
Sales Ops Specialist I
Nelnet
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $85,000 - $100,000 per year
About the role
- Partner with Sales, Marketing, RevOps, and Operations stakeholders to design, build, and optimize sales workflows, automations, and systems integrations that support revenue growth.
- Own and enhance sales process automation across platforms (e.g., Salesloft, HubSpot, Creatio, Zapier) to improve lead routing, follow-up, and pipeline progression.
- Collaborate with RevOps leadership to define KPIs and work collaboratively with our AI & Marketing Intelligence Specialist to build dashboards and reporting to surface actionable insights that improve sales effectiveness and forecasting.
- Analyze sales performance, pipeline health, and operational metrics to identify inefficiencies and build processes or system improvements.
- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on NBS sales processes across brands, including FACTS and Nelnet Campus Commerce, proactively driving standardization and scalable best practices.
- Support sales capacity and productivity initiatives by streamlining workflows, reducing manual effort, and improving data quality and accessibility.
- Develop and maintain documentation, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and training materials to support system adoption and ongoing training for sales and cross-functional users.
- Test, troubleshoot, and continuously improve integrations and automations to ensure reliability, accuracy, and alignment with evolving business needs.
- Partner closely with RevOps and Marketing teams on Go-to-Market (GTM) initiatives, lead lifecycle initiatives, and sales enablement projects.
- Stay current on sales operations best practices, tools, and emerging technologies, bringing forward ideas that enhance scalability and performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (Marketing, Business, Analytics, or similar preferred)
- 2-3 years' experience in Sales, Revenue, and/or Marketing Operations, or related field
- Deep experience with automation tools across sales and marketing (e.g., Salesloft, HubSpot, Salesforce, and Zapier)
- Admin-level proficiency in Salesloft, CRM platforms, Zapier and HubSpot
- Familiarity with tools such as Clay, Apollo, Zoom, or similar is a strong plus
- Strong problem-solving instincts with the ability to build, test, and refine systems while partnering closely with Sales teams and business stakeholders
- Solid understanding of sales processes, pipeline management, and CRM best practices
- Familiarity with data warehouses and reporting tools (e.g., Snowflake, Power BI)
- High level (clear and confident) verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities
- Curious, fast learner
- Receptive to feedback and motivated by continuous improvement
- Comfortable working independently while collaborating effectively within a team environment
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- HSA and FSA
- generous earned time off
- 401K/student loan repayment
- life insurance & AD&D insurance
- employee assistance program
- employee stock purchase program
- tuition reimbursement
- performance-based incentive pay
- short- and long-term disability
- robust wellness program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
sales process automationdata analysisKPI definitionpipeline managementsystem improvementsdocumentation developmentSOP creationtesting and troubleshootingreportingautomation refinement
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcommunicationanalytical mindsetorganizational skillsdetail-orientedcuriosityreceptiveness to feedbackindependencecollaborationtime management
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree