Pricing Advisory Manager
BlackLine · United States · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteMarketing$124k–$155k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate like EEO, equal-opportunity, scam warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove navigation/cookie/legal. The posting includes sections: "Make Your Mark" intro paragraph about role. Then "You'll Get To" with bullet-like sentences (actually paragraphs). Then "What You'll Bring" with qualifications. Then "Thrive At BlackLine Because You Are Joining ..." includes culture description. Then salary range and pay transparency statement. Also mention benefits? It mentions "robust offering of benefit and wellness plans." Also mentions short-term and long-term incentive programs. Also mentions office schedule: "Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week." That's schedule info.
We need to map to sections: About the role (intro). Responsibilities (the "You'll Get To" list). Requirements/Qualifications/Skills (the "What You'll Bring" list). Benefits (benefit and wellness plans, incentive programs). Pay (salary range). Schedule (office days). Possibly also "Culture" could be part of About the role or separate? But we only have allowed headings list; we could put culture under About the role or maybe under a separate section like "About the team"? Not allowed. We could incorporate culture into About the role paragraph.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content.
We need to use
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate like EEO, equal-opportunity, scam warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove navigation/cookie/legal. The posting includes sections: "Make Your Mark" intro paragraph about role. Then "You'll Get To" with bullet-like sentences (actually paragraphs). Then "What You'll Bring" with qualifications. Then "Thrive At BlackLine Because You Are Joining ..." includes culture description. Then salary range and pay transparency statement. Also mention benefits? It mentions "robust offering of benefit and wellness plans." Also mentions short-term and long-term incentive programs. Also mentions office schedule: "Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week." That's schedule info.
We need to map to sections: About the role (intro). Responsibilities (the "You'll Get To" list). Requirements/Qualifications/Skills (the "What You'll Bring" list). Benefits (benefit and wellness plans, incentive programs). Pay (salary range). Schedule (office days). Possibly also "Culture" could be part of About the role or separate? But we only have allowed headings list; we could put culture under About the role or maybe under a separate section like "About the team"? Not allowed. We could incorporate culture into About the role paragraph.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for responsibilities list, we need to turn each bullet into
- . The "You'll Get To" section includes multiple sentences each starting with a bold heading? Actually text: "You'll Get To Strategic Deal Structuring Proactively partner with the global sales teams to support pricing and commercial terms with prospects and customers. Provide guidance and best practices on structuring deals that align with customer value and our objectives to both increase win rates and increase ASP.Pricing and Commercial Strategy: Serve as the subject matter expert on value-based selling and pricing. Develop and maintain economic models to ensure a consistent and data-driven decision-making approach for all strategic deals.Enablement: Partner with the Sales Enablement team to create and maintain a comprehensive library of pricing collateral, playbooks, and training materials. Assist in delivering pricing and commercial training to our go-to-market teams and providing ongoing deal coaching to ensure the sales team is equipped to effectively leverage our pricing structure. Price Book: Update price books to reflect price level changes, reflect actual field performance, and new products and services.Voice of the Field: Act as a primary conduit for feedback from our field teams, customers, and prospects on our pricing, packaging, and commercial terms. Synthesize this feedback to provide critical input into the ongoing evolution of our pricing strategy.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Management, Marketing, Finance, Deal Desk, and Legal teams to resolve commercial challenges, shape new pricing initiatives, and ensure alignment across the organization. Data-Driven Insights: Leverage data and analytics to understand customer behavior, segmentation, and price sensitivity. Use these insights to identify opportunities for pricing optimization and to inform the overall pricing strategy. Process Optimization: Support opportunities in our Quota-to-Cash processes to support commercial and pricing improvements with goals to improve sales velocity and experience."
We need to split into list items. Could treat each bold heading as a responsibility. So list items: Strategic Deal Structuring..., Pricing and Commercial Strategy..., Enablement..., Price Book..., Voice of the Field..., Cross-Functional Collaboration..., Data-Driven Insights..., Process Optimization...
Now "What You'll Bring" includes bullet-like sentences: "Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field; MBA is highly preferred.8+ years of experience in a pricing, deal advisory, or a related role, with a minimum of 5 years in a B2B SaaS environment. Proven experience in developing and/or executing pricing strategies for B2B enterprise SaaS products and services, including experience with various pricing models (e.g., subscription, usage-based, tiered). Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, with the ability to build financial models and projections to support commercial proposals and strategic decisions. Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth analysis to explain underlying trends and provide actionable recommendations. Prior experience with CPQ (e.g., Zuora, Salesforce CPQ) and CRM (e.g., Salesforce) tools is essential. A track record of successfully working cross-functionally to implement pricing models and strategies, including with sales teams distributed globally.Exceptional communication, presentation, and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.A highly organized and detail-oriented individual with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment."
We can split into list items each sentence. Could group similar: Education, Experience, Pricing experience, Analytical skills, Analysis ability, CPQ/CRM experience, Cross-functional track record, Communication skills, Organized/detail-oriented.
Now Benefits: "In addition to base pay, BlackLine also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility, along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans." Also maybe mention "BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity." That's more culture/benefit. Also "BlackLine is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates." That's EEO but we should remove EEO boilerplate. However the professional development seminars and affinity groups is a benefit. Also "BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture." That's more culture but could be considered benefit? Might be okay to include under Benefits as "Professional development seminars, inclusive affinity groups, flexible virtual/in-person workplace."
We need to avoid EEO boilerplate; we can keep the professional development part.
Pay: Salary Range $124,000.00-$155,000.00 plus description about placement, variable incentive split. We'll include that.
Schedule: "Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week."
Now we must not repeat job title as heading. The title is "Manager, Sales Operations". Not to be used.
