Full-Time

Head of Revenue Operations

Posted on 8/20/2025

Sierra

Sierra

501-1,000 employees

AI agents for real-time customer support

Compensation Overview

$215k - $265k/yr

San Francisco, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Operations & Logistics (1)
Required Skills
Python
SQL
Machine Learning
Salesforce
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • 10+ years of experience in GTM/revenue operations, sales operations, or a similar role
  • Proven track record of building and scaling GTM/revenue operations in a startup or fast-growth environment
  • Experience scaling and mentoring teams during periods of high growth
  • Deep understanding of complex enterprise SaaS sales processes and dynamics
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience or a keen interest in SQL
  • Ideally an expert in using Salesforce
  • Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
  • Experience in partnerships and business development roles
  • Ideally has a familiarity with AI or conversational AI technologies
  • A degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
Responsibilities
  • Revenue Planning & Forecasting: Support the execution of revenue forecasting by leveraging data insights to drive strategic planning and financial projections. Ensure alignment with overall business objectives and market trends.
  • Compensation Strategy & Planning: Design and refine compensation structures to incentivize performance, align with company goals, and maintain competitiveness in the market. Collaborate with Finance and Sales to evaluate and optimize commission plans.
  • Headcount & Capacity Planning: Develop models to assess staffing needs, optimize team structures, and support efficient resource allocation as the organization scales. Ensure alignment with revenue goals and sales coverage strategies. Optimize sales territory planning to ensure equitable distribution of accounts and maximize revenue potential. Align headcount and resource allocation with sales capacity needs and revenue goals.
  • Attribution & Propensity Modeling: Build and refine data-driven models to analyze customer behavior, predict demand, and identify revenue opportunities. Provide actionable insights to optimize sales and marketing efforts.
  • Operational Reporting & Dashboards: Own and evolve business reporting frameworks, ensuring real-time visibility across GTM teams. Develop and manage dashboards and KPIs to track performance, optimize decision-making, and ensure data integrity in collaboration with other Ops team members.
  • Process Optimization & Scalability: Establish and enforce standardized processes across GTM functions, ensuring clarity, efficiency, and scalability. Identify and remove bottlenecks in operational workflows to enhance productivity.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration & GTM Alignment: Partner with customer-facing teams, driving alignment between Sales and Agent Development. Ensure a structured operational cadence to support alignment, accountability, and continuous optimization.
Desired Qualifications
  • Ideally Salesforce expertise
  • Familiarity with AI or conversational AI technologies

Sierra.ai builds and deploys conversational AI agents for customer service that handle real-time interactions and take actionable steps within a client’s systems (e.g., CRM, order management) to resolve issues. The agents are always-on, empathetic, and aligned with a client’s brand voice, following strict policies and security procedures. They operate deterministically, with built-in quality assurance that reveals the reasoning behind each interaction, ensuring transparency. The platform is subscription-based and scales to large client ecosystems, serving brands like Sonos, SiriusXM, and WeightWatchers, with a reported CSAT of 4.6/5 and a 70% resolution rate. Sierra.ai emphasizes data governance, using client data only to train models and securing it with industry-standard practices. Its goal is to improve customer experience by delivering real-time, automated support that can understand, resolve, and learn from interactions while remaining controllable and auditable.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$1.6B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2023

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Reached $150M ARR in eight quarters with 40% Fortune 50 customer penetration.
  • Raised $950M Series E at $15.8B valuation from Tiger Global and GV in May 2026.
  • ibex partnership accelerates deployments, as with Philippine Airlines' voice agents.

What critics are saying

  • Salesforce Agentforce steals enterprise customers via CRM integrations within 12 months.
  • Voiceflow undercuts with faster, cheaper deployments, eroding market share in 6 months.
  • OpenAI API price hikes inflate costs 20-30%, crushing margins by mid-2027.

What makes Sierra unique

  • Sierra builds action-oriented AI agents that update CRMs and process returns beyond chat.
  • Multi-model approach blends OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta LLMs for enterprise reliability.
  • Agent OS 2.0 enables memory-driven agents across billing and inventory systems.

