Director of APAC Sales Strategy and Operations

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At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. 

The Director of APAC Sales Strategy and Operations is a key business advisor who will function as a “chief of operations” to our Head of APAC of LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions. The role is focused on enabling our world-class field sales team to be as productive as possible. They will be responsible for leading a team in designing and setting sales policy, sales incentives and planning new market/territory development.      

They will be responsible for helping executives and sales management make data-driven decisions by providing insights from LinkedIn’s customer and sales data and creating timely reports and analyses such as average selling price, order volume growth, and product whitespace analysis.  They will be a key member of a global leadership team and support global efforts and initiatives. 

We are looking for an exceptional business and people leader with strong quantitative, problem solving, communication, and project management skills. The ideal candidate can effectively communicate with executives and collaborate with a variety of people and job functions, accomplishing tasks of high complexity and scope, and excels in a challenging and extremely fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will be able to handle highly sensitive, confidential, and non-routine information supporting a rapidly changing organization. We are seeking a leader who can recognize opportunities to drive business growth or improve processes and who can lead a team to bring these ideas to life.    

Responsibilities:     

• Build, develop and lead a top-calibre operations and strategy team.    

• Lead sales operations for the APAC Talent Solution business – including, but not limited, to:  

• Providing visibility into performance of overall business.  

• Driving system improvements & streamlining sales processes.  

• Designing, building and optimizing sales territories.  

• Setting annual goals and quotas for sales teams.  

• Serve as key business advisor to our APAC sales leaders.   

• Drive decision-making and program development by deriving analytics and insights from our CRM and other systems.   

• Deliver strategic and operations projects globally as required to evolve and transform LinkedIn’s sales model. 

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to lead mission critical projects, role alignment and program integrations.   

Basic Qualifications:     

• BA or BS degree.   

• 8+ years in operations, sales, management consulting, finance or investment banking.     

• 6+ years of people management experience.     

Preferred Qualifications:     

• MBA or advanced degree preferred (or can be compensated with additional work experience).   

• Experience working in B2B SaaS businesses or with other sales organizations.   

• Strong project management skills and ability to mobilize cross functional teams towards a common goal.     

• Strong communication skills, including written and verbal communication experience with senior management.     

• Experience working in high-growth, performance focused environments.     

• Experience managing large teams and/or managing managers, as well as leading global teams.   

• Deep interest in analyzing data and the ability to see beyond the numbers to drive sound decision-making.     

• Able to move seamlessly from big picture thinking to operational tactics.     

Skills  

• Cross-functional Collaboration  

• Leadership  

• Data Analytics  

• Strategic Planning  

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