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Manager, Sales Compensation

Houston, Texas, US💼 Full-time💰 $135,000–$135,000🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead global sales incentive compensation strategy, design-to-deployment, and administration to optimize revenue growth and support business strategy.

Role type

Manager, Sales Compensation (Strategy & Operations)

Builds

Scalable, cost-effective sales compensation programs and incentive plans

Domain

SaaS/Technology, Sales Operations, Incentive Compensation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

Sales compensation strategy, plan design & implementation, quota methodology, compensation analytics, budgeting & accruals, system configuration (Xactly), data modeling, stakeholder management, process automation, SQL, Advanced Excel

Preferred skills

MBA, Salesforce.com expertise, enterprise finance systems experience, vendor/partner management, root-cause analysis

Technologies

Xactly, Salesforce.com, SQL, Excel, PowerPoint

Responsibilities

Design and model scalable sales compensation programs; implement and administer incentive plans including base pay, OTE, and retention programs; manage end-to-end commission payout cycles and reconciliations; develop performance metrics and dashboards for leadership; configure and maintain compensation systems (Xactly); perform data analysis and ad-hoc reporting; lead plan rollouts, communications, and field enablement; establish governance, controls, and audit-ready processes; partner with Finance, HR, IT, and Legal on policies and processes.

Seniority

Manager, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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