What's your framework to prioritizing needs/deliverables when you're the first revenue operations manager at a company establishing the function?
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I view projects and priorities as "Big Rocks" and "Small Projects." The big rocks are foundational work streams for the business and will help drive the business forward....
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ClockWise Head of Revenue Operations • 3y
If you’re the first revenue operations manager, I recommend identifying key revenue operations initiatives the company needs, prioritizing them, and then organizing proje...
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Engine SVP of Operations | Formerly Engine, Sound, Deel, Marketo, Syncari • 3y
My framework for prioritizing is pretty simple, I like to use a quadrant style prioritization framework and allocate requests into the following format and ensure that I ...
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Intercom VP, Revenue Operations | Formerly LinkedIn • 2mo
I think whether you're the first hire or joining a larger, existing team, there are two categories of work to think about. First comes the foundational needs of the busin...
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Zapier Director, Revenue Operations • 3y
To set yourself up for success when establishing a Revenue Operations function, I recommend starting with an exercise to map out and benchmark the revenue process. You ca...
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LinkedIn Senior Director, Strategic Accounts - LMS Sales Operations • 1y
In my role at LinkedIn, we use a prioritization matrix with size of prize on one axis and likelihood of success on the other. Size of prize is meant to show the total val...
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Shopify Senior Revenue Operations Lead • 2y
I usually go through the following flow...1. Current State: Know the current state. Identify the gaps, pain points, and areas for improvement. Use the data where you can ...
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Podium Sr. Director, Revenue Operations • 2y
My framework for prioritizing is a bit qualitative in that it is something I have gotten a feel for over time. In general I will try to allocate:25%-30% of my time on lon...
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DigitalOcean Director of Revenue Operations / Customer Care • 3y
P0: it starts with how Performance Evaluation or Yearly Performance review is done at the org. I'd prioritize based on whatever goal I am going to be rated against in my ...
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LinkedIn Vice President of Technology and Product Operations • 2y
Any Rev Ops team's responsibilities include a mix of "run" work (e.g. quota audits to ensure Reps will be paid correctly) and "build" work aimed at accelerating growth or...
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Payscale VP, GTM Operations & Business Intelligence • 2y
Interestingly, the framework for prioritizing needs and deliverables as the inaugural Revenue Operations Manager revolves around the very essence of the job title. Your p...
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Cisco Senior Director, Global SMB & Mid-Market Sales Acceleration and Program Office • 8mo
Start with business outcomes (revenue, pipeline, retention, CAC/LTV) and get explicit CEO/CFO alignment. Triage requests with an Impact-vs-Effort grid and the “so what” t...
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