Sales Operations Manager – Splunk

Cisco

Sales Operations Manager at Splunk managing sales forecasting and process optimization. Collaborating across teams to enhance productivity and operational excellence within the sales organization.

Posted 5/3/2026full-timeRemote • Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $130,000 - $163,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SplunkTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end management of the sales forecasting process including data analysis and recommendations to sales leadership
Build and maintain dashboards and reports in Salesforce and other Business Intelligence (BI) tools
Analyze sales performance metrics, pipeline health and forecast accuracy
Integrates operational insights from multiple domains to advise leadership
Support Annual Planning including territory design and quota setting for a Division of the Splunk Americas sales organization
Establish strong operating cadence to drive consistency and predictability throughout the sales organization
Streamline the end-to-end sales process to eliminate bottlenecks and increase productivity using AI, automation, Salesforce and reporting systems
act as a trusted advisor to sales leaders on GTM Strategy and decisions including sales coverage, capacity, plays and tactics across all teams in Splunk
Work closely with sales, marketing, finance, and customer success teams to ensure alignment on strategy, messaging and go-to-market initiatives

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years in Sales Operations, Business Operations or a relevant function
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing or a related field
High proficiency with CRM software (e.g. Salesforce)
advanced excel skills and experience with BI Tools (e.g. Tableau)

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysissales forecastingsales performance metricspipeline health analysisforecast accuracyterritory designquota settingAIautomationadvanced Excel

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationstrategic advisingcollaborationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsalignmentconsistencypredictabilityproductivity enhancement