Director, Sales Strategy and Operations - Global Sales

Engine

$170K — $230K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in sales strategy & operations or revenue operations, ideally in a high-growth B2B SaaS, fintech, or marketplace environment.
  • Proven strategic and operational partnership experience with C-level revenue leaders.
  • Strong understanding of AI integration in sales processes, with practical implementation experience.
  • Expertise in sales mechanics like forecasting, territory design, and pipeline management.
  • Exceptional analytical skills with a hands-on approach to model development and data analysis.
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders effectively in complex decision-making environments.

Responsibilities

  • Own the segmentation strategy, including ideal customer profiles and territory design.
  • Collaborate with GTM Finance for capacity modeling and multi-year headcount planning.
  • Establish metrics and analyses for executive leadership's business direction.
  • Develop and manage sales operating rhythms such as planning, forecasting, and pipeline reviews.
  • Design and implement the complete sales process and reporting standards.
  • Work with Revenue Enablement to translate strategies into actionable training and tools.
  • Set and lead the AI strategy for the sales team, ensuring effective implementation across sales activities.

Benefits

  • Competitive base pay with opportunities for bonuses, commissions, and equity.
  • A range of employee benefits available for review at engine.com/culture.
  • A hybrid-hub model accommodating remote work or office settings tailored to individual roles.
Full Job Description
About the Role

The Director of Strategy & Operations, Sales is the day-to-day thought partner to the VP of Global Sales and owns how the sales organization plans and executes.

Global Sales is around 150 people today and is expected to reach 250 or more by the end of FY27. Your mandate is to uplevel how it runs. You will influence strategic direction and help drive execution, while finding and unblocking the productivity bottlenecks that slow the team down. AI is central. You will decide where AI belongs in the sales motion and hold the team accountable to real productivity gains.

This is a hands-on role. You will get into the data yourself and build the analysis leadership acts on. You will hire and lead a team of two to four analysts and strategy partners over the next 12 to 18 months.

Strategy & Operations sits inside Revenue Operations alongside GTM Systems, Revenue Enablement, and GTM Finance. You will also partner closely with Growth, Central Data, and Corporate Finance.
What You'll Do
Strategy and Planning
  • Own segmentation strategy: ICP, account scoring, and territory design.
  • Partner with GTM Finance on capacity modeling, goal setting, and multi-year headcount planning.
  • Define the metrics, instrumentation, and executive-ready analysis leadership uses to steer the business.
  • Build and run the sales operating cadence: annual planning, forecasting, pipeline reviews, and QBRs.
Sales Process
  • Design and enforce the end-to-end sales process, and the standards for how the team sells, forecasts, and reports.
  • Partner with Revenue Enablement to translate strategy into training, playbooks, and tools the field will use.
AI, Systems, and Insights
  • Set the AI strategy for the sales motion and lead the rollout across prospecting, forecasting, deal execution, and coaching.
  • Partner with GTM Systems on the build and adoption of the tools, AI, and insights the field runs on.
  • Develop and test hypotheses on segmentation, coverage, and productivity, and translate the results into decisions.
What You'll Bring
  • 8+ years in sales strategy & operations, revenue operations, or top-tier consulting, with substantial time in a high-growth B2B SaaS, fintech, or marketplace business.
  • A track record as the primary strategic and operational partner to a VP or C-level revenue leader.
  • A clear point of view on where AI and automation belong in a modern sales motion, and evidence of shipping it at scale.
  • Deep knowledge of sales mechanics: pipeline math, capacity models, territory design, forecasting, and comp plan design.
  • Strong analytical skills and a bias to build models yourself before handing them off.
  • Proven ability to influence senior leaders without direct authority, in rooms with strong opinions and competing priorities.


Compensation
Our compensation packages are based on several factors, including your experience, expertise, and location. In addition to a competitive base salary, total compensation may include equity and/or variable pay (OTE). Your recruiter will share your complete compensation package as you move through the process.

Base Pay Range

$170,000-$230,000 USD

The Engine Edge: Perks & CompensationWe believe in rewarding great work with great benefits:
  • Compensation: Competitive base pay tied to role and experience, with opportunities for bonuses, commissions, and equity.
  • Benefits: Check out our full list at engine.com/culture.
  • Environments for Success: Different roles have different needs in terms of the environments that drive success which is why we have a hybrid-hub model. Whether you are in one of our amazing offices or fully remote, we'll make sure you have what you need to succeed.

Perks and benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and more.

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