Deal Operations Manager at Storyblok | RevOps Career in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
Career Positioning: This is a senior individual contributor role that sits at the intersection of Revenue Operations, Sales, Legal, and Finance — a high-visibility, high-impact position at a scaling B2B SaaS company. The "Deal Operations Manager" title is increasingly in demand as SaaS companies mature beyond basic Deal Desk into full quote-to-cash ownership.
Skills You'll Build:
- Deep CPQ expertise (DealHub specifically), which is a differentiating and transferable skill in the RevOps market.
- Revenue recognition and order management knowledge — increasingly critical as SaaS companies face audit scrutiny and ASC 606 compliance.
- Process design and automation thinking, including AI-assisted workflows — future-proof skills for a RevOps career.
- Cross-functional influence without authority — a hallmark of strong operators and future RevOps Directors.
Compensation Context: No salary is listed, which is a mild yellow flag for transparency. Market rates for Deal Ops Manager roles at growth-stage SaaS companies typically range from $100K–$140K USD (US market) or €70K–€100K (European market). The VSOP (virtual stock options) adds upside at a company that counts Virgin Media O2 and TomTom as customers — signals real enterprise traction.
Culture Signals: Storyblok appears to be in a growth/scale-up phase — structured enough to need formal Deal Ops, but early enough that you'd be "building the function," not inheriting it. That's a green flag for ambitious operators who want to leave a mark. The 5+ years requirement and emphasis on non-standard deal complexity suggest this is not an entry-level hire.
Headquarters: Remote
Storyblok is a headless CMS that enables marketers and developers to create with joy and publish with confidence. It empowers you to deliver structured and consistent content everywhere: websites, apps, AI search, and beyond.
Legendary brands like Virgin Media O2, Oatly, and TomTom use Storyblok to make a bigger, faster market impact.
WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU
You will be joining a growing company where you can contribute to many "firsts". Plus these benefits:
- Monthly remote work stipend (home internet costs, electricity). Home office equipment package right at the start (laptop, keyboard, monitor…)
- Home office equipment upgrade (furniture, ear plugs…) or membership to a local co-working space after your onboarding
- Sick leave benefit, parental leave, and 25 days of annual leave plus your local national holidays
- Personal development fund for courses, books, conferences, and material
- VSOP (Virtual Stock Option Plan)
- Annual international team-building trip, quarterly and monthly online get-togethers
- As a fully remote company with work-life balance at its core, you'll enjoy flexible schedules
- An international team that loves to have fun at work and works hard together to accomplish shared goals
JOB SUMMARY
Storyblok is hiring a Deal Operations Manager to build the operating workflow for how deals are structured, reviewed, approved, executed, and handed off across quote-to-cash. The role supports Sales on deal construction and deal design strategy, coordinates Legal execution, partners with Finance on revenue recognition readiness, and turns pricing, packaging, and NPI decisions into field-ready operating process. Sitting within Revenue Operations, this role works across Sales, Sales Leadership, Finance, Legal, Deal Strategy, Systems, Order Management, Security, Customer Success, and Product / Packaging to make approval-ready deals faster and downstream defects lower.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
1. Deal Operations Workflow and Process
- Build the global deal operations workflow for intake, routing, approval readiness, SLAs, escalation paths, and exception handling.
- Own approval readiness in DealHub CPQ, including required fields, quote quality checks, approval context, discount rationale, and downstream handoff inputs.
- Maintain practical process documentation, templates, and decision rules so Sales can move standard deals through documented paths.
2. Deal Construction and Design Strategy Support
- Support Sales and Sales Leadership on deal construction across new business, renewal, expansion, multi-year, ramped, multi-product, and non-standard commercial requests.
- Translate deal strategy into approval-ready constructs with clear value exchange, risk flags, concession logic, billing terms, contract timing, and implementation assumptions.
- Partner with Deal Strategy, Customer Success, Product / Packaging, and Finance when commercial design affects retention, expansion, product adoption, or reporting.
3. Legal Execution and Finance Revenue Recognition Readiness
- Engage Legal early on non-standard terms, contract language, execution path, risk ownership, and customer-requested changes.
- Coordinate with Finance on revenue recognition inputs, billing terms, payment terms, start dates, product lines, order form clarity, and required approval evidence.
- Maintain pre-signature checks for deals with rev rec, billing, custom terms, or product readiness risk.
4. Pricing, Packaging, NPI, and DealHub CPQ Rollout
- Participate in pricing and packaging execution and strategy support so decisions can be turned into field process, DealHub CPQ logic, approval paths, and reporting readiness.
- Support NPI rollout by defining deal rules, quote requirements, launch constraints, fallback paths, and field guidance for early transactions.
- Track whether pricing, packaging, or NPI changes create quote exceptions, approval confusion, billing defects, or customer handoff issues.
5. Quote-to-Cash Quality, Cadence, and Continuous Improvement
- Own the operating handoff from approved quote to order, billing, commissions, reporting, and customer lifecycle records.
- Run the deal operations cadence with KPI packs, defect logs, root-cause reviews, action owners, and process improvements.
- Identify automation and AI use cases tied to intake, routing, approval summaries, quote checks, documentation, and measurable cycle-time reduction.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years in Deal Desk, Deal Operations, Revenue Operations, Sales Operations, or a comparable commercial operations role, ideally in B2B SaaS.
- Hands-on experience with CPQ tooling (DealHub or comparable) and quote-to-cash / lead-to-cash processes.
- Demonstrated experience structuring and reviewing non-standard deals (multi-year, ramped, expansion, multi-product) and partnering with Sales on deal construction.
- Working knowledge of revenue recognition concepts, billing and order processes, and coordinating contract execution with Legal and Finance.
- Experience building scalable process, documentation, SLAs, and operating cadences (KPI reviews, defect logs, root-cause analysis).
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working in Salesforce and reporting tools.
- Demonstrates AI literacy, with the ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, decision-making, and quality of work while applying sound judgment and critical thinking.
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
- Commercial acumen: structures sound deals that balance customer value, risk, and revenue / margin outcomes.
- Process design: builds clear, scalable workflows, SLAs, and escalation paths that scale beyond manual effort.
- Cross-functional coordination: aligns Sales, Legal, Finance, Systems, Order Management, and CS around complete deal packages.
- Attention to detail: enforces quote quality, approval readiness, and pre-signature checks to reduce downstream defects.
- Operating rigor: runs cadences with KPIs, defect logs, and root-cause reviews that drive measurable improvement.
- Influence without authority: guides Sales toward documented paths and sound commercial discipline.
- Communication: produces clear guidance, decision rules, and leadership-ready operating views.
- Continuous improvement and automation mindset: identifies automation / AI use cases that reduce cycle time and rework.
MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
Remote (home) work opportunity or funded by Storyblok co-working space.
GENERAL TERMS
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