SAS

Sr. Manager, Sales Operations

SAS$120K — $145K *
Cary, NC 27513In-Person
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field.
  • 12 years of experience in technology sales, sales finance, contracts, marketing, or business initiatives, including 2 years in a formal management role.
  • Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

  • Align Global Commercial Sales strategies with Industry GTM Strategy and business objectives.
  • Collaborate with senior leadership on go-to-market strategies.
  • Lead and direct projects and initiatives impacting sales support.
  • Analyze and provide recommendations regarding performance and operations.
  • Assist in developing and reviewing business plans with sales management.
  • Manage support staff and oversee business operations specialists.
  • Own sales territory planning, quota setting, and pipeline management.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • Onsite Health Care Center at HQ, with a pharmacy for employees enrolled in the PPO plan.
  • Industry-leading 401k plan.
  • Tuition Assistance Program and development resources.
  • Generous vacation time and holidays, including a U.S. Winter Wellness Break.
  • Volunteer Time Off, parental leave, and unlimited paid sick days.
  • Childcare benefits for all full-time employees.
Full Job Description

  

Senior Manager, GTM Operations – Global Commercial Industry – Hybrid, Cary, North Carolina 

  

About the job 

The Global GTM Operations team seeks a new team member who will lead and manage global GTM Operations staff that support the enterprise Commercial Sales Industry. This role enables predictable revenue growth by ensuring strong forecasting, pipeline health, territory and account design, performance insights, and operational rigor across Sales globally.  As a senior leader within GTM Operations, this role partners closely with industry, regional, and functional leaders to drive standardization, improve seller productivity, and lead GTM transformation initiatives that reduce friction and increase scalability. 

 As a Senior Manager, GTM Operations you will:  

  • Ensure that Global Commercial Sales Team strategies align with the Industry GTM Strategy and the company’s overall business objectives. 

  • Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and refine go-to-market strategies. 

  • Provides leadership and direction of projects and initiatives; coordinates activities with other areas that impact support of sales. 

  • Provides analysis and recommendations to management in matters concerning performance, operations, staffing, and resourcing, segmentation, compensation 

  • Assists sales management in developing business plans and reviewing with executive management. 

  • Manages support staff, which may include business operations specialists. 

  • Owns the sales territory planning, quota setting, and pipeline management. 

  • Owns the global forecasting and pipeline governance model for the Commercial industry, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and executive confidence. 

  • Provides clarification and direction on deal structure; coordinates with global sales and field operations to escalate and resolve issues regarding revenue recognition and sales compensation. 

  • Provides leadership and direction of account strategy, coaching and mentoring at account, and vertical levels. 

  • Provides coaching and direction on performance issues at all levels of the sales vertical/sales division. 

  • Lead and manage change initiatives within the GTM Operations teams, ensuring smooth transitions and adoption of new processes or technologies. Train and onboard teams on new tools, processes, or strategies. 

  • Success outcomes include predictable, accurate forecasting and pipeline health, scalable GTM Operating model, improved seller productivity and reduced operation friction, strong adoption of GTM Operations tools and process globally. 

 

Required qualifications 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field.  

  • Typically requires twelve years of experience in technology sales account management, sales finance, contracts, marketing, or business related initiative, which is related to the specific area of assignment; including two years in a formal management role.  

  • Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications. 

  

Additional competencies, knowledge and skills 

  • Courage - Proactively confronting difficult issues; making valiant choices and taking bold action in the face of opposition or fear. 

  • Creating a Culture of Trust - Fostering a work environment that encourages people to act with integrity and treat each other and their ideas with respect; creating and protecting a high-trust environment by setting an example, advocating for others in the face of challenges, removing barriers to trust, and rewarding others for demonstrating behaviors that cultivate trust. Provides feedback both reinforcing and constructive regarding the behaviors of his/her managers. 

  • Leading Change - Driving organizational and cultural changes needed to achieve strategic objectives; catalyzing new approaches to improve results by transforming organizational culture, systems, or products/services; helping others overcome resistance to change.  

  • Advanced knowledge of Sales Compensation structure and ability to build Sales Compensation Plans. 

  • Demonstrated leadership and decision making skills; strong oral and written communication and listening skills. 

  

World-class benefits  

Highlights include...

  • Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
  • Medical plan options include:
    • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
    • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
  • Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
  • An industry-leading 401k plan.
  • Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development
  • Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
  • Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
  • Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

 

About SAS

SAS is a multinational software company that provides advanced analytics, business intelligence, and data management software and services. SAS is the largest privately held software company in the world and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded in 1976 by Jim Goodnight and John Sall, who are still the CEO and Executive Vice President, respectively. SAS has over 83,000 customers worldwide and employs over 14,000 people in more than 60 countries. SAS has been recognized as one of the best places to work by Fortune magazine and the Great Place to Work Institute.
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