Autodesk, Inc

Sales Planning & Incentives Manager

Autodesk, Inc$118K — $212K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Florida, NY
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in sales incentive and/or sales planning, including revenue operations or sales finance
  • Bachelor's Degree required; MBA preferred
  • Proven experience presenting to and influencing sales leaders and executives
  • Demonstrated ability to manage timelines and cross-functional projects
  • Strong skills in analyzing business issues to prioritize impactful solutions
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication, facilitation and presentation skills
  • Experience as a 'connector' across teams fostering collaboration
  • Familiarity with sales roles and processes
  • Proficient in Anaplan, Salesforce.com, Lightning Salesforce Reporting, Excel, and AI tools

Responsibilities

  • Engage with sales leadership to execute sales strategy and coverage planning
  • Focus on enhancing the effectiveness of sellers and sales teams
  • Leverage industry best practices for sales planning
  • Collaborate with sales operations and executives to define program vision and outcomes
  • Manage the end-to-end planning for portfolios, territories, and sales assignments
  • Track and manage milestones, risks, and dependencies
  • Align with cross-functional teams to ensure coordinated project delivery
  • Facilitate executive decision-making by highlighting sales effectiveness trade-offs
  • Create clear, executive-level presentations to summarize program status
  • Drive the sales compensation design process globally
  • Collaborate with quota-setting teams to ensure alignment with compensation rules
  • Provide input into performance tools and reporting for sales
  • Work with commission and tech teams to establish long-term commission strategy
  • Lead change management initiatives and engagement with stakeholders
  • Develop enablement strategies for communication and training for sales tools
  • Deliver training to sales managers for successful rollout and adoption of processes
  • Support sales managers with portfolio and territory reviews, resolving issues as needed

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits covering a range of needs
  • Financial benefits, including retirement savings plans
  • Generous time-off policies to promote work-life balance
  • Wellness programs to support mental and physical well-being
  • Flexibility to work effectively within teams and personal commitments
Full Job Description
Job Requisition ID #

26WD99755

Position Overview

Do you have experience supporting sales teams with go-to-market programs to grow the business? If yes, read on! You may be a great match for our Sales Planning & Incentives Manager in GTM Strategy and Operations at Autodesk. In this role, you will act as a strategic partner, collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Finance, and Product teams to support go-to-market planning and sales incentive programs. This position reports to the Director of GTM Performance Management at Autodesk.

Responsibilities:

  • Play a key role in sales coverage and incentive planning by engaging with sales leadership to execute on sales strategy


  • Wake up every day thinking about how to help sellers and sales teams be more effective


  • Keep up with and leverage industry best practices around sales planning


  • Partner with sales operations and executive stakeholders to define program vision, roadmap, and business outcomes


  • Manage end-to-end planning process for portfolio and territory planning and sales assignments


  • Ensure key milestones, risks, and dependencies are clearly tracked and proactively managed


  • Align with cross-functional Program Managers to ensure coordinated delivery


  • Enable executive decision making by highlighting trade-offs and prioritizing sales effectiveness and company/sales strategy


  • Summarize program status through clear, executive-level presentations and communications


  • Help drive sales compensation design process for all roles globally


  • Drive connected planning with quota setting teams to ensure quotas align with comp rules


  • Provide key input into the sales facing performance tools and reporting including Peer Performance Groups, Sales Management reporting and individual commission statement


  • Partner with the commission team and technology teams in the development of the long-term commission system strategy to ensure accurate and timely payments and best-in-class business processes


  • Lead change management efforts by identifying key stakeholders, change mgmt. and enablement partners, and ensuring appropriate engagement and follow-up post launch


  • Build and deploy enablement strategies (communication and training plans) to ensure sales teams can effectively use tools, programs, and policies


  • Deliver training and guidance to sales managers on processes, timelines, and tools to drive successful rollout and adoption


  • Support sales managers during portfolio and territory reviews by addressing questions, resolving issues, and removing blockers


Minimum Qualifications

  • Must have 10+ years of sales incentive and/or sales planning experience, including sales commission, sales compensation, revenue operations or sales finance


  • Bachelor's Degree required, MBA desirable


  • Experience presenting to and influencing executives and/or sales leaders around sales planning


  • Experience managing timelines and cross functional projects.


  • Experience analyzing business issues, prioritizing maximum impact against business goals


  • Strong verbal and written communication, facilitation and presentation skills


  • Experience being a "connector" across teams and driving cross functional collaboration


  • General knowledge and appreciation of sales roles and the sales processes


  • Must have experience with Anaplan, Salesforce.com, Lightning Salesforce Reporting, Excel, and AI tools


Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $118,800 and $212,960. Offers are based on the candidate's experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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About Autodesk, Inc

Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational software corporation that makes software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries. Autodesk is headquartered in San Rafael, California, and features a gallery of its customers' work in its San Francisco building.
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Size
12,600 employees
Market Cap
$40.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.2 billion
Founded
1982
5 Year Trend
+16.6%
Revenue
$3.7 billion
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