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Uh yeah if you’re getting CD money and WLB just be quiet lol
Leave. Your opinion doesn’t really matter if the CCO likes them.
I have a marketing director right now who has never worked in marketing in their life, only sales. It’s a mess. Will be leaving in a few months.
Grab your bags and leave. Going after your boss’ head won't work.
Ask for what you need in writing, directly - emails/slack/teams etc., so you have a record of their responses or non-responses, then just do what you need to do and work around them, i.e., if they don’t give feedback, don’t make changes. If they don’t give direction, pick your own.
Either you’ll be right and stuff will sail through with none of their input, or you’ll be wrong but you can show you asked and got nothing, or got bad direction, if they try to make it like it’s your fault.
Either way, get ready for a move, but if they really suck your best option is to just do your work, keep your head down and let their incompetence become apparent.
Agree with others that flying under the radar is a good move for now. It could be that they are still getting used to the flow and don't know where their duties start or where they can lead/fit in. Have you tried chatting with them and letting them know what you need in order to do your job efficiently? Angle it as how can we as a team work better vs this is how you need to be better. Or this will help me vs I need this from you. Collaborative vs Accusatory. It will start looking bad on you if they think you can't play nice in the sandbox.
I would also start documenting issues as they come up. If when a project goes wrong you will have your part squared away and have the receipts of how they mucked up. It will at the very least show where they need to improve. Keep in mind they will always ask the manager first, 'why did this go wrong?'.
How is your work relationship with their boss/COO? You have been there longer so they should be coming to you for feedback on new manager.
Don’t rock the boat. This is unfixable. Quit your current job for a new job. If they ask why, give ambiguous reasons.