To enter the tech industry as revenue operations manager, you're potentially trying to make 2 moves at once: Entering the tech industry from another industry Taking on a revenue operations manager role from another non rev ops role If you are trying to make both moves at once, you may want to consider making one change at a time. The benefits of doing so are: Easier to market yourself to the hiring manager by only making one transition (e.g. you already have rev ops experience in non-tech indust ...Read More
What's the best way to break into the tech industry as a revenue operations manager?
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HubSpot Senior Director, Sales Operations & Strategy • 8mo
I think rev ops skills are transferable regardless of industry, so it's more about building the connections and marketing yourself. Make a list of companies to target, follow their pages on LinkedIn, and message current rev ops folks that work there to ask for a coffee chat. Response rate will probably be 1/4 so manage it like a funnel :) Ask them what skills are important to the roles, what interview processes look like, everything you can to learn. Then when roles open at these companies, don' ...Read More
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