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Sales Operations (Expert)

Apollo.io

Apollo.io

Sales & Business Development, Operations
Remote
Posted on Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Apollo.io is the leading go-to-market solution for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000 companies and millions of users globally, from rapidly growing startups to some of the world's largest enterprises. Apollo.io provides sales and marketing teams with easy access to verified contact data for over 270 million B2B contacts, along with tools to engage and convert these contacts in one unified platform. By helping revenue professionals find the most accurate contact information and automating the outreach process, Apollo.io turns prospects into customers. Apollo raised a series D in 2023 and is backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and more, and counts the former President and COO of Hubspot, JD Sherman, among its board members. Apollo.io is growing rapidly, with 900% revenue growth since 2021, and is looking for world-class talent to keep building with us.

The Sales Operations team is responsible for the overall productivity, structure, and efficacy of the Revenue Organization at Apollo and partners extremely closely with Sales leadership to drive key initiatives. This role will partner with the Head of Growth Sales to drive overall productivity and effectiveness. Responsibilities will include go-to-market design, resource planning, quota setting & management, ad-hoc analytical reporting, and strategic program management. You will partner with key cross-functional stakeholders from Finance, Marketing, People Operations, and Sales to deliver key outcomes. The ideal candidate will have an entrepreneurial mindset and a documented history of thriving in ambiguity.

We are looking for great teammates who can connect with our sales team and get them excited about their learning journey. As part of this team, the work you do will be the foundation for massive growth over the coming years!

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with Sales leadership and cross-functional stakeholders in developing go-to market strategy, resource plans and key performance metrics
  • Create and manage operational processes such as target setting and compensation reporting for the Growth team
  • Develop and execute initiatives designed to optimize Growth sales team efficiency and productivity
  • Drive rhythm of the business (forecasting, monthly / quarterly business reviews) for a net new sales motion
  • Provide ad-hoc and repeatable business analytics horsepower to arm sales leadership with critical data and insights Growth Administration
  • Collaborate directly with the Director of Sales Ops and Head of Growth Sales to define and operationalize best-in-class sales plays & cadences for Growth team
  • Collaborate directly with the Director of Sales Ops and Head of Growth Sales to define and operationalize best-in-class sales plays & cadences for Growth team

About you:

  • 2-5 years of experience in Sales Ops, Sales Strategy, Management Consulting, or GTM-Focused VC.
  • Minimum 4 years total experience.
  • Familiarity with SQL Senior stakeholder management experience is critical
  • Experience navigating and managing transformation projects and large scale strategic initiatives is critical.

What You’ll Love About Apollo

Besides the great compensation package and culture that thrives in openness and excellence, we invest tremendous effort into developing our remote employees’ careers. The team embraces that we have a sole purpose: to help customers maximize their full revenue potential on the Apollo platform. This mindset opens us up to a lot of creative approaches to making customers successful at scale. You’ll be a significant part of a lean, remote team, empowered to really own your role as a proactive educator. We’re very collaborative at Apollo, so you’ll be able to lean on your teammates, even in adjacent departments, to help you achieve lofty goals. You’ll be supported and encouraged to experiment and take educated risks that lead to big wins. And, you’ll have a whole team remotely by your side to help you do it!