West Coast | Remote or Hybrid
Join Connor Group
At Connor Group, we partner with the world's most innovative companies to solve their most complex accounting, operational, and technology challenges. From pre-IPO startups to Fortune 500 enterprises, our clients rely on us to help them scale, transform, and navigate change with confidence.
As our firm continues to grow, we are seeking a Sales Support Manager to serve as a strategic partner to our Business Development team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, enjoys creating order from complexity, and takes pride in helping others succeed.
The Sales Support Manager plays a critical role in enabling our Business Development professionals and Partners to focus on what they do best—building relationships, creating opportunities, and growing the business. This individual will own and coordinate key sales support activities, including Statements of Work (SOWs), proposals, Salesforce administration, contract execution support, reporting, and process improvement initiatives.
What You'll Do
Drive Execution Across the Sales Cycle
Act as a trusted resource for Business Development professionals by managing and coordinating sales support activities from intake through completion. Support opportunities, proposals, SOWs, approval processes, contract execution, Salesforce updates, and related sales administration.
Own Proposal and SOW Development
Partner with Business Development and Engagement teams to draft, coordinate, and finalize high-quality proposals and SOWs. Maintain consistency with firm standards while ensuring deliverables are completed accurately and on time.
Manage Critical Business Systems
Help maintain data integrity and operational efficiency across Salesforce and related platforms. Support opportunity creation, reporting requests, contract lifecycle management activities, and the adoption of evolving firm technologies and processes.
Improve Processes and Scale Operations
Continuously identify opportunities to improve workflows, increase visibility, and enhance the experience for business development teams. Develop documentation, standardize processes, and help build scalable solutions that support firm growth.
Support Strategic Growth Initiatives
Collaborate with Partners, Business Development, Revenue Operations, Legal, and other stakeholders on special projects and strategic initiatives that contribute to Connor Group's continued growth.
What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- 3+ years of experience in sales operations, revenue operations, business development support, proposal management, contract administration, or a related field
- Experience working with Salesforce or similar CRM platforms
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Exceptional attention to detail and follow-through
- Excellent communication skills
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Ability to manage and execute multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional Services industry experience, and familiarty working in a matrixed environment
- Comfortability with working directly with Partner Level stakeholders
- Experience with contract management or CLM platforms such as Evisort or Docusign CLM
- Familiarity with Workday or other enterprise business systems
- Experience creating reports, dashboards, and operational metrics
- Demonstrated process improvement experience
What Success Looks Like
In this role, you will:
- Become a trusted extension of the Business Development team
- Improve the efficiency and quality of proposal and SOW execution
- Increase visibility into sales support activities and priorities
- Help BD professionals spend more time with clients and prospects
- Build scalable processes that support Connor Group's continued growth and expansion
Why Connor Group
Connor Group is differentiated by our people, our culture, and our commitment to client service excellence. We hire entrepreneurial professionals who are passionate about solving complex challenges and creating lasting impact.
You'll work alongside accomplished leaders, support meaningful growth initiatives, and have the opportunity to shape a function that is becoming increasingly critical to the firm's long-term success.
If you are energized by collaboration, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and helping a high-performing team win, we'd love to hear from you.
Location: West Coast (Remote or Hybrid)
Travel: Limited travel as needed for team meetings, training, and firm events
Compensation: Compensation for this role ranges from $80,000 to $110,000 and is determined based on the candidate's geographic location, level of relevant experience, and qualifications.
Connor Group Core Traits
The ideal candidate will demonstrate:
- A proactive, ownership-oriented mindset
- Strong business judgment and discretion
- Exceptional attention to detail
- A collaborative, team-first approach
- The ability to navigate ambiguity and drive results
- A passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence
"We know that difficult problems attract some of the brightest and most courageous people in the world."
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- 3+ years of experience in sales operations, revenue operations, business development support, proposal management, contract administration, or a related field
- Experience working with Salesforce or similar CRM platforms
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Exceptional attention to detail and follow-through
- Excellent communication skills
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Ability to manage and execute multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Professional Services industry experience and familiarity working in a matrixed environment
- Comfortability with working directly with Partner-level stakeholders
- Experience with contract management or CLM platforms such as Evisort or DocuSign CLM
- Familiarity with Workday or other enterprise business systems
- Experience creating reports, dashboards, and operational metrics
- Demonstrated process improvement experience
What We Do
Connor Group is a specialized professional services firm of Big 4 alumni and industry executives. Our team of highly experienced professionals helps financial executives with their most complex and significant matters, including financial accounting and operations, IPO and M&A services, digital solutions, and managed services. Our clients are the world’s top growth companies, and we support them as they change the world and create new markets! The firm was founded in 2006 and has grown to more than 400 professionals with core offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, Salt Lake City, and Boston. We have served more than 1,000 clients on six continents and have a 54% market share for Bay Area IPOs in recent years. Our client portfolio includes multi-billion-dollar public, mid-cap public, and pre-IPO companies ranging from early stage to late stage. Our global clients represent the most exciting industries including high tech, Internet, social networking, gaming, software, ad tech, cleantech, life sciences, financial services, consumer products, biotech, services, and manufacturing. Our goal at Connor Group is to be the most respected firm across our service lines by delivering the highest quality services to our clients. We are hired by finance and accounting executives who understand the importance of leveraging their time as well as having a partner that can successfully execute their needs.
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