Sowmya Srinivasan

AMA: HubSpot Vice President of Revenue Operations, Sowmya Srinivasan on Influencing the C-Suite

August 19 @ 10:00AM PT
View AMA Answers
Sowmya Srinivasan
HubSpot Vice President of Revenue Operations8mo
If I could go back and give my younger self advice, it would be this: influencing the C-Suite isn’t about having all the answers - it’s about showing up with clarity, con...
...Read More
474 Views
1 request
How do we work with our Exec team to help narrow down what we focus on?
Revenue operations managers often get pulled in several directions and everything feels urgent.
Sowmya Srinivasan
HubSpot Vice President of Revenue Operations8mo
I am a firm believer that by quantifying impact, illustrating the cost of diluted efforts, and highlighting necessary trade-offs, RevOps empower the executive team to sha...
...Read More
496 Views
3 requests
Sowmya Srinivasan
HubSpot Vice President of Revenue Operations8mo
C-Suite exposure usually comes by doing solid work that ladders up, not by chasing the spotlight. I recommend taking the most organic path is: do the work well, show the ...
...Read More
444 Views
1 request
Sowmya Srinivasan
HubSpot Vice President of Revenue Operations8mo
I engage with the C-Suite as a thought partner & operator -focusing on shaping strategy and connecting operations to the company's vision. This happens in formal sett...
...Read More
427 Views
1 request
Sowmya Srinivasan
HubSpot Vice President of Revenue Operations8mo
"When two senior executives disagree, I remind myself that Ops isn’t here to play referee with yellow cards. We’re more like the scoreboard operator- our job is to show t...
...Read More
437 Views
1 request
Sowmya Srinivasan
HubSpot Vice President of Revenue Operations8mo
One of the biggest mistakes is thinking influence is about more detail, more slides, or more dashboards. It’s not. I learned this the painful way. Influence comes from cl...
...Read More
414 Views
1 request