Field Chief Data and AI Officer

The Role

The field Chief Data and AI Officer acts as an industry thought leader and trusted advisor and partner for ThoughtSpot customers. The analytics and AI center of excellence (AiCE) works collaboratively across marketing, sales, and product to drive brand awareness, share best practices in leveraging data and AI for business impact, and accelerate customer journeys.  This team collaborates on podcasts, blogs, and events as part of  thedatachief.com community of CDAOS, CAOS, and line of business analytics leaders. 

Location(s): San Francisco or Chicago

What You’ll Do:

• Create original presentations and keynotes for Beyond, Data Chief events, and flagship industry conferences such as MIT CDO Forum and Big Data.

• Author blogs, articles, e-books, and support press interviews and guest on third party podcasts.

• Inspire and build trusted relationships with CIOs, CDAOs, VPs of Business analytics for our top 20 customers 

• Develop relationships with strategic partners

• Participate in executive briefing centers and quarterly business reviews with top customers. 

• Host and facilitate CxO round tables to strategize on challenges and best practices.

• Participate on-site or virtually with key customers on Innovation, Analytics, and Agentic AI Days

• Drive thought leadership and awareness on social media.

What You Bring:

• Effective writing and speaking skills with a portfolio of thought leadership work 

• Excellent presentation skills

• Customer obsession 

• Solid social media following 

• Excellent collaboration skills

• Domain expertise in cloud data platforms, AI and analytics landscape and trends, culture change, data and AI fluency, generative AI.

• 10 years experience in the data and analytics industry in a leadership position, having served as a data leader, consultant or industry analyst

Spotters are encouraged to experience the energy of their local office with an in-office expectation of 2-3 days per week. This approach balances the benefits of in-person collaboration and peer learning with the flexibility needed by individuals and teams. Are you open to working in a hybrid environment?



In California, the estimated annual base salary range for this role is $250k– $290k per year.

In Illinois, the estimated annual base salary range for this role is $200k - $230k per year. 

Actual compensation may vary and will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, qualifications, experience, and location of the selected candidate. 

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits.

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Mandatory and Required Skills for All ThoughtSpot Roles

Spotters are expected to demonstrate AI literacy and workflow integration to include to ability to:

• Comfortably and confidently integrate artificial intelligence into their daily workflow to increase productivity and quality.

• Hands-on experience to leverage AI tools (industry-leading LLMs) to increase productivity, automate routine tasks, and improve work quality.

• Speak to the experience of using AI for research, content creation, and document summarization while maintaining ownership of judgment and final decisions.

• Write effective prompts to get the most accurate and creative results from AI tools.

Spotters are expected to exemplify these key traits and AI Mindset:

• Curiosity in exploring new AI tools

• Adaptability to quickly learn and implement new, emerging AI technologies

• Critical thinking to know when to identify when AI should be used versus when human judgement is necessary

This combination of curiosity, adaptability, and discernment defines the AI mindset, and it’s required for every role at ThoughtSpot.

AI Mindset for All Spotters

At ThoughtSpot, we believe AI is a necessary and essential part of how we work. Every role, across every team, is expected to be fluent and comfortable with using AI to do their best work.

All Spotters are expected to experiment with ThoughtSpot’s AI tools (like Spotter and SpotterViz) and leading industry LLMs to streamline workflows, enhance output, and uncover new insights. Whether drafting content, analyzing data, or summarizing documents, AI is a daily partner. We value curiosity, openness to learning, and thoughtful application of AI to create real value. Train