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Chief of Staff to the Head of Sales

Assured

midproduct-managementoperations Palo Alto, CA Today via LinkedIn

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Tags

Sales OperationsSales StrategyForecastingQBRsSales EnablementSales AnalyticsCross-functional CoordinationPipeline ManagementDashboardsGTM

About the role

Role Overview

Chief of Staff to the Head of Sales at Assured, acting as a force multiplier for sales leadership across go-to-market execution. This role sits at the intersection of sales strategy and day-to-day operations, supporting the sales leader in shaping decisions, operating rhythms, deals, and accountability.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as right-hand to the Head of Sales
    • Act as a trusted thought partner/proxy
    • Manage the strategic agenda, prepare for internal/customer meetings, and ensure priorities translate into action
  • Own sales operating cadence
    • Run pipeline reviews, forecast calls, QBRs, staff meetings, and sales off-sites
    • Ensure meetings are well-prepared, decision-oriented, and followed through
  • Drive pipeline visibility & forecasting
    • Build/maintain reporting, dashboards, and analysis for pipeline health and forecast accuracy
  • Own sales enablement
    • Create decks, one-pagers, and narratives used in key customer meetings so reps have what they need to win
  • Lead cross-functional coordination
    • Align with Marketing, Customer Engineering, Product, and Finance on handoffs, launches, and shared GTM priorities
  • Structure complex problems
    • Use analytical frameworks for segmentation, territory strategy, pricing inputs, and win/loss analysis
  • Support hiring and onboarding
    • Partner on recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding across the sales organization

Requirements

  • Thrives in ambiguity and can bring structure to chaos
  • Strong execution and follow-through; able to shift between strategic and tactical work

Nice to Haves

  • Experience working within or alongside a Forward Deployed Team (FDT) / forward-deployed discovery-to-production GTM motion (supporting rather than owning it)

About Assured

Assured is a technology company modernizing the insurance industry, with a focus on improving claims processing. It provides software solutions to large insurers, including self-service claim filing and backend fraud detection, and supports data- and ML-driven decision-making at scale.

Scraped 7/31/2026