarketingAccount-Based MarketingMarketing OrganizationBusiness Operations

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Run the marketing organization’s annual and quarterly planning, goal-setting, and weekly/monthly business reviews
Drive budget and headcount planning, manage trade-off conversations, and maintain alignment as priorities shift
Lead review preparation, follow-through, and decision-making
Translate the VP of Brand’s priorities into executable plans and maintain focus amid competing demands
Coordinate major programs across brand, editorial, design, product marketing, demand generation, and integrated marketing
Resolve unclear decision ownership and prevent program collisions or stalls
Represent marketing in cross-functional planning with sales, product, and finance
Ensure marketing commitments are realistic, dependencies are visible, and promises are delivered
Chase procurement and legal when purchases and projects stall
Build board updates, all-hands content, and executive readouts
Give the VP of Brand leverage by carrying operational work
Lead special projects such as reorganizations, agency relationships, flagship events, and organization-wide planning weeks end to end

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of operating experience
Experience inside a marketing organization in a Chief of Staff, business operations, or senior program-operations role
Practitioner’s understanding of demand generation and account-based marketing in a B2B context
Ability to discuss pipeline and connect campaigns to pipeline generation
Comfort with marketing and pipeline metrics and budget management
Ability to build financial models and interpret marketing dashboards
Track record of bringing order to a fast, complex organization without slowing it down
Clear writing, direct communication, and ability to hold senior stakeholders accountable to plans

Benefits

Comp & perks

A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency
Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health
RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme
100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent
Annual enrichment benefits for arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and workspace improvement
Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching
6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days)
Budget for traveling to other offices if remote
Annual company offsite
Daily lunch program, snacks, and regular community and social events for office-based employees
Co-working benefit for employees not near an office
$500 home office stipend