Senior Manager, Presales Strategy & Operations

Okta Inc

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Bellevue, WAChicago, ILSan Francisco, CAWashington, DC
Salary
$186,000–$256,000 / yr
Posted
37 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $221k
$136k most similar roles pay here $269k

This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $166,464–$214,900 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $221k versus about $191k for comparable roles.

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About Okta Inc

Okta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco. It provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, websites, web services, and devices.[

Okta Inc currently has 137 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $174,000–$239,000 across 137 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Presales Strategy & Operations

The Senior Manager, Presales Strategy & Operations joins the Revenue Strategy and Operations team to drive operational excellence across the organization's presales functions. In this leadership role, you will manage a team of professionals while serving as a strategic partner to Global Presales leaders. You will be responsible for building out engagement pipeline strategies, technical forecasting, and reporting while designing coverage models, quota planning, and territory designs. The role requires high-level collaboration with cross-functional partners in Sales Planning, Business Technology, and Data & Analytics to implement scalable frameworks. Key requirements include advanced Salesforce expertise involving CRM architecture, dashboards, and workflows, alongside proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets. You will also utilize automation tools and AI technologies like Claude Code or Codex to enhance efficiency while solving complex problems related to presales productivity and growth.

What you'll do

  • Recruit, mentor, and manage a team of presales strategy and operations professionals.
  • Serve as the primary strategic partner to Global Presales Leaders regarding pipeline strategy and technical forecasting.
  • Design and implement coverage models, quota planning, territory design, and go-to-market segmentation.
  • Coordinate cross-functional alignment between Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Partner Alliances.
  • Establish scalable process improvements and maintain documentation for the Global Presales organization.
  • Conduct business reviews with executive leadership to identify performance gaps and project opportunities.
  • Analyze complex data sets to create actionable long-term plans for sales productivity.
  • Manage Salesforce architecture, including custom reports, dashboards, and automated workflows.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 7+ years in an analytical, strategy, or operations role at a high-growth SaaS company.
  • Must have at least 2+ years of direct people management experience.
  • Must possess advanced Salesforce expertise including dashboards, reports, custom report types, and CRM architecture.
  • Must demonstrate exceptional quantitative skills with MS Excel or Google Sheets.
  • Must be able to translate complex data into high-level narratives for executive leadership.
  • Must have the ability to travel to other offices approximately once per quarter.
  • Familiarity with Tableau, SQL, Anaplan, or sales productivity tools like Gong and Clari is preferred.
  • Experience building and deploying automation workflows with emerging AI tools is preferred.

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