Principal Sales Ops Partner, Channel Forecasting

Intuit; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit is building a dedicated Partner Planning & Ops function and seeks a Principal Sales Operations Analyst to own planning cadence, pipeline, and forecast rigor for a channel-sell pillar. You will work with a small team to set priorities, manage quality, and guide analysts and contractors in an emerging function.

You will partner with Sales, BI, Finance and Legal across multiple remote locations, owning dashboards and metrics that drive leadership decisions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, Business Operations, or a related analytical/GTM function.
• Experience informally directing, coordinating, or reviewing the work of contractors, vendors, or junior team members — even without formal management title or authority.
• Proven ownership of a sales business rhythm: pipeline management, forecasting, and/or territory and capacity planning.
• Strong analytical skills — comfortable structuring ambiguous problems, working with large datasets, and translating analysis into a recommendation a sales leader will act on.
• Hands-on proficiency with CRM (Salesforce or equivalent) and BI/reporting tools (Tableau, Looker, or equivalent).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the credibility to influence sales leaders and executives directly.
• Comfort operating with ambiguity — this function is being built from scratch, and the muscle for turning a blank page into a repeatable process is essential.
• Experience in channel, partner, or indirect sales models (VARs, resellers, referral partners) specifically preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, analytics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the weekly pipeline and capacity cadence with your aligned sales leader(s); build rolling forecasts that hold up under scrutiny in monthly business reviews.
• Design and run the operational playbook for your pillar — partner/reseller onboarding, deal-desk and quoting support, or comp-plan mechanics, depending on the role — so the right behavior is the easy behavior.
• Support annual and in-year planning (targets, territory/account alignment, capacity) in partnership with the Partner Planning and Partner Data Ops teams.
• Be accountable for your pillar's performance data; build and maintain dashboards that tell an honest, actionable story to your sales leader(s) and to Partner Planning & Ops leadership.
• Represent your pillar in cross-functional forums (Systems, BI, Finance, Deal Desk, Legal) and translate their requirements back to your team.
• Prioritize and quality-check the day-to-day work of the analysts and contract workers aligned to your pillar; onboard new contract resources and keep their work aligned to the operating cadence.
• Flag risks early, drive QBR and exec-review prep for your pillar, and keep documentation (SOPs, playbooks) current as process evolves.
• Find friction in the seller and partner workflow and fix it proactively — not just when it's escalated.

Skills

Sales Operations

Forecasting

CRM (Salesforce)

BI/Reporting

Communication

Channel/Partner sales

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

Tableau/Looker

Job description

Intuit is building a dedicated Partner Planning & Ops function and seeks a Principal Sales Operations Analyst to own planning cadence, pipeline, and forecast rigor for a channel-sell pillar. You will work with a small team to set priorities, manage quality, and guide analysts and contractors in an emerging function.

You will partner with Sales, BI, Finance and Legal across multiple remote locations, owning dashboards and metrics that drive leadership decisions.