We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
We'll produce sections:
About the role
with paragraphs: intro paragraph (first paragraph) plus maybe culture paragraph? We'll combine.
Then Responsibilities
with - ... etc.
Then
Qualifications
(or Requirements). We'll use Qualifications.
Then Skills
maybe separate? But we could combine qualifications and skills. The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have Qualifications covering education, experience, skills. Or we could have Requirements and Skills separate but that may be thin. Better to have one Qualifications section that includes all.
Then Benefits
with list.
Then Pay
with paragraph.
Then Schedule
with paragraph.
We must not include sections with filler. All have content.
Now ensure we preserve all substantive information: we must not lose any detail from the posting. Let's extract all substantive sentences.
Intro: "Make Your Mark The Manager, Sales Operations is responsible for assisting the Regional Sales Leader in driving the sales business for their team. They also assist with the day-to-day administration of operational tasks within the Sales Operations Department. This role is a high value add business partner to the Sales Organization, enabling revenue growth and increasing sales productivity by providing effective methodologies, efficient processes, value added information, sales tools and helping to set strategic directives."
We need to keep that.
Then "You'll Get To" responsibilities list as above.
Then "What You'll Bring" qualifications list.
Then "Thrive At BlackLine Because You Are Joining A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity."
We need to keep that content but not EEO. The EEO paragraph starts after that: "BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer..." we should remove that entire paragraph. Also remove the duplicated accommodation lines etc.
Also remove "BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture." That's after EEO? Actually appears before accommodation? Let's locate: In the text after EEO paragraph: "BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week. Salary Range $124,000.00-$155,000.00 Pay Transparency Statement ..." So we need to keep the sentence about virtual/in-person interactions and the office schedule sentence. The EEO paragraph we remove. Also the accommodation duplicate lines we remove.
Thus we keep: "BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture." plus schedule sentence.
Now benefits: we have "In addition to base pay, BlackLine also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility, along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans." plus professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups. Also maybe mention "BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity." That's from culture paragraph. We'll include that as benefit.
Now pay: Salary range and description: "Salary Range $124,000.00-$155,000.00 Pay Transparency Statement Placement within this range depends upon several factors, including the applicant's prior relevant job experience, skill set, and geographic location. In addition to base pay, BlackLine also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility, along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans. We are committed to pay transparency and ensuring candidates have clear information about compensation expectations. For roles that include variable incentive components such as an Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) or On-Target Earnings (OTE), the compensation structure may follow a split model – for example, a 50/50, 70/30, or 60/40 ratio between base salary and variable incentive."
Note we already used incentive programs in benefits; but we can keep in pay section as well. Avoid duplication? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can repeat if needed but better to keep each piece once. We'll keep incentive programs in benefits; pay section can mention base salary range and placement factors, variable incentive split model. We'll not repeat incentive programs there.
Now schedule: "Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week."
Now we must not include any navigation/cookie/legal/EEO/equal
About the role
with paragraphs: intro paragraph (first paragraph) plus maybe culture paragraph? We'll combine. ThenResponsibilities
with- ... etc.
Then
Qualifications
(or Requirements). We'll use Qualifications. ThenSkills
maybe separate? But we could combine qualifications and skills. The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have Qualifications covering education, experience, skills. Or we could have Requirements and Skills separate but that may be thin. Better to have one Qualifications section that includes all. ThenBenefits
with list. ThenPay
with paragraph. ThenSchedule
with paragraph. We must not include sections with filler. All have content. Now ensure we preserve all substantive information: we must not lose any detail from the posting. Let's extract all substantive sentences. Intro: "Make Your Mark The Manager, Sales Operations is responsible for assisting the Regional Sales Leader in driving the sales business for their team. They also assist with the day-to-day administration of operational tasks within the Sales Operations Department. This role is a high value add business partner to the Sales Organization, enabling revenue growth and increasing sales productivity by providing effective methodologies, efficient processes, value added information, sales tools and helping to set strategic directives." We need to keep that. Then "You'll Get To" responsibilities list as above. Then "What You'll Bring" qualifications list. Then "Thrive At BlackLine Because You Are Joining A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity." We need to keep that content but not EEO. The EEO paragraph starts after that: "BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer..." we should remove that entire paragraph. Also remove the duplicated accommodation lines etc. Also remove "BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture." That's after EEO? Actually appears before accommodation? Let's locate: In the text after EEO paragraph: "BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week. Salary Range $124,000.00-$155,000.00 Pay Transparency Statement ..." So we need to keep the sentence about virtual/in-person interactions and the office schedule sentence. The EEO paragraph we remove. Also the accommodation duplicate lines we remove. Thus we keep: "BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture." plus schedule sentence. Now benefits: we have "In addition to base pay, BlackLine also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility, along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans." plus professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups. Also maybe mention "BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity." That's from culture paragraph. We'll include that as benefit. Now pay: Salary range and description: "Salary Range $124,000.00-$155,000.00 Pay Transparency Statement Placement within this range depends upon several factors, including the applicant's prior relevant job experience, skill set, and geographic location. In addition to base pay, BlackLine also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility, along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans. We are committed to pay transparency and ensuring candidates have clear information about compensation expectations. For roles that include variable incentive components such as an Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) or On-Target Earnings (OTE), the compensation structure may follow a split model – for example, a 50/50, 70/30, or 60/40 ratio between base salary and variable incentive." Note we already used incentive programs in benefits; but we can keep in pay section as well. Avoid duplication? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can repeat if needed but better to keep each piece once. We'll keep incentive programs in benefits; pay section can mention base salary range and placement factors, variable incentive split model. We'll not repeat incentive programs there. Now schedule: "Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week." Now we must not include any navigation/cookie/legal/EEO/equal