Director, Global Sales Enablement and Operations

Apple Apple · Big Tech · Culver City, CA +3 · Sales and Business Development

Director, Global Sales Enablement and Operations for Apple Ads, focusing on developing and operationalizing global go-to-market sales plans, evaluating new business opportunities, and driving projects to completion. This role supports commercial teams and aims to drive revenue growth within the digital advertising space.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the global sales enablement functions, including Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, Revenue Strategy, Partner Solutions, and Learning and Development.
  2. Represent our customer-facing sales and support teams in product and business planning initiatives, working closely with colleagues in Sales, Product, Data Insights, Marketing, Legal, Operations, and Engineering teams.
  3. As we enter new advertising businesses, develop sales strategy by product and market, and ensure smooth execution within our sales team.
  4. Develop proposals and business cases for new growth opportunities, product features and markets. Serve as the lead project manager for sales initiatives, assessing product-market fit and requirements.
  5. Oversee the operations that govern the sales organization such as book assignments, goal setting, incentive plan design, and sales reporting.

Skills

Required

  • 15+ years of experience working with Senior Sales Executives to develop and operationalize global go to market sale initiatives.
  • Director of Sales Operations (or equivalent head of Sales Ops) role before in digital advertising.
  • Proven success managing and scaling global sales operations teams to deliver high-quality results across geographically distributed organizations.
  • Domestic and international travel is required.

Nice to have

  • Deep understanding of the digital marketing industry landscape inclusive of media buyers, ad tech companies, agencies and resellers.
  • Highly Analytical: Uses data to drive decisions, uncover insights, and optimize the sales process. able to be strategic, build a roadmap, and plan the future state of the sales organization alongside leadership.
  • Collaboration: Excellent at cross-functional partnership and alignment.
  • Conflict Management: Capable of handling disagreements constructively, especially when pushing back on sales leaders or navigating competing priorities
  • Extraordinary written and verbal communication skills.
  • Bachelor Degree

What the JD emphasized

  • Director of Sales Operations (or equivalent head of Sales Ops) role before in digital advertising
  • Proven success managing and scaling global sales operations teams
  • Highly Analytical: Uses data to drive decisions, uncover insights, and optimize the sales process.