Sales Operations Manager
Impact: Strategic
Optimize sales processes, strategies, and technology to enhance efficiency and effectiveness by analyzing sales data, managing CRM systems, forecasting sales, and supporting the sales team with tools and training to achieve revenue goals.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Team-oriented
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Low
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 45-55 hours/week
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $95,000
- Entry-level
- $70,000
- Senior
- $130,000
- Growth by 2033
- Above Average
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- Excellent
- Typical student debt
- $30,000 - $60,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- CRM Software (e.g.
- Salesforce)
- Data Analysis (e.g.
- Excel
- SQL)
- Sales Forecasting
- Process Optimization
- Business Intelligence Tools
Soft skills
- Analytical Thinking
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Leadership
- Adaptability
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Sales Operations Analyst
- Sales Operations Manager
- Director of Sales Operations
- VP of Sales
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- Low
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 4/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 7.5/10
- Social perception
- High