Sales Operations Associate

About the role

AfterQuery is an applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model development, serving frontier AI labs with the mission of delivering the best data to power the best models. Backed by Altos Ventures, BoxGroup, Y Combinator, and angels from Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta Superintelligence Labs, and Microsoft AI, the company is based in San Francisco and reportedly raising at a $3.2 billion valuation, positioning it as a potential YC’s fastest unicorn. As an early team member you will own and architect core infrastructure systems that power the platform from the ground up, receiving competitive salary and meaningful equity while shaping the engineering organization and leading major technical initiatives alongside world‑class engineers and researchers from Citadel Securities, Meta, Google, Silver Lake, and Morgan Stanley.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain sales collateral, presentations, account materials, and other resources that help the sales team sell effectively
• Partner with sales leadership to develop decks, talking points, templates, and other enablement materials
• Help ensure sales teams have the right information and resources at the right time
• Organize and maintain sales resources so they are easy for the team to find and use
• Support onboarding and training materials for new members of the sales organization
• Help manage and improve day‑to‑day sales processes and workflows
• Coordinate internally to gather information needed for RFIs, proposals, questionnaires, and customer requests
• Own follow‑ups across internal teams to make sure sales requests are completed on time
• Help identify bottlenecks in the sales process and find ways to make workflows more efficient
• Partner with sales, operations, legal, finance, and other teams to keep deals moving
• Bring structure and organization to processes that may not yet be fully defined
• Support the sales team with account and opportunity‑related projects
• Help maintain accurate sales information and documentation
• Assist with organizing pipeline and account information
• Build lightweight processes and tools that make the sales team's day‑to‑day work easier
• Take on ad hoc projects that improve sales productivity and execution
• Support basic reporting and analysis on sales activity, accounts, and customer trends
• Help turn sales data into useful insights for the team
• Partner with leadership to answer questions about pipeline, customers, and sales performance
• Over time, contribute to projections and forecasting as the sales organization scales

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience in sales operations, sales enablement, business operations, consulting, investment banking, project management, or a similar role
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong attention to detail and follow‑through
• Ability to work cross‑functionally and effectively chase down information from multiple stakeholders
• Strong problem‑solving skills and a willingness to figure things out independently
• Ability to create clear, polished presentations and written materials
• Comfortable working with data and spreadsheets, even if you don't come from a traditional analytics or RevOps background
• High agency — you see something that needs to get done and take ownership of getting it done
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, ambiguous environment
• Strong judgment and ability to prioritize competing requests

Qualifications

• Background in investment banking, management consulting, business operations, or another highly analytical and execution‑oriented environment
• Experience supporting a high‑growth sales organization
• Experience creating sales decks, enablement materials, or customer‑facing collateral
• Experience managing RFIs, RFPs, proposals, or similar sales processes
• Experience with CRM or sales tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot, or similar platforms
• Experience with basic sales reporting or pipeline analysis

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Daily Meals: Daily UberEats Stipend
• Monthly Wellness Stipend

Pay

Compensation Range: $100K - $120K