Senior Manager, Forecasting & Revenue Intelligence, Global Sales

Autodesk; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 130,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is seeking a senior forecasting analyst to support the Global Sales leader with insights on forecast, pipeline and performance. You will explain weekly numbers, risks, and actions, working with the operations partner and Revenue Operations to align targets and reporting.

The role operates in a remote US setting within a matrixed sales organization, delivering analysis for quarterly reviews and deal reviews across geography, product, and market routes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in sales forecasting, pipeline analytics or revenue operations
• Experience forecasting for a large sales organization and presenting insights to senior leaders
• Strong SQL and advanced reporting, with real-time data analysis
• Deep working knowledge of Salesforce pipeline data
• Ability to present findings to senior sales leaders, even when counter to expectations
• Comfort working in a matrixed structure with operations and finance partners

Responsibilities

• Provide analysis behind the weekly Global Sales forecast, including risks and upside
• Prepare the forecast for calls and executive reviews with cadence and identified risks
• Explain week-over-week movement by pipeline factors and deal changes
• Analyze pipeline health: coverage, stage conversion, velocity and slippage
• Identify risks early with evidence and recommended responses
• Measure forecast accuracy and bias for the business area
• Run deep dives by geography, segment, product and route to market
• Provide insights for quarterly business reviews and deal reviews with operations
• Work with central team to share analyses across four sales segments

Skills

SQL

Sales forecasting

Pipeline analytics

Sales operations

Sales strategy

Commercial finance

Salesforce

Advanced reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative or business field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Salesforce

Clari

Gong

Aviso

Job description

Job Requisition ID #

26WD101383

Position Overview

This is a senior individual contributor role with no direct reports. The sales leader you support will rely on you for insight into the number. Autodesk’s sales organization is measured every week on where the year will land. For Global Sales, you will explain that number: what moved, why, what the risk is and what to do about it. You are the Global Sales leader’s source of insight on their forecast, their pipeline and their performance. You work alongside the operations business partner who supports the same leader: they run the operating rhythm, and you bring the analysis and intelligence behind it. You are also the leader’s route into everything else the Forecasting & Revenue Intelligence team produces, from account intelligence to targets and reporting. You work inside their business day to day, using methods and standards shared across the whole sales organization, so results are comparable from one business to the next. This is one of four such roles, one for each major part of the sales organization.

Location: United States (remote). Eastern or Central time zone preferred.

Organization: Revenue Operations

Responsibilities

• Provide the analysis behind the weekly Global Sales forecast: an independent view of where the quarter and year will land, the commentary, and the risks and upside behind the number submitted to executive leadership
• Prepare the sales leader for the forecast call and executive review, working with the operations business partner who runs the cadence, with risks, upside and gaps already identified
• Explain week-over-week movement by cause: new pipeline, slipped and pushed deals, losses, deal size, timing, or a change in judgment
• Analyze pipeline health: coverage, generation, stage conversion, velocity, slippage and linearity, and whether pipeline is enough for future quarters
• Identify risk before it appears in reported results, with the evidence and a recommended response
• Measure and report forecast accuracy and bias for this part of the business
• Run deep dives by geography, segment, product, route to market and team that end in a decision
• Provide the insight and analysis for this business’s quarterly business reviews, growth priority reviews and deal reviews, working with the operations business partner
• Bring recurring needs back to the central team so they are built once and shared across all four businesses

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or business field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years in sales forecasting, pipeline analytics, sales or revenue operations, sales strategy, or commercial finance
• Experience forecasting and analyzing performance for a large sales organization, including presenting insight to senior sales leaders
• Strong SQL and advanced reporting skills, with the ability to answer questions in the data in real time
• Deep working knowledge of Salesforce pipeline data
• Ability to work with senior sales leaders, including presenting findings that run counter to expectations
• Comfort working in a matrixed structure alongside operations and finance partners

Preferred Qualifications

• Revenue intelligence platforms such as Clari, Gong or Aviso
• Experience embedded within a sales organization rather than supporting it centrally
• Experience measuring and publishing forecast accuracy and bias
• Enterprise software or SaaS with subscription, renewal and expansion motions, and direct, partner and e-commerce routes to market

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $130,400 and $210,980. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Belonging

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In-Person Onboarding and Identity Verification

This role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.