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Sales Operations Lead
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Job Summary
The Sales Operations Lead will work closely with the Area Sales Ops Leader, sales leadership, and cross-functional teams to lead operational excellence around pipeline, bookings, and revenue within Areas. They will act as trusted business partners to the Regional or District leaders to help execute operational rhythm of business, strategize, and help execute around sales plays and programs that drive growth and efficiencies within the sales organization in their respective areas.
The role requires both a strategic mindset and the ability to roll up your sleeves. The successful candidate will be passionate about solving problems and partnering across teams and organizations to drive change. You will be an expert in translating the field’s needs and driving changes within.
Job Requirements
• Collaborate directly with the Sales Ops Leader and AVP for the business to define and operationalize best-in-class Rhythm of the business cadences and scale across the Area at all levels of the org.
• Be Business Partners to the regional leaders and functional leadership and responsible for driving operational excellence and cross functional alignment across channels for the DM. and cross functional alignment across channels for the leaders.
• Proactively provide insights to regional/district leadership on gaps and opportunities with the support of regions/district Business Performance across all KPIs.
• Devise actionable insights based on pipeline data, reporting and conversion trends to help improve overall pipeline health.
• Continuously monitor operational processes, performance metrics, and industry trends to identify emerging opportunities and risks to target.
• Drive cadences such as close plans, deal review, gap to close plans.
• Partner with worldwide cross-functional teams to execute sales plays that are aligned to strategic priorities in the fiscal year and measure ROI of sales plays and impact on pipeline.
• Establish and provide regular guidance for sales teams on best practices for pipeline management and other key areas that contribute to overall pipeline health.
Qualifications
• 7+ years of experience within Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, or similar functions, ideally with experience in two or more of the following:
o Process improvement and design
o Forecasting
o Business analytics and insights
o Pipeline Management
• Experience driving annual planning aspects such as goaling, territory planning, segmentation etc.
• Strong experience in the SaaS sales and services sectors.
• You demonstrate the ability to scale and equip the business, driving world-class operational execution, communicate big picture opportunities, and make data-driven decisions. You have experience in driving the adoption of CRM platforms from a legacy environment to a modern CRM platform.
• You take a proactive, consultative approach, building trust consistently and quickly.
• You have an enthusiastic “roll up your sleeves” mentality.
• You work well under pressure, with a high degree of adaptability and flexibility in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• You have a demonstrated deep analytical skills.
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In a world full of generalists, NetApp is a specialist. No one knows how to elevate the world’s biggest clouds like NetApp. We are data-driven and empowered to innovate. Trust, integrity, and teamwork all combine to make a difference for our customers, partners, and communities.
We expect a healthy work-life balance. Our volunteer time off program is best in class, offering employees 40 hours of paid time off per year to volunteer with their favorite organizations. We provide comprehensive medical, dental, wellness, and vision plans for you and your family. We offer educational assistance, legal services, and access to discounts. We also offer financial savings programs to help you plan for your future.
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USA and Canada Residents Only:
The base salary hiring wage range for this position which the Company reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position in the specified geographic areas or locations, is $132,900 - $162,400. Final compensation will be dependent on various factors relevant to the position and candidate such as geographical location, candidate qualifications, certifications, relevant job-related work experience, education, skillset and other relevant business and organizational factors, consistent with applicable law. In addition, the position may include some of the following comprehensive benefits such Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401(K), Paid Time off (PTO), sick time, leave of absence as per the FMLA and other relevant leave laws, Company bonus/commission, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s).
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