Sales Strategy & Operations Lead, Pinterest
$116.5-240k
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
Job no longer available
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$116.5-240k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
Role
Who you are
- PinFlex estimated in-office frequency (e.g. Our PinFlex future of work philosophy requires this role to visit a Pinterest office for collaboration approximately 1x per quarter). For employees not located within a commutable distance from this in-office touchpoint, Pinterest will cover T&E. Learn more about PinFlex here.)
- 7+ years of professional experience in strategy & operations in highly analytical environments such as management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy or technology/media companies
- A strong track record of identifying key questions, connecting the dots, performing analyses independently, and communicating findings in a clear and concise way
- Must have strong data analytics skills, including Excel & SQL. Knowledge of data visualization tools such as Tableau is a plus
- Strong track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams and driving alignment across teams and senior stakeholders
- Proven ability to drive impact in a complex, fast-paced environment
- Organized, detail-oriented and strategically focused
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Understanding of sales and digital advertising platforms and working knowledge of sales systems and tools is a plus
What the job involves
- As a Sr. Manager, Sales Strategy & Operations Sales Goals Analytics, you’ll contribute to the development of global sales strategy with actionable business analysis and insights
- You’ll be responsible for monitoring key business metrics to drive accountability as well as surface risks and opportunities to senior sales leadership to drive revenue growth
- Analyze and determine insights from key business drivers, trends and operating metrics in relation to goal/OKR setting for the global sales org priorities. Translate data into insights and action, and communicate recommendations to senior sales leadership and the broader organization
- Drive and continuously improve the OKR-setting process for global sales org with input from sales leadership; monitor and report out on progress against OKRs on an ongoing basis
- Work cross-functionally with teams including Sales Finance, BizOps, Product & Marketing to align their priorities with sales team strategies/OKRs
- Leverage large amounts of structured data to understand how our customers interact with our product and service offerings
- Proactively identify and redefine processes and systems that improve and scale our business
- Support company-level strategy-setting and planning efforts
Our take
Inspiration and ideas can pop into your head at any time, and with the growth of social media and networking, sharing these interests and gaining exposure has never been easier. Pinterest exists to display these moments visually, as a kind of digital pinboard allowing users to save and share digital images which have inspired them.
Pinterest's emphasis on visual discovery has differentiated it from competitors and created a more positive and fulfilling experience for its users. Pinterest in many ways provides a respite from the ceaseless negativity that plagues social media such as Facebook and X, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 600M by late 2025.
With this type of success, Pinterest's future feels full of possibility. Recent industry chatter suggests that OpenAI may be eyeing the platform, which has sparked exciement for some and concern for others. While nothing is confirmed, the discussion highlights just how valuable Pinterest has become. Whether through potential partnerships or continues independent growth, Pinterest is very much going to keep on innovation and growing.
Kirsty
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Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Bill Ready
(CEO)Prior to joining Pinterest in 2022, Bill was the President of Commerce, Payments & Emerging Markets at Google.
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