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Director, Revenue Operations

Thomson Reuters


Job Location:

Eagan, MN - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 137200 - 254800
Posted: 29 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

The Director of Revenue Operations is a strategic leadership role responsible for building and scaling the commercial infrastructure that powers a global business generating hundreds of millions in annual revenue across global markets including North America Latin America Europe and Asia-Pacific. This role owns the core pillars of sales effectiveness and leads the managers responsible for each.

The Director partners directly with senior sales leadership and the executive team to translate corporate strategy into scalable processes actionable insights and equitable motivating compensation structures that drive predictable sustainable revenue across a matrixed multi-region organization. This is a highly visible cross-functional leadership position requiring a blend of strategic vision operational rigor systems fluency and people leadership.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Team Management
  • Lead mentor and develop direct-report managers across Systems & Tools Sales Operations Sales Enablement and Territories & Commissions ensuring alignment with overall commercial strategy
  • Set the vision and roadmap for commercial operations globally ensuring consistent standards processes and reporting across every region
  • Serve as the primary bridge between field sales leadership executive leadership and cross-functional partners on all matters related to sales systems operations and compensation
  • Build a high-performing scalable commercial operations function to maximize revenue
Systems & Tools
  • Provide strategic direction to formulate and deliver a sales systems roadmap (Salesforce CPQ Order Capture and related GTM applications)
  • Champion technology investments vendor selection and system integrations that improve sales productivity data quality and business intelligence
  • Ensure robust governance change management and UAT/BVT testing practices for all systems releases and upgrades
  • Partner with IT teams to ensure systems scale with business needs and support direct and indirect sales channels
Sales Operations
  • Develop world-class reporting dashboards and KPIs that provide real-time visibility into pipeline health quota attainment and performance
  • Own the cadence and quality of planning forecasting and business review processes across regions and segments
  • Ensure sales operations standards tools and capabilities are applied consistently across a matrixed multi-region organization
  • Partner with Sales Finance on annual business planning including quota setting headcount planning and resource allocation
Sales Enablement
  • Design and deliver onboarding ramp and ongoing training programs that accelerate seller productivity across every region
  • Own the sales methodology playbooks and content strategy that equip sellers with consistent messaging tools and skills
  • Partner with Systems & Tools and Sales Operations to ensure enablement programs reinforce adoption of CRM CPQ and other GTM technology
  • Establish enablement metrics to measure program effectiveness and continuously improve seller performance
Territories & Commissions
  • Direct the strategy behind sales territory design ensuring equitable distribution and optimized revenue potential across all regions
  • Oversee the design governance and continuous improvement of sales compensation plans
  • Review and approve the annual sales compensation budget and forecast
  • Ensure timely accurate commission processing and fair resolution of compensation disputes
Cross-Functional & Executive Collaboration
  • Act as a strategic advisor to senior sales leadership translating business goals into scalable commercial processes systems and incentive structures
  • Partner with Finance HR Legal and IT leadership to ensure alignment across the organization
  • Present commercial performance insights compensation strategy and systems roadmaps to senior executives and the Board as needed
  • Drive a culture of continuous improvement data-driven decision-making and operational excellence
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in Business Finance Analytics or related discipline
  • 10 years of progressive experience in sales operations revenue operations commercial strategy or related fields including experience managing managers or multi-functional teams
  • Proven track record leading commercial or sales operations functions within a global matrixed organization
  • Demonstrated experience overseeing sales systems (Salesforce or equivalent CRM) sales operations/reporting infrastructure sales enablement and sales compensation/territory design
  • Strong financial acumen including experience managing budgets forecasting compensation costs and balancing incentive design with financial sustainability
  • Exceptional executive communication skills with experience presenting to senior leadership
  • Strong change management project management and cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to operate effectively across multiple regions time zones and cultures
Preferred Qualifications
  • MBA or graduate degree
  • Experience in a B2B manufacturing or industrial environment
  • Direct hands-on experience across all four pillars: systems sales operations sales enablement and compensation/territory design
  • Familiarity with international compliance considerations related to sales compensation and employment practices across multiple geographies

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Whats in it For You

  • Hybrid Work Model: Weve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
  • Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities whether caring for family giving back to the community or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
  • Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrows challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow lead and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
  • Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation two company-wide Mental Health Days off access to the Headspace app retirement savings tuition reimbursement employee incentive programs and resources for mental physical and financial wellbeing.
  • Culture: Globally recognized award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging flexibility work-life balance and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers Compete to Win Challenge (Y)our Thinking Act Fast / Learn Fast and Stronger Together.
  • Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
  • Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice truth and transparency. Together with the professionals and institutions we serve we help uphold the rule of law turn the wheels of commerce catch bad actors report the facts and provide trusted unbiased information to people all over the world.

In the United States Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health dental vision disability and life insurance programs as well as a competitive 401k plan with company addition Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation sick and safe paid time off paid holidays (including two company mental health days off) parental leave sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. For any eligible US locations unless otherwise noted the base compensation range for this role is $137200 USD - $254800 USD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individuals knowledge skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal tax accounting compliance government and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data intelligence and solutions needed to make informed decisions and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice truth and transparency. Reuters part of Thomson Reuters is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26000 employees across more than 70 countries where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity accuracy fairness and transparency are under attack we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business we rely on the unique backgrounds perspectives and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that we seek talented qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race color sex/gender including pregnancy gender identity and expression national origin religion sexual orientation disability age marital status citizen status veteran status or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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