Aderant

Commercial Operations Manager

Aderant$90K — $120K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-4+ years in Deal Desk, RevOps, or SalesOps roles
  • Experience with complex B2B or SaaS deals
  • Proficiency in Salesforce and Salesforce CPQ
  • Familiarity with Gong and Ironclad preferred
  • Experience in AI agent deal orchestration is a plus
  • Strong grasp of pricing, discounting, and deal economics
  • Demonstrated cross-functional leadership skills
  • Exceptional written and executive communication skills
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment in ambiguous situations

Responsibilities

  • Own and enforce commercial policy and governance
  • Manage exceptions related to pricing, discounting, and packaging
  • Ensure consistency across strategic deals
  • Engage early to support complex deal opportunities
  • Advise Sales leadership on structure and concession strategies
  • Prevent late-stage surprises during the deal process
  • Coordinate cross-functional input during redline negotiations
  • Resolve internal conflicts and promote timely decision-making
  • Track redline issues until resolution
  • Coordinate efforts among Finance, Legal, Product, CS, Sales, and Executive teams
  • Manage follow-ups, dependencies, and escalation processes
  • Act as an air-traffic controller for complex deals
  • Prepare executive-ready summaries and deal recommendations

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Flexible work environment
  • Professional development and growth opportunities
  • High-impact role with visibility across the organization
Full Job Description
Role Summary

The Commercial Operations Manager owns the commercial execution of strategic and non-standard deals, including deal structuring, exception management, and redline orchestration. This role ensures internal alignment before and during negotiations so that deals move quickly without unnecessary friction or risk.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Policy & Governance
  • Own interpretation and enforcement of commercial policy.
  • Identify and manage pricing, discounting, and packaging exceptions.
  • Ensure consistency and discipline across strategic deals.

Strategic Deal Support
  • Engage early on complex opportunities.
  • Advise Sales leadership on deal structure and concession strategy.
  • Prevent late-stage surprises that delay or derail deals.

Redline Ownership
  • Serve as the single point of coordination during redlines.
  • Collect and align cross-functional input before Legal responds to customers.
  • Resolve internal disagreements and drive timely decisions.
  • Track redline issues through resolution.

Cross-Functional Orchestration
  • Coordinate Finance, Legal, Product, CS, Sales, and Executives.
  • Own follow-ups, dependencies, and escalation paths.
  • Act as the commercial "air-traffic controller" for complex deals.

Executive Communication
  • Prepare clear, executive-ready deal summaries and recommendations.
  • Enable fast, informed decision-making.


Qualifications

  • 3-4+ years experience in Deal Desk, RevOps, SalesOps
  • Experience supporting complex B2B or SaaS deals
  • Salesforce, Salesforce CPQ experience required
  • Gong and Ironclad experience preferred
  • AI agent deal orchestration and deal flow experience huge plus
  • Strong understanding of pricing, discounting, and deal economics
  • Proven cross-functional leadership without direct authority
  • Strong written and executive communication skills
  • Sound judgment in ambiguous environments

About Aderant

Aderant is a global provider of comprehensive business management software for law firms and professional services organizations. The company offers a suite of solutions that includes time and billing, financial management, practice management, business intelligence, and CRM. Aderant serves more than 3,200 clients in over 30 countries.
Learn more about Aderant
Size
1,100 employees
Industry
Net Income
$10 million
Founded
1978
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$100 million
NASDAQ

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