Manager, Deal Desk (hybrid)

Smartsheet Smartsheet · Seattle · India · FinOps

Manager, Deal Desk role at Smartsheet, supporting Global Sales teams with complex deals through the Quote to Cash sales cycle. This role collaborates with various departments (Sales, Legal, Finance, Security, etc.) to ensure deals comply with company policies and processes. Responsibilities include managing daily operations, acting as a trusted advisor for deal structuring, providing guidance on complex structures, and driving efficiencies in the quote-to-order process. Requires 8+ years of Deal Desk or Sales Operations experience in enterprise software, proficiency in SaaS deal structures, and knowledge of CRM/ERP systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be the primary point of contact to the sales team in the EMEA region.
  2. Manage daily operations and internal controls for the Deal Desk team.
  3. Elevate specialized issues to appropriate business partners for approvals to ensure resolution.
  4. Act as a trusted advisor to the Global Sales Teams for deal structuring and support other internal stakeholders throughout the sales cycle to expedite deal execution.
  5. Provide guidance on complex deal structures in a way that maximizes ACV and customer satisfaction, and manages risk for Smartsheet.

Skills

Required

  • Proficiency in overall complex SaaS or Cloud Enterprise deal structures for software licensing, services and renewal deals.
  • Minimum of 8+ years of relevant Deal Desk or Sales Operations experience in a prominent enterprise software company with Direct, Channel, Government, Services, and International Sales is highly desirable.
  • Highly organized with an ability to balance being detail-oriented as well as seeing the big picture.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to be a calming influence while having a commanding presence across teams.
  • Ability to work flexible hours on a rotating schedule for coverage to support the USand the APAC Sales teams.
  • Working knowledge of Salesforce, CPQ, Netsuite, or similar systems CRM and ERP systems.
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and with a high level of accuracy with an ability to handle multiple project timelines at once.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or related business field preferred.

What the JD emphasized

  • complex deals
  • deal structuring
  • complex deal structures