Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.
Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100+ companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees.
As a member of our Sales Strategy and Operations team, you will have an integral role in driving the insights, operations, and strategy that enables Sales to run better, faster, and smarter. Sales Strategy and Operations is an excellent platform to learn how a business really runs.
You will be joining the Sales Strategy and Operations team as a high-impact contributor, gaining exposure to a wide variety of challenges, processes, and data that makes the engine of this Sales organization hum. As an Associate on the team, you will lead cross-functional initiatives from ideation to analytics to recommendations to drive impact across the sales organization.
Why the data team?Data is the foundation of our go-to-market strategy. It supports all parts of our sales motion, including:
- Populating and maintaining an accurate universe of buyers
- Segmenting our sales team and defining sales representative patches
- Identifying and facilitating key growth opportunities, e.g., entering markets in previously untapped geographies
- Creating customer profiles to identify and target high value buyers
We recognize the importance of data to our scalability and success, and we aim to make it a core competency of our business.
What You’ll Do- Design a global data structure: design and manage data core to the success of our 500+ member sales team. Define a multi-source data structure that solves for both business priorities (update cadence, quality thresholds) and technical constraints.
- Source and evaluate vendors: conduct market analyses to compare vendor capabilities to satisfy key business requirements; work with marketers and sales teams to evaluate vendor quality and present recommendations to the leadership team.
- Improve data quality and value: identify opportunities to use data to grow revenue. Find new methods for lead generation. Increase sales prospecting efficiency by improving the accuracy of our data.
… and more!
Requirements- Technical skills and previous exposure to SQL and/or Python/Pandas is required. Brownie points for advanced proficiency.
- You’re a high-impact self-starter: You take initiative to move projects forward and operate with high autonomy. You can take multiple different sources and products and “plumb” them together to make new tools quickly.
- You bridge the gap between the technical and the non-technical. You can translate a sales rep’s "wish list" into technical requirements for engineers and then explain the results back to a business audience.
- 2-4 years of professional experience in data analytics, product management, or high-impact consulting.
- Academic Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical or quantitative discipline (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Economics) is a plus.
Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
- Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
- Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
- Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
- Expanded mental health support
- Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
- Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
- Professional development stipend
- Fertility Stipend
- Wellness/fitness benefits
- Healthy lunches provided daily
- Commuter benefits
- We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.
Annual Pay Range
At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)
Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).
As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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