Altera is the world’s largest independent, pure‑play FPGA solutions provider, delivering industry‑leading programmable logic technology across sectors such as AI, industrial automation, aerospace, defense, data centers, and next‑generation communications. Altera is accelerating innovation, strengthening customer focus, and scaling globally to meet demand for advanced FPGA and edge AI solutions.
The Sales Program Management/ Chief of Staff will serve as the strategic right hand to Altera’s Head of Sales—driving operational excellence, orchestrating cross‑functional initiatives, and ensuring organizational clarity and execution readiness.
This role blends program management, strategic planning, sales operations, and executive enablement to optimize the performance of a quickly scaling global sales organization.
You will help the team translate strategy into action, identify and remove operational barriers, lead high‑visibility initiatives, and ensure the Sales organization is aligned, informed, and performing at the highest level.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Execution
Partner with Sales Leadership to define, operationalize, and track strategic priorities, annual goals, and quarterly OKRs.
Lead strategic planning cycles, ensuring alignment between Sales, Marketing, Product, Operations, and Finance.
Develop frameworks, dashboards, and insights to support data‑driven decision‑making.
Sales Program Management
Own end‑to‑end execution of major sales programs, GTM initiatives, and process improvements.
Drive readiness for new product introductions, sales enablement launches, and channel partner initiatives.
Manage cross‑functional workstreams to ensure deliverables, timelines, and milestones are met.
Manage sales global trainings and conferences for direct and distribution sales.
Chief of Staff Support to Sales Leadership
Serve as a trusted advisor and extension of the Sales SVP/VP, helping ensure focus on the highest‑impact priorities.
Prepare briefing materials, executive summaries, board updates, and cross‑functional communications.
Lead and facilitate leadership team meetings, offsites, quarterly business reviews, and strategic cadence.
Operational Excellence & Sales Productivity
Identify operational bottlenecks and design scalable processes that improve seller efficiency and customer impact.
Optimize sales rhythms, forecasting discipline, performance tracking, and pipeline visibility.
Collaborate with RevOps to enhance CRM hygiene, sales analytics, and reporting quality.
Stakeholder & Cross‑Functional Partnership
Act as the connective tissue between Sales and Product, Marketing, Operations, and Engineering.
Drive alignment around GTM strategies, pricing, competitive positioning, and customer engagement models.
Ensure consistent communication and transparency across global teams.
The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based ona number offactors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences,trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.
$178.9K- $259.0KUSD
We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position.Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations
Qualifications
Required
7+ years experience in sales operations, sales program management, strategy, consulting, or Chief of Staff roles.
Proven ability to lead complex cross‑functional programs in a high‑growth or technology‑driven environment.
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills with a bias toward action.
Semiconductor, FPGA, AI, or hardware systems experience.
Excellent executive‑level communication and presentation abilities.
Experience with CRM systems (Salesforce preferred) and sales analytics tools.
Degree in a related Engineering field.
Preferred
Background working in organizations undergoing transformation, scaling, or strategic restructuring (helpful given Altera’s recent evolution).
Prior experience partnering closely with C‑suite or SVP‑level executives.
MBA.
Key Competencies
Executive Presence & Leadership Influence
Strategic Thinking & Prioritization
Program / Project Management Mastery
Cross‑Functional Collaboration
Data‑Driven Decision Making
High Ownership, Low Ego
Adaptability in Fast‑Moving, Innovative Environments
Why Join Altera
Help shape the future of the industry’s leading independent FPGA company, now accelerating innovation with strong backing and renewed agility.
Make meaningful impact at a company operating at the center of AI, edge computing, industrial automation, and next‑gen communications.
Work with world‑class engineering and business leaders solving some of the most complex challenges in programmable logic.
Regular
Shift 1 (United States of America)
San Jose, California, United States
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.
Altera: Accelerating Innovators
Altera provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy-to-use and deploy in applications from cloud to edge, offering limitless AI possibilities. Our end-to-end broad portfolio of products including FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, System on Modules, SmartNICs and IPUs provide the flexibility to accelerate innovation. Altera is helping to shape the future through pioneering innovation that unlocks extraordinary possibilities for everyone on the planet.
