Sales Planning & Manager

Position Overview

Do you have experience supporting sales teams with go‑to‑market programs to grow the business? If yes, read on! You may be a great match for our Sales Planning & Incentives Manager in GTM Strategy and Operations  this role, you will act as a strategic partner, collaborating cross‑functionally with Sales, Operations, Finance, and Product teams to support go‑to‑market planning and sales incentive programs.

This position reports to the Director of GTM Performance Management at Autodesk.

• Play a key role in sales coverage and incentive planning by engaging with sales leadership to execute on sales strategy
• Wake up every day thinking about how to help sellers and sales teams be more effective
• Keep up with and leverage industry best practices around sales planning
• Partner with sales operations and executive stakeholders to define program vision, roadmap, and business outcomes
• Manage end‑to‑end planning process for portfolio and territory planning and sales assignments
• Ensure key milestones, risks, and dependencies are clearly tracked and proactively managed
• Align with cross‑functional Program Managers to ensure coordinated delivery
• Enable executive decision‑making by highlighting trade‑offs and prioritizing sales effectiveness and company/sales strategy
• Summarize program status through clear, executive‑level presentations and communications
• Help drive sales compensation design process for all roles globally
• Drive connected planning with quota setting teams to ensure quotas align with comp rules
• Provide key input into the sales‑facing performance tools and reporting including Peer Performance Groups, Sales Management reporting and individual commission statement
• Partner with the commission team and technology teams in the development of the long‑term commission system strategy to ensure accurate and timely payments and best‑in‑class business processes
• Lead change‑management efforts by identifying key stakeholders, change mgmt. and enablement partners, and ensuring appropriate engagement and follow‑up post launch
• Build and deploy enablement strategies (communication and training plans) to ensure sales teams can effectively use tools, programs, and policies
• Deliver training and guidance to sales managers on processes, timelines, and tools to drive successful rollout and adoption
• Support sales managers during portfolio and territory reviews by addressing questions, resolving issues, and removing blockers

• Must have 10+ years of sales incentive and/or sales planning experience, including sales commission, sales compensation, revenue operations or sales finance
• Bachelor's Degree required, MBA desirable
• Experience presenting to and influencing executives and/or sales leaders around sales planning
• Experience managing timelines and cross‑functional projects
• Experience analyzing business issues, prioritizing maximum impact against business goals
• Strong verbal and written communication, facilitation and presentation skills
• Experience being a "connector" across teams and driving cross‑functional collaboration
• General knowledge and appreciation of sales roles and the sales processes
• Must have experience with Anaplan, , Lightning Salesforce Reporting, Excel, and AI tools

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We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.