Chief of Staff, Sales

Notion; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Notion in San Francisco is seeking a Chief of Staff to act as the strategic copilot to the Global Head of Sales. You will work on complex problems driving our sales engine, balancing self-serve and enterprise motions, and identifying new market opportunities.

You’ll analyze metrics, facilitate executive decision-making, and lead projects with a high-motor, low-ego approach. The role focuses on coordinating across GTM teams, preparing for board meetings, and partnering with internal and external

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in senior sales or sales-adjacent leadership roles.
• Experience advising and influencing senior executives.
• Ability to swap between strategic thinking and operational details.
• Extremely organized with strong project management and driving initiatives.
• Able to dive deep into projects and know when to delegate.
• Experience in fast-paced B2B SaaS environments.
• Strong written and verbal communications; ability to simplify complex topics.
• Self-starter who doesn’t seek permission—makes it happen.
• Problem solving using first principles thinking with customer focus.
• Has begun adopting AI to focus on work that matters.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted partner to the Global Head of Sales, preparing for board meetings and representing the sales org with stakeholders.
• Act as a strategic connector to increase cross-functional alignment across GTM teams and with partners in EPD, Finance, People, and Legal.
• Lead cross-functional projects and forums to improve sales alignment and plan execution.
• Identify and drive global sales strategy; analyze Notion’s business and opportunities and propose recommendations.
• Drive the rhythm of business with weekly Leads meetings, quarterly offsites, and regular executive communications.

Skills

Sales leadership

Executive influence

Strategic thinking

Project management

Team delegation

B2B SaaS

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Problem solving

AI fluency

Job description

Who We Are

Notion is the collaborative AI workspace where teams and agents think together. We're building one place where your knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools live side by side, so work is faster, clearer, and less fragmented. Millions of individuals, small teams, and large companies run their work on Notion.

Notinos (our employees) are customer zero in bringing this future of work to life. We care about craft, building things that last, and the belief that great work is still fundamentally human. Our goal isn’t to ship the next feature. Each and every team of Notinos is working to set the standard for how humans work together in the AI era. From building a business’s system of record to making and managing AI agents to automating away the busy work, we care deeply about giving our customers more time for their life’s work.

About The Role

As Chief of Staff you'll be the strategic copilot to Notion's Global Head of Sales. You'll work directly with our Global Head of Sales on the complex problems and decisions that drive our sales engine.

You’ll thrive in this role if you enjoy being at the center of global sales strategy. Whether that’s preparing for board meetings, facilitating cross-functional alignment, or representing the sales organization with key stakeholders.

We're looking for someone who gets energized by revolutionary sales challenges like balancing self-serve and enterprise motions, transforming our business motions internally and externally with AI, and identifying new market opportunities. If you can seamlessly shift between analyzing business metrics, facilitating executive decision-making, and strong project management execution – this role is for you! We’re looking for someone who is low ego, high motor, excited to roll up their sleeves, and ready to make an impact!

This role is based in San Francisco. We work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays (our Anchor Days) because we do our best thinking and building together in person. We’re looking for someone who’s excited to work alongside the team during those days.

What You’ll Achieve

• Serve as the Global Head of Sales’ trusted partner. You'll help prepare for board meetings, facilitate executive decision-making, and represent the sales org with internal & external stakeholders.
• Act as a strategic connector for the Sales organization. You'll use your cross-functional knowledge to identify trends, connect dots for stakeholders, and drive increased alignment between teams. This includes working across GTM teams as well as with close partners in EPD, Finance, People, and Legal.
• Lead cross-functional projects. You'll run cross functional projects and forums to increase alignment for sales. This includes leading our sales organization planning and reporting.
• Identify and drive forward global sales strategy. You’ll run analysis on the Notion business and opportunities to deepen customer deployments. Through this work you’ll identify opportunities and provide recommendations for the sales business as it continues to grow and scale. In some cases you’ll own the execution of the strategy too.
• Drive our rhythm of business. You’ll play a key role in driving the weekly sales Leads meeting, spearheading quarterly Sales Lead offsites, and working closely with the Global Head of Sales on regular communications to the sales org.

Skills You’ll Need To Bring

• 8+ years experience in senior sales or sales adjacent leadership roles
• You have previously worked with, advised, and influenced senior executives
• You seamlessly swap back and forth between strategic thinking and operational details
• You’re extremely organized and strong in project management – experience leading initiatives from inception through execution
• You dive deep into projects individually as well as know when to delegate and empower teammates
• You’re a pace setter, you have previous success operating in fast paced B2B SaaS environments
• You’re strong and comfortable with both written and verbal communications, a super power is making complex topics sound simple
• You’re a self starter, you don’t ask for permission – you make it happen
• You’re a problem solver who leverages first principles thinking and focuses on what’s best for Notion and our customers
• You’ve started to adopt AI to help you spend more time on the work that matters

Nice To Haves

• Background in management consulting, strategy, or operations
• Experience working in GTM or directly reporting to the C-suite
• Experience driving initiatives that serve both PLG and Enterprise Sales motions
• Familiar with using Notion as a product
• AI power user

A Note on AI

You don’t need deep AI expertise for every role, but we do expect every Notino to be intellectually curious, drawn to tinkering and discovery, and excited to use AI as a real collaborator in their work. For some roles, AI fluency is a core requirement — when that’s the case, we’ll say so explicitly in the qualifications. People who thrive here don’t treat AI as a novelty. They use it to think better, and make their work easier for others to build on.

Compensation

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role's scope and complexity, and the candidate's experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated range for total on target earnings (including base salary and on target incentive pay) for this role is $230,000 - $280,000 per year.

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

We hire talented people from a wide range of backgrounds. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every bullet, we still encourage you to apply. Notion is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristic. Consistent with applicable law, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Notion provides reasonable accommodations during the application process; if you need one, please let your recruiter know.

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.