Full-Time

Sales Operations Manager

Posted on 7/25/2025

Axle

Axle

201-500 employees

Translational research informatics and data science

Compensation Overview

$95k - $115k/yr

+ Base Salary

Vienna, VA, USA

In Person

On-site in Tysons, VA required; 5 days/week in office.

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Requirements
  • 4+ years of experience in Sales Operations
  • Strong knowledge of CRM systems (e.g., Dynamics) and reporting tools
  • Demonstrated ability to streamline sales processes and support scalable growth
  • Highly analytical with a strong understanding of sales KPIs and data-driven decision-making
  • Experience in a B2B sales environment
  • Strong leadership and organizational skills with the ability to manage a team
Responsibilities
  • Develop, document, and maintain scalable sales processes and playbooks.
  • Evaluate and improve existing sales workflows to reduce friction and improve productivity.
  • Drive weekly, monthly, and quarterly forecast processes.
  • Support planning, quota allocation, and pipeline modeling using historical and real-time data.
  • Implement structured forecasting methodologies, incorporating tools that improve visibility and accuracy.
  • Manage the sales tech stack ensuring systems are configured to support evolving needs.
  • Scale sales team with direct reports to ensure go to market goals are achieved.
  • Assess and implement enhancements to improve team efficiency, reporting, and pipeline visibility.
  • Develop and maintain dashboards that provide insight into pipeline health, performance metrics, and key trends.
  • Deliver clear, data-backed recommendations to improve sales effectiveness and identify growth opportunities.
  • Ensure sales metrics are actionable and tied to business outcomes.
  • Act as a connective force between Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Customer Success to ensure operational alignment.
  • Support go-to-market planning, launches, and continuous feedback loops with key partners.
  • Participate in ongoing refinement of sales strategy through process insights and performance data.
Desired Qualifications
  • Exposure to continuous improvement methodologies or process redesign (preferred)

Axle Informatics provides specialized informatics solutions for translational research, health informatics, and data science to biomedical research centers and healthcare organizations. Its offerings are customized software and data management platforms that help researchers collect, integrate, analyze, and visualize large research datasets, with end-to-end tools that automate data aggregation and deliver analytics, dashboards, and decision-support features. The company differentiates itself with an integrated, scientifically informed approach that bridges data science with application development, specifically focused on translational research and clinical data work rather than generic software. Axle’s goal is to advance public health by moving biomedical discoveries from the lab to bedside, improving healthcare outcomes.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Rockville, Maryland

Founded

2002

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What believers are saying

  • Axle won $21M NIH NCATS STPS contract for scientific support in 2026.
  • Axle secured 3-year NIAID VRC/NIC task beating one bidder recently.
  • Axle’s ML pipeline boosted NIH funding by 3% averting 20% cuts.

What critics are saying

  • NIH FY2026 cuts slash 15% translational research funding in 3-6 months.
  • Tempus AI captures 25% NIH bioinformatics contracts in 12-18 months.
  • DNAnexus federated platform halts 40% Axle deployments in 6-9 months.

What makes Axle unique

  • Axle deploys fine-tuned LLMs for biomedical NLP and sentiment analysis.
  • Axle provides Healthcare Authentication Solution reducing fraud in privacy-first care.
  • Reid Simon leads AI, Cloud, and Cybersecurity expansions at NIH institutes.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

401(k) Company Match

Educational Benefits for Career Growth

Employee Referral Bonus

Flexible Spending Accounts

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