Sales Operations Manager
The posting
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
- Sales Forecast Governance & Pipeline Oversight: Monitor forecast accuracy, assess pipeline health, and prepare account reviews and executive business updates
- Sales Quota Analysis, Setting and Distribution:Lead annual quota analysis and coordinate quota distribution with Sales Leadership, Sales Finance, Commissions, and HR; document business rules, assumptions, and system requirements
- Sales Performance Analysis: Review quota attainment, productivity, and coverage to identify risks, upside opportunities, and required leadership actions
- Sales Data Analysis & Reporting: Build models, dashboards, and presentations using Salesforce and planning tools; turn insights into clear recommendations
- Sales Process Improvement: Design scalable processes that drive measurable outcomes; maintain reusable templates, models, and knowledge assets
- Cross Functional Collaboration: Align Sales, Finance, Commissions, HR, and Operations; support quota and commission related decisions
- Other Sales Operations tasks and projects assigned from Sales Management and the managerN/A
Taken from Cadence's own posting, last seen live on 31 Oct 2026.
About Cadence
Electronic design automation software, Palladium and Protium emulation hardware, design IP, custom silicon services and engineering simulation (mechanical CAE, CFD, molecular modeling), sold to chipmakers, systems companies, automakers and drug discovery teams.
Pay schedule: Cadence pays a base salary with incentive compensation (an OTE plan for sales roles, bonus for others) and equity eligibility, with a 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan in the US and private medical cover, a group pension and 25 days of holiday in the UK.
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