SkillSoft

Senior Director, Commercial Operations

SkillSoft$215K — $235K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of strategic transformation experience with an analytical process in SaaS or PaaS environments.
  • 2+ years of team leadership experience driving outcomes.
  • Hands-on experience in process and technology within commercial operations.
  • In-depth knowledge of deal desk, contracts, and pricing systems, including CPQ.
  • Strong modeling and analytics skills for live operations and change execution.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with executive presentation capability.
  • Location flexibility in Boston, MA or East Coast, with potential travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

  • Assess and design future state of commercial processes, including pricing and analytics.
  • Define system requirements for CPQ, approval workflows, and contract lifecycle.
  • Support and refine pilots during live operations for process enhancements.
  • Own and manage core commercial processes, leading continuous quality improvements.
  • Deliver evaluations on pricing and deal data to inform commercial strategies.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off.
  • Opportunity to work in a cutting-edge commercial functions.
  • Chance to shape the development of innovative processes in the organization.
  • Access to an AI-enabled recruitment process, ensuring a human touch in hiring decisions.
Full Job Description
Senior Director, Commercial Operations

Skillsoft is redesigning its end-to-end commercial processes and building an integrated commercial function covering pricing, deal desk, contract negotiation, and RFP support. As Senior Director, Commercial Operations, you will have the opportunity to join at the design stage; build the new commercial processes, analytics, and systems, then own and run them as a permanent member of the function. This is a hands-on build-then-operate role in the commercial organization, not a rotational transformation position.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Assess end-to-end commercial processes, policies, and resources across the deal lifecycle, and design and document the future state, including pricing, discount, and conversion analytics.
  • Define enabling systems requirements and support implementation across CPQ, approval workflows, and contract lifecycle, with AI as a radical enabler of process speed and productivity.
  • Support pilots in live operations and refine designs based on results; may flex across adjacent initiatives early before moving full-time into the function.
  • Responsible for owning and running core commercial processes within the function as process owner and subject-matter expert, managing exception handling and driving continuous improvement in speed and quality.
  • Deliver ongoing pricing, discount, and deal data evaluations that inform commercial decisions and policy.

Skills & Qualifications to Be Successful:
  • 12+ years of a strategic transformation experience with and analytical process, technology and business experience in SaaS or PaaS environments
  • 2+ years leading a team and driving outcomes
  • Hands-on process & technology business experience
  • Robust knowledge of the Commercial-space with exposure to deal desk, contracts, pricing systems, as well as Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
  • Strong modeling and analytics ability with change execution in live operations
  • Polished written and verbal communication & collaboration skills with Executive Presentation skills
  • Location: Boston, MA or East Coast with the ability to travel up to 20%

Preferred Skills & Experience
  • MBA or Advanced Degree in a quantitative or business field


Target base salary range for this job requisition is anticipated to be approximately $215,000 - $235,000 annualized.

We also offer Enterprise benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, and paid time off.

The company may modify salaries, salary ranges and/or Pay Plans from time to time as it deems necessary.

Skillsoft uses AI-enabled tools to screen applications. Recruitment and hiring decisions are made by Skillsoft personnel and are not based solely on automated processing.

About SkillSoft

Skillsoft is a global leader in corporate learning, delivering beautiful technology and engaging content that drives business impact for modern enterprises. Skillsoft comprises three award-winning systems that support learning, performance and success: Skillsoft learning content, the Percipio intelligent learning experience platform and the SumTotal suite for Human Capital Management.
Learn more about SkillSoft
Size
2,200 employees
Market Cap
$206.6 million
Industry
Founded
1997
NASDAQ

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