Job Description
PagerDuty is the leading digital operations management platform for businesses. Our global teams work together, iterate constantly, and solve complex problems to help our 15,000+ customers deliver beautiful customer experiences powered by happy teams and healthy software. PagerDuty is a place where you can do some of the most interesting, impactful, challenging, and exciting work of your career.
Why We Need You
We are seeking a Director of Sales Planning who will serve as a strategic partner to our Senior Sales Leaders. This role is integral to our commitment to revenue growth, with responsibilities encompassing sales planning, forecasting, compensation design, headcount investments and quota coverage. As our Director of Sales Planning, you will be reporting to the Sr. Director of Sales Operations, leading the charge in the development, implementation, and ongoing refinement of sales strategies, programs, and initiatives.
The perfect candidate has experience working in fast-paced, high-growth environments and possesses a comprehensive understanding of diverse sales metrics, processes, and tools. Proficiency in enterprise selling processes, SaaS, and digital sales metrics is highly desirable. We are looking for a leader who can identify and implement improvements in all aspects of sales operations, with a particular emphasis on sales planning.
This role demands a combination of strong operational skills, deep analytical abilities, and the capacity to provide strategic support to our sales leadership teams. Your focus will be managing functions crucial to our go-to-market strategy and sales-related initiatives aimed at driving enablement and productivity.
How You Contribute to Our Vision: Key Responsibilities
- Establishing and maintaining sales quotas and designing the go-to-market strategy, balancing field sellers, inside sales, and product-led growth approaches.
- Leading sales forecasting efforts across each segment of the business.
- Designing compensation plans to optimize sales performance and drive revenue growth.
- Planning and executing sales capacity hiring strategies to ensure optimal staffing and profiling of the sales team.
- Collaborating with cross-functional leaders to deliver strategic projects, insightful analysis, and process improvements for our sales organization.
- Driving alignment among Sales Operations, Sales Management, Product, Marketing, Finance, IT, and Customer Support to determine key business strategies, internal process improvements, and to develop go-to-market and operational plans.
- Providing leadership, mentorship, and ongoing feedback to a team of sales operations managers and individual contributors dedicated to various sales segments.
Skills & Attributes
- Strong leadership skills and people management experience
- Ability to create and foster a high performing and metrics driven environment
- Strong written and verbal communication, with experience delivering presentations to an executive audience.
Minimum Requirements
- 8+ years experience of progressive experience in Sales/Business Operations, Business Planning and Strategy experience
- Direct experience within a SaaS organization - at least two years
Preferred Qualifications
- Salesforce Power User
- Clari experience
- Tableau experience
- Anaplan experience
The base salary range for this position is 158,000 - 241,000 USD. This role may also be eligible for bonus, commission, equity, and/or benefits.
Our base salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range, which is subject to change based on primary work location, reflects the minimum and maximum base salary we expect to pay newly hired employees for the position. Within the range, we determine pay for an individual based on a number of factors including market location, job-related knowledge, skills/competencies and experience.
Your recruiter can share more about the specific offerings for this role, as well as the salary range for your primary work location during the hiring process.
Not sure if you qualify?
Apply anyway! We extend opportunities to a broad array of candidates, including those with diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds. Whether you're new to the corporate world, returning to work after a gap in employment, or simply looking to take the next step in your career path, we are excited to connect with you.
Where we work
PagerDuty currently has offices in Atlanta, Lisbon, London, San Francisco, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto, with remote opportunities in those cities and Chile. We offer a hybrid, flexible workplace, while also providing ample opportunities for in-person and virtual connection with your fellow Dutonians.
How we work
Our values are deeply embedded in how we operate and the people we bring on board. You will see our values ingrained in how we support our customers, collaborate with our colleagues, develop our products and foster an inclusive and empathetic work culture.
- Champion the Customer | Put users first to design great products and experiences.
- Run Together | Build strong teams that amplify our impact on users.
- Take the Lead | Disrupt and invent to be the first choice for users.
- Ack + Own | Take ownership and action to deliver more efficiently to users.
- Bring Your Self | Bring your best self to build empathy and trust with users.
What we offer
One way we ensure our employees are inspired to do their best is through a comprehensive total rewards approach that supports them and their loved ones. As a global organization, our programs are competitive with industry standards and aligned with local laws and regulations.
Your package may include:
- Competitive salary and company equity
- Comprehensive benefits package from day one
- Flexible work arrangements
- ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Program)
- Retirement or pension plan
- Paid parental leave - up to 22 weeks for pregnant parent, up to 12 weeks for non-pregnant parent (some countries have longer leave standards and we comply with local laws)
- Generous paid vacation time
- Paid holidays and sick leave
- Paid volunteer time off - 20 hours per year
- Bi-annual company-wide hack weeks
- Mental wellness programs
- Dutonian Wellness Days & Midyear Wellness Week - scheduled company-wide paid days off in addition to PTO and scheduled holidays
HibernationDuty - a week each year when everyone at PagerDuty, with the exception of a small, coverage crew, is asked to take a much needed break to truly disconnect and recharge
About PagerDuty
PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD) is a leader in digital operations management. In an always-on world, organizations of all sizes trust PagerDuty to help them deliver a better digital experience to their customers, every time. Teams use PagerDuty to identify issues and opportunities in real time and bring together the right people to fix problems faster and prevent them in the future. Notable customers include Cisco, Cox Automotive, DoorDash, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Shopify, Zoom and more.
Led by CEO Jennifer Tejada, two-thirds of the PagerDuty board is classified as non-white, with women making up nearly half of all board members. We strive to build a more equitable world by investing 1% each of company equity, product, and employee volunteer time.
PagerDuty is Great Place to Work-certified™, a Fortune Best Place to Work for Women, and a top rated product on TrustRadius and G2.
Go behind-the-scenes @pagerdutylife on Instagram.
Additional Information
PagerDuty is committed to creating a diverse environment and is an equal opportunity employer. PagerDuty does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or disability status.
PagerDuty is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process. Should you require accommodation, please email [email protected] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
PagerDuty uses the E-Verify employment verification program.
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Date Posted
06/22/2023
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