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The Sales Development Operations Team looks after the analytics, operations and strategy behind our lead generation teams; Business Development Representatives (BDR) and Sales Development Representatives (SDR). This team is paramount to the success of our Sales Development organisation by ensuring they have the insight, tools, processes & strategies needed to run effectively and efficiently.

The role of Sales Operations Manager, Sales Development EMEA

You will own the analytics, operations and strategy for the Sales Development teams that cover the whole of EMEA. These teams are based in one of our newer and growing offices in Dublin. You’ll partner closely with Sales Development leadership to put structures in place that help the organisation achieve their qualified lead (sales meetings set), stage 2 opportunity and pipeline quotas. You’ll collaborate with other Okta colleagues to design and implement your operational solutions, including Marketing Operations, Business Technology and Sales Enablement.

What you’ll be doing

Business Partnership

Serve as a trusted advisor to EMEA Sales Development leadership & managers. Provide recommendations on operational improvements and ways to drive effectiveness and efficiency across global teams.
Manage Sales Development quotas and PipeGen attainment, including the coverage and generation needs for each team. Work with Finance & Marketing Operations teams to identify and address areas of opportunity or concern.
Enable Sales Development teams by building assets such as: reports, dashboards, models, frameworks, etc.
Regularly inform stakeholders across Sales Development, Sales, Marketing, GTM Strategy & Planning of deeply analytical insights on Sales Development performance to ensure cross functional alignment and drive a data-driven decision strategy. Analyse and interrogate insights to proactively identify opportunities and prioritise initiatives to drive the business forward.

Annual Planning

Support the development of the annual and quarterly EMEA Sales Development planning processes including capacity and coverage models, quota setting etc.
Apply functional expertise and insights to support the strategy formation and validate alignment to the company objectives with optimal return on investment.

Business Reviews

Oversee quarterly and monthly business review (QBR/MBR) process and deliver insights on EMEA Sales Development performance in partnership with the VP and his directs.

Day to Day

Work closely with your AMER/APJ Sales Development Operations counterparts and the EMEA Marketing Operations team to drive alignment on Global KPIs and processes, proactively identify areas of opportunity and execute on key strategies.
Implement EMEA Sales Development reporting packages to increase rep effectiveness and productivity.
Conduct weekly metrics reviews with xDR management.
Review the pipeline generation needs and variances for each team. Work with xDR managers to identify areas of opportunity or concern.
Partner with Enablement to improve new rep ramp time and training.
Document essential processes and engagement rules; help enforce processes such as activity metrics & SLA attainment.
Make recommendations to optimise the Sales Development User Experience in Salesforce by identifying areas of process simplification and automation.
Collaborate with Marketing Operations to provide feedback and insights into areas such as Lead Scoring, Propensity models, monthly Call Blitz planning etc.

What you’ll bring to the role

Experience in Sales Operations or Sales Analyst role
Ideally expertise in lead management best practices & processes for both inbound (BDR) and outbound (SDR)
Expertise in quota setting exercises & strategies
Strong understanding of the Demand Funnel
Salesforce mastery: create complex dashboards & reports, custom report types
Intermediate experience in Tableau dashboard creation desirable
Working knowledge of Anaplan desirable
Exceptional quantitative and Google Sheets/MS Excel skills (sumifs, index/match and vlookup, table formulas)
Ability to partner with and challenge Executives (VP level)

What you can look forward to as an Okta employee!

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