About this role
About the Role The Chief of Staff to the Global Chief Customer Officer (CCO) is a high‑impact, mission‑critical leadership role at Navan, partnering with the CCO to accelerate revenue growth and optimize the customer lifecycle. You’ll help drive scale, customer satisfaction, and revenue by leading strategic initiatives, surfacing insights, and shaping executive communications across Navan’s customer operations. What You'll Do
- Be the right hand to the CCO, directing focus toward the most critical revenue-impacting opportunities across Customer Success, Support, Onboarding, and Professional Services.
- Stand up and run high-priority, cross-functional initiatives: from customer expansion programs, at-risk account interventions, and NRR optimization pilots, to scaling impactful customer onboarding and support experiences.
- Surface business insights: Synthesize dashboards, KPIs, and qualitative feedback to provide clear recommendations on shaping the customer journey and maximizing Net Revenue Retention.
- Orchestrate Operational Excellence: Own the operating rhythm of the CCO organization: Lead staff meetings, Quarterly Business Reviews, and project tracking; ensure seamless follow-up and accountability. Identify and resolve bottlenecks across teams, helping the CCO and customer leaders operate at peak efficiency. Partner with Revenue Operations, Sales, Product, and Engineering to anticipate cross‑team dependencies and accelerate revenue-driving initiatives.
- Elevate Communication & Influence: Prepare executive and board-level materials that demonstrate the customer organization’s impact and revenue contribution. Facilitate transparent, motivating communication between the CCO’s office, direct reports, and the broader company. Represent the CCO in key forums as needed—helping drive proactive, solutions-focused outcomes. What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in top tier Management Consulting, Investment Banking, high-growth tech or a similar capacity.
- Highly proficient in applying AI to amplify daily output and strategic planning, with an established habit of continuous professional development to stay ahead of the AI technology curve.
- Proven hands-on partnership with C-suite/CXO leaders in high-ownership organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize business, financial, and operational information into actionable insights.
- Mastery of project management, organizational alignment, and driving cross-functional outcomes.
- Strong analytical skills, experience with leading SaaS tools (Salesforce, ThoughtSpot etc.) would be a plus
- Proven ability to thrive in highly ambiguous environments, with a track record of building structure and clarity where daily priorities are fluid and no two days look the same. Nice to Have
- SaaS tools experience (Salesforce, ThoughtSpot) would be a plus. Compensation & Benefits
- Navan offers a comprehensive benefits program designed to support well-being, financial security, and life outside of work, including healthcare coverage, insurance offerings, wellness resources, and retirement savings programs with equity participation.
- Generous paid time off, country-specific holidays, and paid parental leave for all new parents.
- Connectivity and commuting support, mental health resources, and exclusive travel-related perks.
- A culture of excellence with offices globally; in-office days are common in many roles, including a four‑day-a-week office expectation.
- Opportunities to work with a high-performance team recognized as a Best Place to Work and a leader in the AI-powered business travel space.