Principal Analyst, Sales Strategy & Operations - Public Sector Sales

Analytics & Data Science | Remote, Americas | Remote, Remote



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Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, look to solve challenging problems and are motivated to implement innovative ways to do things better? You'll thrive if you are highly organized, driven, a self-starter, analytical and have a strong attention to detail. If so, continue reading.

This highly visible role will be a strategic partner to our Senior Sales Leadership, helping us deliver in period performance and scale for tomorrow. This role will support Public Sector Account Executive (AE) teams, partnering closely with the applicable leaders and other teams to drive operational excellence and accelerate revenue growth. The ideal candidate will thrive in a high-growth, collaborative environment, blend operational rigor with a deep understanding of enterprise SaaS go-to-market motions, and bridge from business intelligence analyst up to the C-suite.

This role will serve as a key operational partner to our Senior Sales leadership, helping deliver in-period performance and build the operational foundation for scalable growth. You will partner closely with sales leadership and across Revenue Operations teams to drive operational rigor, forecasting discipline, and data-driven decision-making. The ideal candidate will thrive in a high-growth, collaborative environment, blend operational rigor with a deep understanding of enterprise SaaS go-to-market motions, and bridge from business intelligence analyst up to the senior leadership.

• Field partnership & insights Serve as trusted operational partner for Sales leaders in our high touch businesses in global Public Sector, helping drive revenue performance, operational rigor, and strategic insights to power accelerated performance.
• Forecasting & pipeline management Assist Sales to continuously improve their sales forecasting and pipeline generation and management practices under our Sales Franchise operating model, partnering with regional team leaders to improve accountability, predictability and forecast accuracy.
• Coverage, target and capacity planning Support annual planning cycles for our high touch Public Sector sales teams, including territory design, target splits, headcount planning, and capacity modeling. Ensure equitable coverage, alignment to strategic priorities, and support for the org's growth trajectory. Support field leaders with headcount management in line with published policies and governance.
• Sales process design & optimization Drive the adoption of franchised sales practices to improve consistency and effectiveness across teams and geographies. Identify areas of friction in process workflows and lead initiatives to improve field productivity, engagement tracking, and funnel metrics. Look for opportunities to implement AI and automation to drive efficiencies.
• Sales excellence evangelism Partner with Central Operations, Analytics, Systems and Sales Enablement teams to assess, standardize, implement, and optimize Sales processes, people and technology to deliver revenue growth. Support QBR preparation, compensation tracking, performance reporting, rhythm-of-business cadences for the sales organization and change management with new processes and tools.