Contract Operations Strategist

We’re looking for a Contract Operations Strategist to advise and support the New Business and Customer & Expansion teams on the efficient execution of deals, ensuring new contracts and renewals are accurately structured and meet compliance requirements. This role is open to applicants located in Mexico City. In this role, you will report to the Senior Director, Sales Operations. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Advise sales reps and sales managers on contract best practices, working in tandem with New Business, Customer & Expansion, Business Technology, Legal, and Finance.
• Advise and support the New Business and Customer & Expansion teams as the subject matter expert on contracts.
• Provide support to Customer Account Managers on contract renewals that may involve multiple accounts, consolidation of renewal contracts, and changes to renewal amounts and/or product mix.
• Partner with the New Business and Customer & Expansion teams to capture contractual requirements, including complex non-standard deals that may involve input from multiple departments (Legal, Finance, Product Marketing, etc.).
• Assist in monitoring a working queue to support the team in resolving requests for assistance from sales on a daily basis and is meeting the service level agreement
• Review contracts pre / post-sale to ensure compliance with operational procedures / financial audit requirements. Provides assistance in resolving any contractual issues found.
• Support the day-to-day use and data integrity of CRM (Salesforce), including account set-up and hierarchies, opportunity creation, quoting and closing out of opportunities, and auditing data to ensure accurate booking and forecasting of revenue.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure Salesforce is enabled with required products and troubleshoot any issues.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 5-8 years experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, in a Sales Operations role including direct experience of sales order processing, software contracts and renewals, invoicing, and revenue recognition policies relating to SaaS.
• Knowledge and understanding of internal departments (Legal, Finance, Partner Operations, Product Marketing, etc.).
• Comprehensive knowledge of software sales processes from quote-to-cash and experience in working within CRM and Financial systems.
• Customer Focus: Demonstrates a desire to proactively help and serve internal/external customers to meet their needs.
• Open Communication: Clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding.
• Decision Making: Consistently chooses the best course of action (from a number of alternatives) to address business problems and/or opportunities.
• Problem Solving: Uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems. Looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Solution seeker: You’re focused on tackling new challenges, solving problems, and moving the business forward—and you don’t wait to be asked.
• Lifelong learner: You have a growth mindset – you’re here to learn, experiment, seek, apply, and provide feedback, share what works with your team, and move on from what doesn’t.
• Resilient adapter: In the face of change and challenges, you bring a thoughtful, calm approach and a focus on finding new opportunities.
• Intentional collaborator. You build positive working relationships across the business, bringing people together to foster new opportunities and to facilitate the efficient flow of information.
• Critical challenger: You have the trust in your team to ask difficult questions in order to get to the best end result.
• Active communicator: You listen actively and communicate ideas and information clearly, inclusively, and proactively. 
• Integrated thinker: You look beyond your role and responsibilities to understand how your team’s work drives broader organizational goals.
• Accountable owner: You take pride in the work you’re responsible for with a mindset of ultimate accountability and reliability for the outcomes.
• Bar-raiser: You step up to help your team grow and succeed, even when that means going beyond what might be expected.

In all we do, our six guiding principles light the way:

Step Up: Show the world what it looks like to live and work by these guiding principles. #StepUp

One Team: Make Hootsuite a place where everyone feels safe, welcome, valued, and empowered to do their best  work without compromising who they are. #OneTeam #FreeToBeMe

Customer Obsessed: Focus relentlessly on helping our customers succeed. #CustomerObsessed

Go Fast, Be Agile: Widen our competitive advantage by committing to speed and simplicity over perfection and complexity. #GoFastBeAgile

Play to Win: Commit to building an incredible, profitable company for our customers, our employees, and our stakeholders. #PlayToWin #NoExcuses

Neighbours & Allies: Give back to our communities and be an ally. #SocialForGood #Allies

Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This posting is for a current vacancy for which we are actively hiring.

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