Sales Operations Manager - Sales Strategy

Wolters Kluwer N.V.; Kennesaw (GA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision Plans

401(k)

FSA/HSA

Commuter Benefits

Tuition Assistance Plan

Vacation and Sick Time

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Wolters Kluwer, a global technology and information company, is hiring a Sales Operations Manager – Sales Strategy. This hybrid role requires 8 days per month in the office and partners with regional leadership to enable data-driven decisions that boost sales performance, forecast accuracy, and productivity.

You will lead cadence, leverage AI-enabled analytics, and champion CRM data integrity while collaborating with finance and VPs to ensure trusted planning and execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years’ experience in Sales Operations, Revenue Operations or a related role.
• Experience delivering advanced sales analysis to sales leaders.
• Experience leading structured pipeline management and forecasting processes.
• Ability to translate complex data into a clear, compelling narrative with recommendations and insights that influence sales leadership.
• Proficient in Salesforce, Power BI and sales analytics platforms.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with senior stakeholders in complex environments.
• Experience identifying process improvements to increase execution and adoption.

Responsibilities

• Proactively analyze sales performance against targets and KPIs, translating data into actionable insights for leadership.
• Own and lead the sales operating cadence for segments or regions, including forecast meetings and pipeline reviews.
• Leverage AI-enabled analytics to accelerate forecasting and performance analysis.
• Perform in-depth pipeline reviews to strengthen opportunity health and forecast confidence.
• Analyze sales metrics to uncover growth opportunities across new business, renewals, cross-sell and upsell.
• Champion Salesforce/CRM data integrity, process compliance and dashboard adoption.
• Collaborate with Segment and Regional VPs, Global Sales Operations and Finance to ensure accurate delivery of planning components.
• Lead or support cross-functional sales ops initiatives to improve effectiveness and scalability.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for forecasting, pipeline management and performance measurement.

Skills

Sales operations

Revenue operations

Forecasting

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Sales analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Salesforce

Power BI

Job description

LOCATION: Hybrid - 8 days a month in the office (see locations on the posting)

Overview

As a Sales Operations Manager – Sales Strategy, you’ll work as a trusted partner to Regional and Segment Sales Leadership, enabling data-driven decision-making that improves sales performance, productivity and forecast accuracy. Serving as part of the Global Revenue Operations function, this role is accountable for delivering actionable insights and recommendations, working cross-functionally to champion innovation and optimization, and leveraging AI-enabled analytics and automation to identify opportunities, mitigate risks and influence strategic decisions that improve business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Proactively analyze sales performance against targets and KPIs, translating complex data into a clear, commercially focused narrative that equips sales leaders with actionable insights and recommendations on performance trends, risks and growth opportunities.
• Own and lead the sales operating cadence for supported segments or regions, including forecast meetings, pipeline reviews, deal inspections and overall team performance reviews, using disciplined pipeline management, leading and lagging indicators and risk identification to improve forecast accuracy.
• Leverage AI-enabled analytics to accelerate forecasting, inspections and performance analysis, applying judgment to translate findings into practical recommendations and actions.
• Perform in-depth pipeline reviews to strengthen opportunity health, improve pipeline progression and increase confidence in pipeline quality.
• Conduct deep analysis of sales metrics to uncover performance and productivity trends and identify opportunities to support growth across new business, renewals, cross-sell and upsell.
• Champion Salesforce/CRM data integrity, process compliance and adoption of dashboards, analytics solutions and sales tools to support trusted, data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborate with Segment and Regional Sales VPs, Global Sales Operations and Finance to ensure complete and accurate delivery of all sales planning components.
• Lead or support cross-functional sales operations initiatives that improve sales effectiveness, productivity, scalability and adoption of new tools.
• Act as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor for forecasting, pipeline management, sales performance measurement and operational best practice.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Skills + Experience: 5+ years’ experience in Sales Operations, Revenue Operations or a related role.
• Demonstrable experience delivering advanced sales analysis and business intelligence to sales leaders.
• Evidence of leading structured pipeline management and forecasting processes, using leading and lagging indicators to improve forecast accuracy and business confidence.
• Ability to translate complex data into a clear, compelling narrative with recommendations and insights that influence sales leadership.
• Proficient in Salesforce, Power BI and sales analytics platforms, with experience improving adoption, data integrity and effective system utilization.
• Adept at building collaborative, productive relationships with senior cross-functional stakeholders in complex, matrixed environments.
• Demonstrable ability to identify process and operational improvements that remove friction, strengthen execution and enhance sales operating rhythms.
• Highly organized and accountable, with the ability to progress initiatives with precision, clarity and strong follow-through.

TRAVEL: 10% travel to attend segment or team meetings.

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Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process. Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Compensation

Compensation: $89,600.00 - $157,000.00 USD Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process.

Additional Information

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision Plans
• 401(k)
• FSA/HSA
• Commuter Benefits
• Tuition Assistance Plan
• Vacation and Sick Time
• Paid Parental Leave

Full details of our benefits are available upon request. If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us. Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world. You can thrive at Wolters Kluwer, where diversity is core to our collective strength and high performance. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong.

Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs more than 21,000 people worldwide. Our customers work in industries that impact the lives of millions of people every single day. Our mission is to empower our professional customers with the AI-powered solutions they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and increase productivity. We deliver trusted, AI-powered expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge, proprietary content, and advanced technology to provide expert-validated insights, automate workflows, and drive better outcomes. Today, nearly 70% of our digital revenues come from AI-powered solutions, reflecting our strategic focus on embedding AI into professional workflows and delivering measurable productivity gains. We are committed to helping professionals navigate complexity, improve the way they work, and solve critical challenges through cloud-based, AI-powered platforms that integrate seamlessly into their workflows and ecosystems. Our solutions are designed to deliver impact when it matters most, especially in high-stakes environments where accuracy and trust are essential. With a nearly 190-year legacy, Wolters Kluwer continues to evolve its portfolio of digital solutions and services to meet the changing needs of professionals worldwide, enabling them to work faster, make smarter decisions, and deliver better outcomes. For more information about our solutions and organization, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

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