Reports to: VP of Revenue Operations | Department: Revenue Operations |
Compensation: $144,000 - $180,000 + bonus. This role requires a minimum of two days a week onsite at our Boston, MA office.
IANS is the trusted intelligence partner for enterprise CISOs and security leaders. We provide actionable advisory, peer benchmarking, and proprietary data that help security organizations make faster, more confident decisions. Our MCP connector and Vendor Intelligence Database (VID) peer benchmarking platform deliver intelligence and structured benchmarks across the security organization, putting IANS insights where security leaders are already working.
IANS is looking for a Director of Sales Operations to lead the operational foundation of our revenue organization. This is a strategic and execution-oriented leadership role — responsible for how our Sales teams are measured, enabled, and run. The Director will lead the Sales Ops function, set the operating model for the revenue team, and serve as the primary GTM liaison to TechOps on all Salesforce and CPQ matters. The right candidate is equally at home in an executive strategy conversation and a TechOps sprint review: a systems thinker who builds with rigor, leads with data, and moves fast without leaving process debt behind.
Serve as the primary GTM liaison to TechOps for all Salesforce needs — translating business requirements into clear, actionable requests and ensuring GTM priorities are reflected in the roadmap
Bring solid working knowledge of Salesforce architecture to every conversation — enough to write a clear spec and sanity-check TechOps work, without needing to build it yourself
Partner with TechOps on CPQ enhancements — quoting flows, product catalog, pricing rules, approval workflows — by translating GTM requirements clearly, not by configuring CPQ directly
Own GTM-side data governance: define field standards, hygiene rules, and usage policies; hold the revenue team accountable to them
Act as the connective tissue between GTM stakeholders (Sales, Marketing, Finance, CS) and TechOps — ensuring both sides speak the same language and projects don't stall in translation
Own the Sales Ops function end-to-end: define the operating model, set the cadence, and hold the team accountable to results
Drive strategic planning cycles: territory design, quota setting, segmentation, and annual capacity modeling in partnership with Sales leadership and Finance
Identify and eliminate systemic friction in the revenue motion — from lead routing to close to renewal — through process redesign, automation, and cross-functional alignment
Partner with Finance on revenue recognition, bookings reconciliation, and commission accuracy; ensure Sales Ops is a trusted partner in financial planning
Own the Deal Desk function end-to-end: approval policy, discounting guardrails, non-standard terms review, and contract turnaround SLAs
Directly manage a Deal Desk contractor — set priorities, review their work on complex or time-sensitive deals, and be the quality-control backstop
Serve as the final escalation point for deal structuring questions that fall outside standard approval thresholds
Continuously tighten Deal Desk workflows in partnership with Sales, Finance, and Legal to reduce cycle time without sacrificing deal quality
Set the AI strategy for Sales Ops: evaluate, prioritize, and lead adoption of tools that materially improve forecast accuracy, rep productivity, and operational efficiency
Champion a data-first, automation-first operating culture — reduce manual work through LLMs, workflow automation, and intelligent tooling across the GTM stack
Stay ahead of the RevOps and AI tooling landscape; bring opinionated, well-reasoned recommendations to leadership rather than waiting to be asked
Partner with TechOps to ensure the GTM tech stack is architected to support AI-readiness: clean data, integrated systems, and scalable automation
8–12+ years in Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, or a closely related GTM function, with at least 2–3 years in a leadership or director-level role
Working knowledge of Salesforce architecture — comfortable reading flows, validation rules, and data models well enough to write a clear spec and partner with TechOps; Salesforce Admin certification a plus, not required
Familiarity with CPQ concepts — quoting flows, pricing rules, approval workflows — enough to partner with TechOps on requirements; hands-on CPQ configuration experience a plus, not required
Proven track record as a GTM–TechOps liaison: you've successfully bridged business requirements and technical execution in a high-growth B2B environment
Strong strategic instincts backed by analytical rigor — you build frameworks, not just reports, and you know how to move from data to recommendation to action
Experience leading or growing a small team; you develop people and know how to build a function's culture and capability over time
Fluency with modern RevOps and AI tooling — Gong, Clari, LLMs, automation platforms — and a genuine curiosity about what's next
Exceptional cross-functional communicator: equally credible in a TechOps architecture review and a board-level pipeline discussion
Why Join Us?
Impact: This role directly contributes to IANS’ new ARR growth and helps security leaders adopt differentiated intelligence, workflow, and benchmarking capabilities at the frontier of cybersecurity and AI-powered productivity.
Culture: We are a collaborative, low-ego team that values intellectual curiosity, rigorous thinking, customer obsession, and genuine interest in how security organizations make decisions.
Benefits: IANS offers competitive compensation, uncapped variable earnings, medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company match, hybrid work, professional development opportunities, President’s Club recognition, and performance-based equity awards.
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