2 Operational Thinking Jobs

Cvent is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with more than 4,800 employees and ~22,000 customers worldwide, including 53% of the Fortune 500. Founded in 1999, Cvent delivers a comprehensive event marketing and management platform for marketers and event professionals and offers software solutions to hotels, special event venues, and destinations to help them grow their group/MICE and corporate travel business. Our technology brings millions of people together at events around the world. In short, we're transforming the meetings and events industry through innovative technology that powers human connection. The DNA of Cvent is our people, and our culture has an emphasis on fostering intrapreneurship - a system that encourages Cventers to think and act like individual entrepreneurs and empowers them to take action, embrace risk, and make decisions as if they had founded the company themselves. At Cvent, we value the diverse perspectives that each individual brings. Whether working with a team of colleagues or with clients, we ensure that we foster a culture that celebrates differences and builds on shared connections. We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Manager, Revenue Operations to join our growing Rev Ops team in India. This role will serve as a critical leadership layer between the Director and the frontline team, ensuring operational excellence, enhanced accountability, and improved scalability across key workflows. The ideal candidate will manage contract error resolution, query management through Spot Help, and lead future strategic initiatives such as the India-side expansion of the Deal Hub function (our evolving Deal Desk model). **In This Role, You Will:** Team Management & Operational Leadership - Lead and coach a team responsible for managing the contract erroneous resolution process, including identifying root causes, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring timely corrections - Oversee Spot Help (query management), ensuring timely and accurate responses to field-facing queries, SLA adherence, and continuous improvement in the quality of support - Drive accountability, performance reviews, and a culture of ownership and collaboration within the team Deal Hub Rollout & Scaling - Act as the India anchor for the Deal Hub, starting with Enterprise segment support - Partner with the U.S.-based Deal Hub lead to define processes and ensure effective handoffs - Support the expansion of the Deal Hub function across Commercial and Hospitality Cloud segments Process Improvement & Strategic Execution - Optimize operational workflows for error correction, ticketing, and contract lifecycle management - Support standardization, automation, and data hygiene across all owned processes - Document best practices and implement performance metrics to drive scale and maturity Stakeholder Management & Escalation Support - Serve as a key liaison between Sales, Legal, Finance, and internal support teams to resolve exceptions and ensure process alignment - Manage high-impact escalations related to contract data, overages, usage, and support responses - Proactively identify and remove bottlenecks affecting service delivery Succession Planning & Business Continuity - Act as a strategic backup for other sales operations functions like territory management - Help develop future leaders and ensure cross-training for operational continuity **Must-Have Skills:** - Strong operational and analytical thinking with a proven track record of managing complex workflows - Excellent people management and coaching capabilities - Experience in stakeholder management across sales, finance, or legal operations **Good-to-Have Skills:** - Prior experience in deal desk, quote-to-cash, or commercial operations - Proficiency with Salesforce, Excel/Google Sheets, and support tools like Jira or Zendesk **Strategic Placement Of This Role:** With Revenue Operations evolving rapidly to support strategic, data-driven, and high-touch initiatives, this role is essential to bridge the leadership gap, improve execution quality, and ensure the successful rollout of programs like the Deal Hub. The Manager, Rev Ops will stabilize core processes like contract correction and Spot Help while playing a key role in building a scalable, future-ready Sales Operations team in India.,

As a People Operations Specialist at Okta, you will play a crucial role in driving continuous improvement and process optimization within our Shared Services organization. Your expertise in process excellence, technical skills in ServiceNow, self-service portal design, and AI chatbot integration will be instrumental in enhancing service delivery, driving automation, and enabling data-driven decision-making across Shared Services. Your responsibilities will include designing and developing self-service portals on ServiceNow, integrating AI-powered chatbots for intelligent case routing, knowledge retrieval, and user support. You will also analyze existing workflows to streamline operations, reduce cycle times, and improve service quality. Establishing standardized best practices, process governance, and cross-functional collaboration will be key aspects of your role. Collaborating with business stakeholders, driving adoption of new tools and processes, and acting as a liaison between Shared Services, IT, and external vendors for enhancements will be crucial for success in this role. Ensuring compliance with governance, maintaining process documentation, and championing knowledge management will also be part of your responsibilities. To excel in this position, you should hold a Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field (Masters preferred) and have at least 8 years of experience in Shared Services, Process Improvement, or Business Operations with leadership experience. Technical skills required include hands-on experience with ServiceNow, designing AI-powered self-service portals, integrating chatbots, and proficiency in data visualization tools. Key competencies such as strategic thinking, process optimization, change leadership, data-driven decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration will be essential for success in this role. Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills are also crucial. As a Full-Time Okta employee, you can look forward to amazing benefits, making a social impact, developing talent, and fostering connection and community at Okta. Okta provides a dynamic work environment, empowering employees to work productively and creatively. Join us at Okta today and find your place in a setting that best suits your needs.,