Cohesity

Sales Operations Director

Cohesity$225K — $250K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in technology; 7+ in Sales Operations, Finance, or Sales Leadership
  • Experience in Sales Operations leadership within high-growth enterprise software
  • Proven decision-maker who meets aggressive deadlines and financial targets
  • AI proficiency to leverage and manifest business value
  • Consultative input to Sales leaders on performance and productivity
  • Willingness to engage in various business areas beyond Revenue Operations
  • Expertise in forecast management and analytics

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement sales strategies with Sales Leaders to meet business objectives
  • Collaborate with Global Revenue Operations for business standardization and optimization
  • Oversee Area and District sales forecasts ensuring accuracy
  • Analyze Americas operations to recommend improvements and execute strategies
  • Navigating cross-functional processes for strategic deals
  • Manage planning for compensation, territory optimization, and quota setting
  • Direct Revenue Operations resources to align with Americas objectives

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Flexible in-office work schedule (2-3 days/week)
Full Job Description
This role is critical in further scaling our established and expanding Americas business. It is a visible role that reports to the VP of Americas Field Operations and works closely with Sales leaders in our Americas business. You will establish a close partnership with the Area VP and District Sales leaders who run our Western strategic and enterprise account segments.

The focus of the role spans strategy formulation through to tactical execution, and related measurement, analysis, planning and reporting details. You must be able to work cross-functionally to drive efficiency, predictability and performance growth + scale. As a trusted advisor to the sales leaders, you must be capable of acting on their behalf in helping run the business. You are expected to support, implement and often create Americas-wide initiatives designed to advance alignment with, and achievement of, strategy and objectives.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with Sales Leaders to develop and implement sales strategies designed to achieve overall business objectives and financial targets, including predictability of the business.


  • Work with the Global Revenue Operations organization, including peers, to drive business predictability, standardization and optimization, while ensuring the needs of the Area business is met.


  • Develop, oversee and guide Area and District sales forecasts with a focus on accuracy and predictability.


  • Analyze and assess all aspects of the Americas operations. Proactively provide recommendations on performance and productivity improvement strategies and actions & execute the strategies and actions to do so.


  • Steward the most strategic deals through the cross functional (finance, legal, pricing, OM, renewals, Channel, etc) landscape.


  • Steward compensation related planning efforts, including territory optimization, quota setting, and enablement.


  • Direct efforts for centralized Revenue Operations teams/resources to ensure Americas business objectives are met. Be a voice for the field in doing so.


Qualifications

  • Minimum 12 years of experience in the technology industry, with at least 7 of those years working in Sales Operations, Finance or Sales Leadership .


  • Previous experience in a Sales Operations leadership role in a high growth, complex selling, enterprise software business.


  • Results-oriented with strong decision-making skills and the ability to prioritize multiple objectives while meeting aggressive deadlines and financial targets.


  • AI savvy, with ability to leverage and create AI output and business value. Must be able to show how you have the intellectual curiosity to leverage and put AI tools to use to drive business outcomes.


  • Ability to provide consultative input to Sales leaders and Revenue Operations leaders regarding performance and productivity; suggest optimal solutions to achieve business objectives.


  • Willing to contribute in all areas of the business, including outside the typical scope of Revenue Operations, to support scaling the business.


  • Expertise in forecast management, pipeline management, deal inspection, SFDC, analytics, and reporting.


  • Extensive experience and knowledge of enterprise sales models, including multi-channel distribution.


  • Experience doing data analysis, modeling, and/or financial analysis to support and drive business decisions.


  • Passion for delivering high quality deliverables against challenging timelines


  • Ability to build relationships with all levels and across all functions of the company.


  • Natural self-starter with the ability to identify and influence key business drivers.


  • Strong organizational and time management skills along with the ability to work independently (self starter) to achieve results


  • You understand what it means, and how, to drive sales effectiveness


  • Bachelor's degree required in either a business or technology discipline.


THE OPPORTUNITY

Rarely do opportunities such as this arise. The chance to play a significant role in a pre-IPO company completely disrupting the market, with a TAM that is through the roof, referenceability & size that belies the age of the company, investors & partners of superior stature and a growth rate that confounds market dynamics.

We operate at an intensity that is not for everyone. We expect a lot of each other, andwe support each other relentlessly.

This is a visible role. The successful candidate will be expected to hit the ground running, which means experience in a similar role is essential. Your career has been preparing you for this opportunity and you will know what to do when you get here. Please consider your personal attributes, passions and career aspirations before applying.

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Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate's skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

Pay Range :

$225,000.00-$250,000.00

The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.

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In-Office Expectations

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.

We strongly prefer candidates who are currently located in or near the designated job location. Candidates outside the area should apply only if they are committed to relocating prior to their start date and have the legal right to work in the job location.

About Cohesity

Cohesity is a data management company that provides a web-scale platform for consolidating secondary storage silos onto a single, easy-to-manage solution. The company's products include Cohesity DataProtect, Cohesity DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios, and Cohesity SmartFiles. Cohesity was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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1,600 employees
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Founded
2013

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