Analyst, Sales Strategy & Operations - Public Sector

Elastic Elastic · Enterprise · United Kingdom · Sales Strategy & Operations

This role is for an entry-level Sales Strategy & Operations Analyst focused on the UK Public Sector. The primary responsibilities include driving sales strategy, planning, reporting, and analysis, with a focus on pipeline dynamics, conversion rates, and forecasting. The role will also support Sales Development, Sales Engineering, and overlay sales teams, and implement early warning systems for business growth. A key aspect is supporting the operationalization of AI-driven go-to-market strategies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Responsible for providing strategic, operational, and tactical support to multiple sales leaders across the Public Sector Geo
  2. Own all monthly sales pipeline-related KPIs (e.g. website visits, contacts, leads, opportunities, conversion rates, won/loss analysis, etc)
  3. Drive the pipeline budget and forecast, along with monthly actual to plan variance analysis, to provide an understanding of the deltas and drivers
  4. Support territory carving and GTM resource planning to optimise our coverage model across top markets
  5. Implement early warning systems to proactively manage business growth (e.g., customer churn, pipeline, conversions, pricing).

Skills

Required

  • 1-3 years work experience in Sales, Sales Operations, Strategy, FP&A, Management Consulting, or similar field in SaaS/ Consulting organisations with strong exposure to go-to-market strategy
  • Proven ability to structure complex problems, develop solutions, and craft recommendations and results into easily digestible messages, communications, and executive presentations
  • Experience forecasting bookings, rep attainment, and generally building complex and dynamic models for scenario planning
  • Excellent communication and engagement skills
  • Highly collaborative style and the ability to adjust on the fly to new demands with a sense of urgency
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment
  • Experience with the Salesforce.com platform
  • Power user proficiency with the Google Suite and MS Office suite (especially Google Sheets / MS Excel and Google Slides / MS PowerPoint)
  • Familiarity with reporting and business intelligence tools (especially Tableau)

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting Public Sector leaders and the market
  • Big 4 consulting experience
  • Understanding of Channel or Resellers, MSP or FSI companies and how they operate in the space

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-driven go-to-market strategies