Business Manager to Chief Product Officer

Acronis is revolutionizing cyber protection—providing natively integrated, all-in-one solutions that monitor, control, and protect the data that businesses and lives depend on. We are seeking a highly motivated and versatile Business Manager to act as the right hand of the Chief Product Officer (CPO).

This Business Manager role is critical in optimizing the CPO's time, driving organizational efficiency, and ensuring strategic projects and priorities are executed successfully. The Business Manager will serve as a key representative of the CPO in selected meetings and projects, act as a connector across the executive team, and manage follow-up to ensure decisions are implemented effectively.

What You'll Do

• Prioritize and align business objectives with the CPO's agenda and drive the execution of key initiatives
• Establish and manage the Rhythm of Business for the CPO (1:1s, leadership team reviews, priority check-ins, etc.)
• Ensure quality preparation for all CPO meetings (agenda, decks, pre-reads, and background materials)
• Be present at most of the CPO's meetings to capture content, follow up on action items, and ensure implementation
• Act as the CPO's representative in selected meetings, cross-company projects, and external engagements
• Coordinate business trips including agendas, objectives, customer/partner meetings, and briefing preparation
• Follow up after meetings: ensure decisions are documented, communicated, and action items are completed
• Serve as a point of contact for requests addressed to the CPO and triage/coordinate accordingly
• Help maintain relationships with investors, customers, partners, and other external stakeholders
• Provide project management support for selected cross-functional initiatives across Acronis

What You Bring

• Proven experience as a business manager, chief of staff, or project management role preferred
• Experience across different business functions such as product, sales, marketing, and partnerships
• Strong leadership skills and ability to influence across multiple teams without direct authority
• High empathy, strong interpersonal skills, and ability to build trust with executives and stakeholders
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with proven ability to manage multiple priorities at speed
• Excellent communication skills, with ability to distill complex information into clear actions and narratives
• Proficiency in collaboration and productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Office, Confluence, Jira)
• Proactive problem solver who can anticipate needs, connect the dots, and drive outcomes
• High potential talent with ambition to grow into a bigger executive leadership position within 2–3 years
• Fluency in English; additional languages a plus

Who We Are
Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), enterprise IT departments and home users. Our all-in-one solutions are highly efficient and designed to identify, prevent, detect, respond, remediate, and recover from modern cyberthreats with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and business continuity. We offer the most comprehensive security solution on the market for MSPs with our unique ability to meet the needs of diverse and distributed IT environments.

A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis offers over twenty years of innovation with 15 offices worldwide and more than 1800 employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses.

Our corporate culture is focused on making a positive impact on the lives of each employee and the communities we serve. Mutual trust, respect and belief that we can contribute to the world everyday are the cornerstones of our team. Each member of our "A-Team" plays an instrumental role in driving the success of our innovative and expanding business. We seek individuals who excel in dynamic, global environments and have a never give up attitude, contributing to our collective growth and impact.

OUR INTERVIEW PRACTICES
To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we're getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process.

Use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during live interviews may be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process and a full criminal, education and identification background check is required for all new hires.

Acronis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.