Head of Sales Systems & Operations, Atlassian
Software development and collaboration platform
Job no longer available
Software development and collaboration platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To give all teams the tools required to collaborate and innovate with new levels of productivity.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years in leadership roles in Sales/Business Operations or similar consulting roles, ideally within a high-growth technology company, with experience leading enterprise-level projects
- Minimum of 7 years of hands-on experience managing a Salesforce environment/team in a B2B, high-tech domain. SaaS software sales experience is expected
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a people manager role leading and motivating a team
- Experience rolling out significant programs within a sales or quote-to-cash organization, from project justification (ROI) to requirements gathering, solution design, cross-functional execution to launch and change management
- Expertise in Sales, Service and Marketing Clouds, and an expert-level understanding of modern GTM technologies supporting the entire customer lifecycle
- Experience with high-velocity sales models and more traditional high-touch enterprise sales motions
- Diplomacy and negotiation skills to drive senior stakeholders to agreement on prioritization
- Excellent business acumen. You’ve been around the block and have developed such a thorough understanding of B2B sales that you’re ready to design your own CRM. In-depth experience with channels and/or inside sales a big plus
- You have a knack for solution design, embrace complexity and can distill complex concepts into simple terms for our business counterparts
- You understand the tools, techniques and processes required to use data to drive decision-making, communicate, guide and influence seller experiences in meaningful ways
- You have an extreme sense of ownership and accountability for your work and your team. We have ambitious plans and need you to execute relentlessly and drive projects to conclusion
What the job involves
- Work with business stakeholders and leadership in Sales to understand business objectives, needs and priorities, and develop and maintain a roadmap of projects and programs aligned to these goals
- Support end-to-end project/program management for CRM and related sales-systems initiatives
- As a hands-on leader, you will drive the prioritization of initiatives to realize the best returns and manage a team of business analysts and product owners who will support or execute every prioritized project
- You will ensure the business value of every project is quantified and that measurable success metrics have been defined
- You will drive clarity of requirements and will ask lots of “why” questions to validate business impact of what gets implemented and to ensure that the solution will stand the test of time
- You will partner closely with our technology teams to design best-in-class solutions, and will have ultimate accountability for the successful delivery of projects in our portfolio, including change management and enablement activities for our field teams
- You will work closely with our different selling teams to identify ways to drive improvements into their work flows and optimize the experience to their unique seller objects
- You will partner with Marketing and Product Management to design and iterate on go-to-market strategy and tactics to support ABM motions in our strategic accounts
- You will provide support to the Customer Success organization and our sales overlay teams for systems improvement projects, and refinement of the engagement model with our sales teams
- You will support the NPI (new product introduction) process, including M&A projects, to ensure successful operationalization of new offers across lead-to-cash and support processes
- In addition to project support, you will also be responsible for the general “care and feeding” and “keep the lights on” support of sales systems, including basic data governance, permissions/security administration, user administration and business user support
- You will be a trusted advisor to the business - helping guide our sales organization to best-in-class sales practices
Our take
Atlassian creates software products for developers and project managers to help teams work together more efficiently. Since its founding in 2002, the global company has built up a strong suite of high-performing products including Jira, Trello, and Confluence.
Whilst their focus has predominantly been on software team management, products like Trello mark a shift in strategy for Atlassian, who intend to expand their coverage to other sectors. It is a smart move: with companies increasingly operating globally, the ability to coordinate projects from a common hub is more useful than ever. This is further compounded by the shift to remote workforces over the early 2020s.
Atlassian plans to further enhance the user experience of its products by minimizing friction in its connecting apps, meaning that product integration will be easier for its customers. Atlassian continues to perform strongly financially, and with its products playing a key role in two major fields - Agile and DevOps - they look set to remain an integral and successful market leader as the industry develops.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
41% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2010
$60m
SERIES A
Total funding: $60m
Company benefits
- 5 annual paid Volunteer Days
- Company equity
- Flexible working hours
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Wynyard, Sydney, NSW
Leadership
Scott Farquhar
(co-CEO)While studying at the University of New South Wales, Scott founded Atlassian in October 2001. They have been co-CEO since, alongside being a Director of RedBalloon, and an Investor and Advisor.
Mike Cannon-Brookes
(co-CEO)Having studied Information Systems at the Univeristy of New South Wales, Mike co-founded Atlassian on graduation. As well as investing, mentorship, and directorship, Mike serves as co-CEO with Scott.
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