Revenue Operations Director, Global oCFO
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
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About the Team
The Revenue Operations Director Global oCFO will act as the sales COO to drive disciplined scalable execution for Workdays oCFO business line primarily supporting the Sales AVP oCFO North America while also providing support to EMEA and APAC. While directly reporting to the Senior Director of Revenue Operations this leader will own the intersection of revenue strategy business operations analytics systems governance and field enablement.This role serves as the central operational partner to oCFO sales leadership and cross-functional stakeholders across Revenue Operations Product Partners Marketing Customer Experience Finance Compensation and GTM Systems. The Director will translate strategic priorities into integrated workstreams clear decision forums measurable operating rhythms and actionable insights for oCFO leaders Regional Sales Directors (RSDs) and account executives (AEs).
The ideal candidate combines rigorous operational leadership with strong analytical judgment and proven success navigating complex matrixed SaaS organizations.
About the Role
Orchestrate Global Operating Cadence: Design execute and continuously refine the end-to-end operating rhythm - including Operating Council Steering Council Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs) leadership calls and seller forums - ensuring clear inputs decision rights and follow-through.
Bridge Strategy to Execution: Convert oCFO strategic priorities into integrated cross-functional roadmaps workstreams decision logs and risk-mitigation frameworks. Surface blockers early and maintain accountability through rollout and scale.
Build the Performance Data System: Establish a single-source-of-truth state of the business view for oCFO (pipeline coverage bookings forecast accuracy quota attainment productivity and seller capacity) to guide strategic decision-making.
Drive Analytics & Dashboard Strategy: Partner with Revenue Insights and GTM Systems to prioritize govern and enhance data products (e.g. Sigma Adaptive Planning) delivering tailored role-based insights for AEs RSDs and executive leadership.
Strengthen Systems & Data Governance: Instill operational rigor across core platforms (Salesforce Clari Xactly). Standardize process intake quota/territory escalations compensation alignment audit tracking and ongoing data hygiene.
Guide Organizational & Model Evolution: Support operating-model changes role clarity and communication plans across the global oCFO organization ensuring zero disruption to account teams forecasting or customer experience.
Foster Global & Matrix Diplomacy: Act as the trusted connector between oCFO sales leadership regional/industry teams and global functional partners. Balance globally standardized processes with localized field realities.
Lead Field Enablement & Change Adoption: Develop operational communications enablement toolkits and leadership narratives that drive seller adoption of new tools governance policies and workflows.
Advance AI & Operational Innovation: Identify and operationalize AI and automation opportunities to boost seller productivity streamline operational workflows and enhance predictive forecasting precision.
About You
Basic Qualifications
Experience: 8 years in Revenue Operations Sales Operations Business Operations or Strategy Consulting within a high-growth SaaS or complex enterprise software environment.
Execution Record: Proven ability to take operating strategies from Design Pilot Implementation Measurement Continuous Improvement.
Cadence Management: Direct experience building and running executive-level cadences (Operating Councils QBRs/MBRs cross-functional steering committees).
Analytical Fluency: Expert ability to synthesize complex performance pipeline capacity and operational datasets into clear decisions and executive narratives.
GTM Tech Stack: Strong proficiency with core enterprise GTM systems (CRM forecasting tools compensation territory and business intelligence).
Matrix Leadership: Proven ability to lead and influence senior executives regional field teams and cross-functional partners without direct authority.
Education: Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
Other Qualifications
Experience supporting specialist overlay industry or global matrixed sales organizations.
Hands-on familiarity with Salesforce Clari Sigma Adaptive Planning and Xactly.
Track record of leading data-quality compensation quota/territory restructuring or enterprise organizational change management.
Direct experience developing or deploying AI-enabled workflows predictive analytics or automation for revenue organizations.
Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent).
Workday Pay Transparency Statement
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.
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