Cisco

Sales Operations Manager (Remote)

Cisco$113K — $142K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in Sales Operations, Business Operations, or a related field.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related area.
  • High proficiency in CRM software such as Salesforce.
  • Advanced Excel skills and experience with BI tools like Tableau.

Responsibilities

  • Own sales forecasting process by managing data analysis and providing recommendations to leadership.
  • Build and maintain dashboards and reports using Salesforce and BI tools to analyze sales performance and pipeline health.
  • Support annual planning, including territory design and quota setting in the Americas Sales and Partner organizations.
  • Analyze partner demand generation, pipeline health, and establish SLAs and KPIs for organizational accountability.
  • Establish operating cadence to promote consistency and predictability within the sales organization.
  • Streamline the sales process using AI and automation to enhance productivity.
  • Advise sales and partner leaders on GTM strategy, including sales coverage and tactics.

Benefits

  • Flexible work location anywhere in the United States.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 07/31/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This role can be performed anywhere in the United States.

Your Impact:
  • Sales forecasting: Own end-to-end management of the sales forecasting process including data analysis and recommendations to sales leadership.
  • Reporting and analysis: Build and maintain dashboards and reports in Salesforce and other Business Intelligence (BI) tools. Analyze sales performance metrics, pipeline health and forecast accuracy. Integrates operational insights from multiple domains to advise leadership.
  • Planning & Readiness: Support Annual Planning including territory design and quota setting within the Splunk Americas Sales and Partner organizations.
  • Channel Operations: Analyze partner demand generation, analyzing pipeline health, velocity, and conversion to hit quarterly targets. Establish and monitor rigorous SLAs and KPIs to ensure organizational accountability and alignment.
  • Operational Excellence: Establish strong operating cadence to drive consistency and predictability throughout the sales organization.
  • Sales process optimization: Streamline the end-to-end sales process to eliminate bottlenecks and increase productivity using AI, automation, Salesforce and reporting systems.
  • Thought leadership: act as a trusted advisor to sales and partner leaders on GTM Strategy and decisions including sales coverage, capacity, plays and tactics across all teams in Splunk.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with sales, channel, marketing, finance, and customer success teams to ensure alignment on strategy, messaging and go-to-market initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Experience: 3+ years in Sales Operations, Business Operations or a relevant function.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing or a related field.
  • Technical Skills: High proficiency with CRM software (e.g. Salesforce), advanced excel skills and experience with BI Tools (e.g. Tableau).

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Problem-solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data and translate insights into action.
  • Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting complex findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Organizational skills: Exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

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79,500 employees
Market Cap
$194.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$10.1 billion
Founded
2014
5 Year Trend
+1.4%
Revenue
$48 billion
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