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What's the most effective way to scale a revenue operations team beyond the first revenue operations manager?

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Sound Agriculture Revenue Operations Leader • December 20

The best way to scale your revenue operations team is to really assess where your largest gaps are and invest in resources to close those gaps. * Do you have a strong systems team, but poor processes - hire for operations * Strong operations, but poor execution in systems - hire for systems *......Read More

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What's a good way to think about, contextualize, and approach a 30/60/90 plan if you've never done one before, when you're new to revenue operations?

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Mollie Bodensteiner

Sound Agriculture Revenue Operations Leader • December 20

The best way to think about a 30/60/90 day plan when you have never done one before is to break it out as follows: * Define what Revenue Operations is, what is the vision, responsibilities, etc. getting this alignment is critical when this is a new role/function in an organization * Outl......Read More

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What questions should you ask during your one-on-ones with your cross-functional teams during your first month at the company?

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Mollie Bodensteiner

Sound Agriculture Revenue Operations Leader • December 20

When meeting with cross-functional teams during our first month at a company as a RevOps leader, here are a few of the key questions I would consider asking: * How do you currently work with Revenue Operations? * What do you feel is working, what is not working? * What is the biggest chal......Read More

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What should you aim to do in your first month and your first quarter?

You're the new revenue operations manager for a B2B SaaS company that has 40 people and is starting to scale.

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Alok Kolekar

Podium Sr. Director, Revenue Operations • June 15

In the first month I would aim to meet with my key stakeholders, understand some of their recurring pain points and try to address 1-2 of those pain points right-away (<30 days) to develop trust. This is likely to be a balancing act since you want to be careful about unintended consequences and n......Read More

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What is your 30-60-90 day plan when you go into an org with the intention of setting up a revenue operations function for the first time?

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Mollie Bodensteiner

Sound Agriculture Revenue Operations Leader • December 20

When I go into an organization and establish a Revenue Operations practice for the first time, my typical 30, 60, 90 is as follows: * 30: Review Landscape, Define the Foundation * Define and align on what Revenue Operations means to the organization (ensure clear roles and responsibil......Read More

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What's your best revenue operations 30-60-90 day plan to make a big impact at a new company?

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James Darragh

dbt Labs Head of Revenue Operations • December 7

I hit on this somewhat above but generally it should be * 30 Days: Learning and Discovery * Meet with key stakeholders (Managers and ICs) to learn current processes, bottlenecks, and paint points. Since ops roles are very cross functional, make sure you are meeting with people n......Read More

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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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Won Choi

Klaviyo Senior Director Sales Operations • November 17

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. The small projects are also important but will be more of a "one and done" type of work. Big rocks should have one driver, and......Read More

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How do you retain good talent, especially when revenue operations roles are in such high demand across the industry?

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Brian Vass

Paycor Vice President Revenue Operations • November 17

* Ensure that associates are working on challenging projects * Recognize the positive impact they are having on the business * Provide meaningful feedback on a regular basis. We have quarterly "Connects" to share accomplishments, areas for improvement, goals for the next quarter, and dev......Read More

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What do the best revenue operations candidates have in common, as a hiring manager?

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Brian Vass

Paycor Vice President Revenue Operations • November 17

I've hired many RevOps professionals with diverse backgrounds. But they all have several things in common: * They are smart. RevOps can get complicated and you need smart people who can keep up. * They are quick learners. It's rare to hire individuals with practical RevOps experience. As......Read More

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What's a typical revenue operations career path?

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Shirin Sharif

Adobe Sr. Director, Revenue Operations • November 15

The most common career paths I've seen are for Rev Ops managers to move up the ranks within their orgs or move into Sales orgs, or less commonly, move into product orgs. The easiest transition is to take on more scope within the revenue Ops org, eg regional to global or taking on more sub fun......Read More

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