Executive Operations - CMO

<p><strong>About the Team</strong></p><p>Marketing at Canva is a 500+ person global organisation spanning Brand, Creative, Performance, International, MarTech, Research &amp; Data, Product Marketing and more — operating at high pace, high visibility and high impact.</p><p>The <strong>Executive Operations</strong> role is integral to enabling the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) to perform at their very best. This role combines high-trust executive partnership with operational ownership across Marketing, strengthening how the organisation runs at scale.</p><p>This is where you come in.</p><p>In this role you’ll work<strong> directly alongside Zach (our CMO), Ally (our Chief of Staff)</strong>, and the broader 15+ Ops community deeply embedded across Marketing. You'll sit at the centre of our marketing engine owning how the CMO operates, keeping complex programs on track, and scaling organisational effectiveness.</p><p><strong>About the Role</strong></p><p>You'll combine executive partnership with real operational ownership — working directly alongside Canva’s CMO and Marketing Chief of Staff to keep Marketing running at its best.</p><p>This role operates across two domains:</p><p><strong>CMO Operations:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Own the CMO's strategic operating rhythm — not just the calendar</p></li><li><p>Design and manage a high-leverage weekly and monthly cadence aligned to Marketing’s priorities</p></li><li><p>Sequence priorities across global time zones, proactively</p></li><li><p>Triage requests, drive things forward, and make smart trade-offs with confidence</p></li><li><p>Prepare briefing materials for leadership meetings, board engagements and external commitments</p></li><li><p>Ensure follow-up and accountability from key forums</p></li><li><p>Own complex domestic and international travel and logistics, end-to-end</p></li><li><p>Manage select personal scheduling, expenses and ad hoc needs</p></li></ul><p><strong>Key Programs</strong></p><ul><li><p>Drive important cross-functional programs that touch all of Marketing</p></li><li><p>Turn ambiguous initiatives into clear, trackable plans</p></li><li><p>Keep stakeholders across global teams aligned and moving</p></li><li><p>Maintain visibility on milestones, deliverables and timelines</p></li><li><p>Drive seamless operations behind our biggest marketing moments — think Cannes, Canva Create, Droptober, global offsites and major launches</p></li><li><p>Raise risks early and propose solutions</p></li><li><p>Build and improve scalable workflows that increase organisational effectiveness</p></li></ul><p><strong>Who we’re looking for</strong></p><p>There's no one-size-fits-all profile for this role. Here are a few we'd love to hear from — but if you read this and think 'that's me', please apply.</p><ul><li><p><strong>A hybrid EA/ops professional who's already doing both</strong>. You've never really fit neatly into one box. You're equally at home owning a cross-functional program as you are managing a complex calendar and travel itinerary. You thrive in roles where the scope is broad and the bar is high.</p></li><li><p><strong>A generalist Ops professional who’s comfortable with the EA craft. </strong>You've run complex programs and built systems at scale. You don't see executive support as a step down — you see it as the foundation that makes everything else possible.</p></li><li><p><strong>A strategic EA or Executive Partner.</strong> You've supported C-suite leaders in fast-paced, global environments. At the same time, you’ve stepped beyond support to own programs, cadences, and cross-functional initiatives that materially increased leadership leverage,</p></li></ul><p>Wherever you're coming from, you're probably someone who:</p><ul><li><p>Thrives supporting C-suite leaders in in high pressure&#xa0;environments where nothing is perfectly defined</p></li><li><p>Has a track record of making senior leaders more effective — not just more organised</p></li><li><p>Pushes back on senior ... (truncated, view full listing at source)