Sonos continues to clean house as the company recovers from the hits it took after a disastrous mobile app redesign last year. Just one day after CEO Patrick Spence left the company, chief product officer Maxime Povat-Merlin will also leave. He will serve as an advisor to interim CEO Tom Conrad during the leadership transition before fully exiting Sonos.
according to Edge,Conrad I was informed Sonos employees about the latest leadership change in a company-wide email today. The CPO role has been made redundant, with the Sonos product team reporting directly to Conrad at this time.
One day after Bovat left Merlin, Edge I mentioned That commercial director Deirdre Findlay was also leaving the company as part of these restructuring efforts.
Sonos has been a mess since launching a mobile app update in May that had numerous bugs and was missing basic features. The company’s financial results declined, and it laid off about 100 employees in August. Sonos has made several efforts to keep customers informed of its plans to recover from the app launch, and the decision to replace senior leadership appears to be the latest move to restore public confidence in the company.
Updated, January 15, 2025, 1:45 PM ET: This story has been updated to include details of Sonos’ chief commercial officer leaving the company as well.