Nav Singh, CMO of Eightfold AI: Building a Marketing Team for an AI-Native Future

In this episode of CMO Journeys, Christian Banach speaks with Nav Singh, Chief Marketing Officer of Eightfold AI, about his path from product leadership into modern marketing. Nav brings a rare combination of technical depth and storytelling discipline, and he shares how that perspective is shaping Eightfold’s approach to AI, talent intelligence, and the future of marketing teams.|What the Conversation Covers• Nav’s career journey from consulting and product management into senior marketing leadership at enterprise technology companies• What he learned from listening first in a new CMO role and why direct customer and employee insight still matters in an AI-driven world• How Eightfold AI helps organizations hire, retain, and develop talent through AI-powered talent intelligence and skills-based decision-making• Why Nav believes the future of work will be built around humans and agents working together, and how that changes marketing and HR• How he is thinking about building an AI-native marketing team, including the kinds of talent, tools, and agency partners needed for the futureGuest BioNav Singh is Chief Marketing Officer at Eightfold AI, where he leads the company’s global marketing strategy and brand narrative around AI, talent intelligence, and the future of work. Before moving into marketing, he spent more than a decade in product leadership roles at companies including Oracle, Cisco, and Palo Alto Networks, building a strong foundation in technology, customer insight, and product storytelling.About the PodcastCMO Journeys is a podcast from NextBigWin hosted by Christian Banach. The series features conversations with marketing leaders about the path to the C-suite, the challenges they are tackling inside their organizations, and how they evaluate agencies and strategic partners.