Sales Operations Specialist, GTM Strategy & Analytics Skillbridge Intern

We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

This role is offered to active duty service members who are enrolled in the Skillbridge program or are looking for a Skillbridge internship only. This is a contract role for up to 6 months. Interns will be paid through the Skillbridge Program by the Department of Defense.

This role will be part of the Go to Market Strategy + Analytics team and will work across Sales, Sales Operations and Finance to utilize our business systems data to analyze and provide insight into the organization's performance. Additionally, this role will apply creativity and analytical thinking to design and implement operational dashboards and ad hoc reporting.

The role requires that you have a strong technical knowledge of database and business intelligence design, and how to transform data into insight so we can utilize world class functional dashboards, reporting, and analysis to ensure data-driven decisions are a daily part of how we work.

A background in Tableau, SQL, complex modeling through Excel, or experiences supporting a pre-sales and/or a post-sales customer business is strongly encouraged. This position reports into the GTM Strategy team within the Sales organization.

• Gather requirements, design, and build ad hoc strategic reports based on stakeholders & leadership needs to help monitor performance for all key indicators

• Build and define new metrics to measure sales performance in rapidly changing business environments.

• Deep dive into key performance metrics to solve complex sales challenges using data, analytics, and insights

• Develop complex Excel models to monitor business initiatives and deliver insights to leadership

• Create reports in business systems such as Salesforce or Tableau that allow us to measure and effectively execute strategies that guide actions and investment

• Own core activities for small analytic projects of moderate to high complexity

• Work with team members to define and maintain a set of data definitions and available measures across the sales organization

• Write queries to access, retrieve and manipulate data for it to be used and leveraged in executive level reporting

• Experience in an analytical and strategic role across analytics, consulting, business operations, finance or high-tech growth environment

• Proficiency in Excel, Tableau or other data visualization software, Salesforce, SQL (large data sets/data warehousing)

• The ability to analyze data with strong attention to detail and accuracy, and passionate about telling the story behind the numbers while completing complex tasks

• Critical thinking skills to assess different perspectives and anticipate potential obstacles.

• The ability to communicate cross-functionally, derive requirements, set and meet deadlines, and deliver insightful analysis and/or models

• Open, growth mindset and high degrees of self motivation, fostered in a fast-paced, high growth, dynamic environment

Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on job-related criteria, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.