Sales Strategy and Operations Associate

Responsibilities​

• Partner with senior sales leadership to drive and support operational and analytical needs to assess and review business performance (rep productivity, forecasting, QBRs, product mix analysis) ​

• Support our global strategic planning process by leading planning work streams in areas such as customer segmentation, headcount, financial planning, go-to-market strategy, territory planning, book building and quota setting​

• Lead operational processes of the sales organisation such as quota management, territory allocation, audits, reports and dashboard development, data checks and maintenance​

• Lead and provide recommendations on a variety of strategic, cross-functional projects that will shape LinkedIn’s go-to-market motion​

• Present insights and recommendations to executives and global sales operations partners  ​

• Establish strong working relationships with peers in other sales operations teams and cross functional partners (business operations, sales leadership, HR, finance and systems teams) to achieve objectives​

Basic Qualifications ​

• 4+ years of experience in sales, strategy and operations, management consulting, finance, sales operations, business operations or an analytical/operational role ​

• 4+ years of experience with Excel, PowerPoint and/or SQL ​

Preferred Qualifications ​

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel​

• Expertise in data analysis and financial modeling ​

• Comfort with ambiguity​

• Experience in communicating effectively and presenting to senior executives ​

• Ability to build strong partnerships and collaborate with stakeholders ​

• Strong organisational skills and extremely high attention to detail  ​

• Experience in working with Tableau, SQL and/or Presto, Anaplan ​

• Motivation to challenge that status quo and continually innovate​

Suggested Skills​

• Excel ​

• SQL ​

• Collaboration​

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