Sales Operations Senior Associate

This role will be based in Chicago New York San Francisco or Sunnyvale depending upon which location the applicant chosen for the role is currently residing.   

At LinkedIn our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture connection clarity and the evolving needs of our business.  The work location of this role is hybrid meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the business needs of the team.    

Our GoToMarket Sales Strategy & Operations organization is responsible for building and maintaining the operational & planning foundations that enables our sales organization to run effectively and efficiently. This individual will act as an advisor to executives in the sales organization and is responsible for helping the most important strategic and operational problems facing the business. As a Sales Strategy & Operations Senior Associate you will be partnering with senior sales executives to assess business performance and derive actionable insights focused on driving revenue growth sales productivity and customer value. The Senior Associate is also responsible for leading executing and scaling operational and planning processes in partnership with crossfunctional stakeholders.  

The Senior Associate should have a strong strategic mindset communications skills and collaborate with crossfunctional stakeholders to drive critical business decisions. The candidate should also be able to handle highly sensitive confidential and nonroutine information have high attention to detail be openminded to challenge the status quo and work in a rapidly changing organization while inspiring excellence from themselves and business partners.  

Responsibilities  

• Support the global gotomarket strategy for the LinkedIn Sales Solution business unit and act as anadvisor to crossfunctionalleadershipby delivering datadrivenrecommendationstohelpoptimizethe Sales Solutionsbusiness and achieveitsstrategicpriorities  
• Independently navigate ambiguous business problems and lead projects to influence key decisions through performance metrics scaling or transformation initiatives  
• Establish strong crossfunctional relationships with Sales leadership Strategic Finance Pricing Product Marketing and Systems teams to help suggest and implement processes (whether shortterm workarounds or longerterm solutions)  
• Independently drive projects tied to annual strategic planning priorities through datadriven recommendations on how to optimize gotomarket operating models and team productivity  
• Proactively identify opportunities for and implement process improvements with an operational excellence mindset  
• Launch optimize and scale new pilots testing into net new sales motions and potential revenue streams  

Qualifications :

BasicQualifications:  

• BA/BS degree  
• 4 years experienceina strategicoranalyticalrole includingConsulting Finance Business OperationsSales OperationsBusiness Development orothersimilar  
• 2 years experience with excel and SQL  

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Proficiency indata analysis/modeling(Excel SQL)and the ability to see beyond the numbers to drive sounddecisionmaking  
• Experience with D365 Anaplan SQL/relational databases and reporting tools like Tableau/PowerBi  
• Expert knowledge of MS Office (Outlook Word PowerPoint and Excel)  
• Proven track record of leading strategic and operational crossfunctional initiatives in a highgrowth performancefocused environment  
• Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills; demonstrated ability to structure complex problems navigate challenging data sets develop solutions and craft highquality executivepresentations  
• Strongcommunication skills including experience effectively communicating with seniorleaders  
• Deep experience in prioritization of deliverables and tasks  
• Highly collaborative style with strong influence skills  
• Extreme attention to detail (minimizing defects)  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills  
• Analytical and strategic thinking  
• Management Consulting Investment banking Strategy and Ops elsewhere SaaS  

Suggested skills:  

• Excel  
• SQL  
• Strategy  
• Operations  
• Crossfunctional collaboration  

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.       

The pay range for this role is $96000 to $156000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.       

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information visit: Information :

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