Commercial Operations Specialist (Licensing)
Nuix · Reston, VA · 1 mo ago
HybridFull-time
Role Overview
Nuix is seeking a Commercial Operations Specialist for Licensing to join our Commercial Operations team. The primary goal of this role is to continuously improve the end-to-end licensing experience for both our customers and internal teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Provision software licenses to customers in accordance with approved commercial agreements and internal policies.
- Continuously improve the end-to-end licensing experience for customers and internal stakeholders.
- Act as the first- and second-line support contact for customer queries.
- Develop and maintain licensing policies, procedures, standards, documentation, and operational best practices.
- Partner with Engineering and Product teams to identify, prioritize, and deliver improvements to licensing platforms, tooling, and customer workflows.
- Act as the licensing subject matter expert for Sales, Solution Consultants, Customer Success, and Support, advising on licensing models, deployment options, and product configuration.
- Support complex customer licensing scenarios and provide guidance during commercial opportunities and customer escalations.
- Develop and deliver licensing training programs for Sales, Solution Consultants, Customer Success, and other internal teams.
- Create and maintain customer-facing documentation, internal knowledge articles, playbooks, standard operating procedures, and licensing guides.
- Analyse licensing operations to identify opportunities for automation, simplification, and continuous improvement.
- Produce operational reporting on licensing activity, customer usage, and licensing performance.
- Work with Finance and Commercial Operations to improve licensing processes that support revenue recognition and operational governance.
- Monitor licensing trends, customer feedback, and support cases to proactively recommend product or process improvements.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to ensure licensing processes remain scalable, efficient, and aligned with company objectives.
- Maintain awareness of industry best practices and emerging trends in software licensing and entitlement management.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Excellent written communication skills with experience creating documentation, training materials, and process guides.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively across technical and commercial teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Desired Expertise
- Experience working with enterprise software products or SaaS platforms.
- Experience providing support through common support tools such as ServiceNow.
- Experience working with Engineering and Product teams in an Agile environment.
- Experience with Salesforce, SQL or similar analytical tools.
- Experience with Python.
- Understanding of software revenue recognition and commercial licensing processes.
- Experience delivering training and enablement programs for customer-facing teams.
- Experience in software licensing, commercial operations, product operations, customer success, solution consulting, or a similar role.
- Strong understanding of enterprise software licensing models and commercial operations.