Manager, Sales Operations

Tempus AI · Vertical AI · Chicago, IL

This role is for a Manager of Sales Operations at Tempus AI, focusing on Sales Planning and Incentive Compensation to support oncology and neuropsychiatry sales teams. The role involves driving sales force effectiveness, designing incentive plans, and collaborating with various departments. While the company utilizes AI in healthcare, this specific role is operational and does not involve building or directly working with AI/ML models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive sales force effectiveness across the oncology and neuropsychiatry clinician-facing sales teams, through activities including: Sales team design, Sales headcount planning, Territory design, Sales enablement tool development (e.g., dashboards, reports), Salesforce.com structure and data governance, Customer segmentation and targeting, Sales activity insights, Product launch strategy and tracking
  2. Oversee development of accurate, fair, motivating, and strategically aligned incentives, through activities including: Compensation plan design, Quota setting, Payout calculations, President’s Club design
  3. Seek ways to automate processes to ensure timely and actionable insights are provided to the sales team
  4. Collaborate with teams across the organization, including sales, marketing, finance, legal, and HR to co-develop and operationalize recommendations
  5. Lead, coach, and mentor members of the Sales Planning, Incentive Compensation, and Business Systems teams

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 2+ years of experience as a people leader
  • 5+ years of experience in sales operations, sales strategy, commercial operations, incentive compensation, or a related role
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Ability to lead and manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other data analysis tools
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Salesforce.com experience

Nice to have

  • degree in business, economics, or a quantitative field
  • preferably within life sciences
  • Commercial experience in oncology, with clinician-facing products, and/or within a life sciences organization
  • Experience in large-scale life sciences data analysis
  • Experience with life sciences sales, marketing, and medical claims data sets (Definitive, IMS, Symphony, etc.)

What the JD emphasized

  • Sales Planning and Incentive Compensation