Deal Desk Analyst

Chainguard; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & Remote-First

Equity stock options

Health insurance

Flexible time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Chainguard is seeking a Deal Desk Analyst to join our growing Deal Desk team. You will partner closely with our global Sales team to support end-to-end deal lifecycle, from pricing strategy to quote creation and contract execution.

In this role, you will drive deal momentum, manage quote queues, and provide pricing insights while ensuring policy alignment and data integrity across CPQ, CLM, and Salesforce. This is a remote-friendly, US-based role with quarterly travel for QBRs.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of Deal Desk experience in an Enterprise SaaS B2B environment.
• Administrative experience with CPQ and CLM tools is a plus.
• Strong business acumen, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of AWS, GCP, and Azure is nice to have.
• Highly organized, customer-focused with strong attention to detail.
• Willingness to travel for QBRs (1x per quarter).

Responsibilities

• Provide full quote-to-signature support for global Account Executives, including quote creation and pricing approvals.
• Manage quote queue and approval workflows to ensure timely responses.
• Drive deal momentum at month- and quarter-end by removing blockers and supporting partners.
• Provide pricing insights and analytical support on complex deal structures.

Skills

Deal Desk

Pricing & quoting

Sales collaboration

Administrative skills

Time management

Tools

Roadrunner CPQ

Ironclad CLM

Salesforce

Job description

The role, in a nutshell:

Chainguard is hiring a Deal Desk Analyst to join our growing Deal Desk team. As a key member of a small but mighty Deal Desk function, you’ll partner closely with our global Sales team to support the end-to-end deal lifecycle. From pricing strategy to quote creation and contract execution, you’ll ensure deals move efficiently, align with internal policies, and scale with our growth. This is an exciting opportunity to build high-impact, scalable processes in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

What You Will Do:

• Deal Desk Management:
• Deliver full quote-to-signature support for global Account Executives, including quote creation, pricing approvals, order form (OF) generation, and accurate opportunity closure in Salesforce.
• Manage and monitor the quote queue and approval workflows, ensuring timely responses and maintaining exceptional organizational standards.
• Proactively drive deal momentum, especially at month- and quarter-end, by resolving blockers and delivering excellent partner support.
• Provide pricing insights, product guidance, and analytical support on large, complex, or non-standard deal structures.

Systems Oversight:

• Help administer Chainguard’s CPQ (Roadrunner) and CLM platform (Ironclad), including updates to the company's price books and legal workflows.
• Maintain high standards of data integrity and system hygiene across CPQ, CLM, and CRM (Salesforce).
• Ensure seamless order management and alignment across internal systems for accurate product and partner attribution tracking.

Process Ownership and Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Support the documentation of Deal Desk processes and procedures to drive clarity, efficiency, and scalable growth across the organization.
• Partner closely with stakeholders in Sales, Finance, Legal, and Product, ensuring seamless alignment and coordination to streamline deal execution, uphold compliance, and remove roadblocks.
• Serve as a trusted cross-functional partner and primary point of contact for deal-related matters, fostering collaboration and accountability across multiple teams.

About You:

• 2-3 years of Deal Desk experience within an Enterprise SaaS B2B environment
• Administrative experience with a CPQ and CLM tools a plus
• Strong business acumen, analytical and problem-solving skills, and demonstrated ability to partner with upstream GTM teams and other cross-functional departments
• Understanding of Marketplace offerings through AWS, GCP, and Azure (nice to have)
• Highly organized, internal customer-focused and strong attention to detail
• Ability to multitask and prioritize at times of high volume, and have schedule flexibility during End of Month and End of Quarter
• Have an understanding of quote to cash process and sales contracts; proficient in identifying risks associated in deal terms and structures
• Ability to travel for QBRs (1x per quarter)

Must be located in EST or CST time zone.

Compensation: $85,000-$100,000 base salary plus bonus

About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

• We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
• We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
• We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
• We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer:

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

At this time, Chainguard is unable to provide employment sponsorship.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.