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Where we work
Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. This is an in-office position, requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.
About your skills
- Sales Compensation Management: Administering and managing global sales compensation plans, including setup, processing, and accuracy of commissions payments. Advanced understanding of SaaS components & compensation structures such as GRR, NRR, Expansion/Upsell, New Business recurring revenue.
- Data Analysis & Performance Tracking: Proficiency in analyzing sales performance data and tracking attainment across teams, using tools like Salesforce and spreadsheets for detailed performance insights.
- Stakeholder Collaboration & Governance: Experience working with key stakeholders (HR, Finance, Legal, Executives) for policy governance, managing inquiries, and handling adjustments.
- Process Optimization & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to identify, design, and implement business processes that improve sales productivity and efficiency across multiple functions.
About this role
The person in this role will manage sales compensation administration & special projects within the sales operations organization. The ideal candidate will require a strong understanding of SaaS compensation models and Incentive Compensation Management tools (ICMs). This person must be data-driven, detail-oriented, customer-focused, business-minded, and intellectually curious. This person thrives in highly dynamic environments while implementing the necessary processes and tools to advance best practices for our organization. This role reports directly to the Sr Manager Sales Compensation.
What you'll be doing
- Administer sales compensation for a dynamic sales & customer success organization
- Implement Changes as prescribed in Commission tool
- Assist in annual global compensation plan strategy, policies, analysis and documentation
- Track attainment across the sales & customer success teams, including on-going Performance analysis
- Analyze sales performance results and make recommendations to Key Stakeholders
- Manage distribution & acknowledgement of compensation plans & quotas
- Provide visibility into plan/quota/attainment as well as payout information
- Work closely with key stakeholders for governance on inquiries, adjustments & exceptions
- Establish yourself as a cross functional resource to identify, design and implement business processes that increase sales productivity and processing efficiency
What you’ll have
- 3-5+ years of experience in Sales Compensation, Total Rewards, Sales Operations and/or Finance
- Experience in SaaS B2B organizations
- Experience with ICMs (i.e., Spiff, Callidus, CaptivateIQ, Xactly, etc.); Spiff experience is preferred. Spiff University completion highly preferred.
- High degree of proficiency with SFDC
- High degree of proficiency with Spreadsheets (sumifs, index/match, vlookup, etc.)
- Excellent Customer Service skills
- Experience working with Key Stakeholders such as HR, Finance, Legal, Executives
We understand that not everyone will match each of the above qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you!
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