Manager, Gtm Commissions Design

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · CA · Remote · Sales Operations

This role focuses on designing and executing sales compensation strategies, leveraging AI capabilities to improve insights and enhance self-service within the GTM Compensation function. The primary goal is to create transparent and motivating compensation systems for the sales organization.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the end-to-end employee experience for sales compensation, ensuring compensation plans, tools, and processes are transparent, easy to understand, and trusted by the sales organization.
  2. Lead the compensation enablement program, including onboarding, training, documentation, and ongoing communications that help sellers clearly understand how they earn, track progress against quota, and maximize performance.
  3. Design and manage sales compensation tools that drive workflow automation, performance reporting, and rep-facing earnings visibility. Partner with technical teams to build and deliver new attainment dashboards that provide real-time performance insights for sellers and leadership.
  4. Drive AI strategy within the sales compensation function, identifying opportunities for AI to improve compensation performance insights and enhance rep self-service. Establish a roadmap for AI use cases for the GTM Compensation Program and a path to execution.
  5. Partner cross-functionally with GTM Leadership, Finance, Product and IT to ensure compensation programs and tools are scalable, compliant, aligned to company goals, and deliver a positive and motivating experience for employees.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years in sales compensation, revenue operations, sales operations or sales programs
  • Experience creating and presenting enablement content to a Sales organization.
  • Expertise in designing, implementing, and administering variable sales compensation plans for GTM organizations, preferably under a Consumption revenue model
  • Extensive experience in revenue operations, strategy, and planning at a high-growth, technology company
  • Expertise in content development and executive summaries
  • Ability to operate independently and as part of a team

Nice to have

  • Experience with Databricks preferred
  • familiarity with AI/BI dashboarding tools
  • Google Workspace
  • content creation platforms

What the JD emphasized

  • AI strategy
  • AI use cases