We're looking for a dynamic Business Operations Manager to drive large-scale impact and transform post-sale customer experiences at Zendesk. In this role, you'll lead key projects, focusing on GTM strategy and effectiveness of CX products while partnering with cross-functional teams across the company. With a strong understanding of CRM, SaaS products, and the ability to execute strategic roadmaps, youll synthesize complex information, manage cross-functional projects, and drive innovation. Your expertise in business operations, communication, and project management will ensure our operational processes align with our go-to-market strategy.
Qualifications
- Experiences: 8+ years of experience in management consulting, business operations, or equivalent roles; bonus points for experience in operations-heavy projects
- Able to work independently and even coach others on their process
- Able to synthesize complex information from multiple sources and synthesize into a story-line that others can understand and communicate downstream
- Communication: ability to communicate effectively to executive level
- Strong understanding of CRM and SaaS market, products, and processes; ability to adjust and apply this knowledge in a dynamic environment
- Execute the strategic roadmaps, aligning with organizational objectives and priorities
- Ability to collaborate, implement and manage performance and expectations within a cross-functional, matrix management environment
- Ability to create and manage complex cross-functional projects in a matrixed structure
- Ability to put sophisticated processes into clear recommendations, use data to generate insights and recommendations
- Proven track record of successfully delivering multiple programs simultaneously, building appropriate relationships, processes and tools
- Outstanding organizational, communication, interpersonal, relationship building skills conducive to collaboration; able to work well in a cross-functional, matrix management environment
- Strong aptitude to pick up new technologies and methodologies
- Energetic self-starter passionate about professional integrity and excellence with a positive attitude and contagious enthusiasm
- Excellent problem solving skills with a history of hands-on, detailed orientation
- Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, environment where you must take on multiple responsibilities and do what it takes to get things done
- Knowledge of common PM tools (Smartsheets, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Google docs, Lucid charts or other process documentation software)
- Exhibit curiosity, vision, business judgment, flexibility, understanding of the business, and ability to drive quality cross-functional deliverables
- Desire to partner with technology and business teams to define strategy and requirements, scope, and shepherd initiatives
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Responsibilities
- We are looking for a Business Operations Manager to help drive large-scale impact and transform our business processes with post-sale customer experiences
- This role will focus on projects to drive attach rate for post-sale CX products (services, Premier, and others)
- You will partner and work directly with cross-functional organizations company-wide
- Youll use your knowledge and skills to define and drive execution of key initiatives & communicate business impact
- Your ability to measure and action on data will be an essential aspect of the role
- Your experience will bring a strong sense of forward looking vision, clear judgment in managing risk, driving deliverables and making adjustments when needed to stay on track as we align operational processes to our GTM strategy!
- Lead: functional business and design requirements
- Be the "Go To" in leadership, transparency and visibility for the program
- Drive: people across multiple teams to stay focused and moving forward on strategic goals while you aggressively manage dependencies and remove obstacles that stand in between
- See: around corners and anticipate risks
- Find and resolve the issues before they become blockers
- Partner: drive healthy relationships with diverse business, technical & non-technical roles spanning all organizational levels
- Leverage your relationships to ensure innovative business and technical product solutions
- Influence: a diverse set of stakeholders with your excellent relationships, commitment to driving good decisions
- Innovate: and contribute to the evolution of our advancing Technology strategy across the company
- Be a catalyst for change and challenge others in the organization to change
- Build and manage repeatable and scalable enablement programs and strategies for your audiences
- Work together with Leadership to drive enablement material for our internal and external audiences
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Zendesk believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.
The US annualized base salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$196,000.00. This position may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, or related incentives. While this range reflects the minimum and maximum value for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations, the offer for the successful candidate for this position will be based on job related capabilities, applicable experience, and other factors such as work location. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only (or OTE for commissions based roles), and do not include bonus, benefits, or related incentives.
Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager.
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