Chief of Staff - Splunk AI

About this role

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Director of Strategy and Planning

(US ONLY, Remote)


Meet the Team


Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer, more resilient digital world with an end‑to‑end, full‑stack platform designed for hybrid, multi‑cloud environments. Join the AI team at Splunk, where we advance the state of AI for high‑volume, real‑time, multi‑modal machine‑generated data — including logs, time series, traces, and events. We combine deep AI research expertise with the scale and operational excellence of Splunk and Cisco’s global engineering capabilities. Our work spans networking, security, observability, and customer experience — designing and deploying foundation models that enhance reliability, strengthen security, prevent downtime, and deliver predictive insights across Splunk Observability, Security, and Platform at enterprise scale. You’ll be part of a culture that values technical excellence, impact‑driven innovation, and cross‑functional collaboration — all within a flexible, growth‑oriented environment.


Your Impact

As the Chief of Staff for Splunk’s AI organization, you will serve as a strategic operator, organizational integrator, and trusted partner to the VP of AI. You will help define where we are going, develop and refine the processes that get us there, and ensure our teams are aligned, focused, and driving with excellence.


In this role, you will:

• Develop and drive organizational strategy, leading annual and multi-year planning cycles, identifying strategic priorities, and ensuring alignment across Product, Engineering, Design, GTM, and the broader Cisco ecosystem.
• Establish and run our operational cadence, including leadership rhythms, OKRs, business reviews, headcount planning, and execution tracking—creating clarity, accountability, and momentum across the or...