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Benefits

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Parental Leave

Fertility Treatment Support

Discretionary Benefit Stipend

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

4%
Third News
Mar 30th, 2026
Sierra acquires OPERA TECH to bolster AI customer service solutions in Japan

Sierra Technologies, the San Francisco-based AI customer experience startup, has acquired OPERA TECH, a Tokyo-based company, to enhance its AI-driven customer service solutions for large enterprises. Founded in 2023 by former Facebook CTO Bret Taylor and Google veteran Clay Bavor, Sierra has achieved $150 million in annual recurring revenue and reached a $10 billion valuation after raising $635 million from investors including Sequoia Capital, Benchmark and SoftBank Vision Fund. The company's AI agents serve clients including Prudential, Singtel, FOX and The North Face. Notable implementations include Singtel achieving over 70% resolution rates within 10 weeks and Rocket Mortgage facilitating $1 billion in monthly loans. Through the acquisition, Sierra aims to expand its Japanese market presence whilst combining OPERA TECH's local expertise with its AI technology.

MLQ.ai
Mar 27th, 2026
Sierra AI introduces Ghostwriter platform for automated agent development.

Sierra AI introduces Ghostwriter platform for automated agent development. March 27, 2026 at 6:25 PM - by MLQ Agent Key points. * Sierra AI introduced Ghostwriter, a tool that builds production-ready AI agents using natural language commands and uploaded materials like SOPs and transcripts. * The platform supports voice, chat, email and over 30 languages, automating development without manual editing or technical expertise.1 * Ghostwriter reduces Sierra's reliance on on-site engineers, aiming to lower operational costs amid enterprise AI adoption.2 * Sierra, valued at $10 billion, was co-founded by Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor.25 AI startup Sierra has launched Ghostwriter, a self-service platform that enables organizations to create AI agents for customer service and other functions using plain English instructions. The tool analyzes documentation, support transcripts and process materials to produce agents deployable across voice, chat, email and more than 30 languages.12 Platform capabilities. Ghostwriter automates the full agent development process, eliminating the need to edit journeys, write integrations or triage issues manually. Users upload standard operating procedures, transcripts from support calls, whiteboard sketches, process documentation or audio recordings, or simply describe goals in natural language. The agent then identifies behaviors, edge cases and builds sophisticated agents with built-in guardrails. 1 It operates on rearchitected headless infrastructure, accessing the full Sierra workspace for testing in a sandboxed environment. 1 Business model shift. Previously, Sierra deployed agents with on-site engineers, but Ghostwriter introduces a self-service model to cut operational costs. This comes as large enterprises accelerate AI implementations in customer service, sales and supply chain after 2025 testing phases. 2 The platform creates an 'agent assembly line' that continuously analyzes interactions, improves agents and prepares updates for review. 1 Company background. Founded in 2023 by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor and ex-Google executive Clay Bavor, Sierra focuses on AI agents for customer experience across digital and voice channels. The company raised $635 million total, reached a $10 billion valuation and reported around $100 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025. 5 Sierra integrates large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta. 5 Self-Service deployment shift. Ghostwriter addresses a core challenge in AI agent deployment by shifting from engineer-dependent services to autonomous, natural language-driven development. This reduces deployment barriers for enterprises lacking in-house AI expertise, potentially accelerating adoption in high-volume areas like customer service where Sierra already serves Fortune 100 companies. 3 The rearchitecture to headless infrastructure enables reliable autonomous improvements, positioning Sierra to scale beyond its current operational model constrained by human engineers. 12 The launch reflects broader industry trends toward outcome-based AI, moving away from traditional SaaS seat-based pricing. By enabling an 'agent assembly line,' Sierra can deliver continuous optimization without proportional cost increases, a key differentiator in a market crowded with conversational AI vendors. 13 This self-sufficiency could solidify Sierra's competitive edge, leveraging founders' networks for enterprise traction while minimizing service delivery overhead. 5 Enterprise scaling trajectory. Enterprise uptake of Ghostwriter will likely grow as companies integrate AI agents into sales, supply chain and customer operations following 2025 pilots. Sierra's focus on multi-channel, multi-language support aligns with global demand, potentially boosting its $100 million ARR trajectory. 25 Ongoing improvements via the assembly line could enhance agent reliability, drawing more Fortune 100 clients discussed in recent panels. 3 Competitive pressures from platforms like Teneo and Voiceflow may intensify, but Sierra's multi-LLM approach and founder pedigree provide defensibility. Future developments could include expanded integrations and voice features, capitalizing on behavioral shifts in enterprise AI spending observed by investors. 35 Regulatory scrutiny on AI reliability in customer-facing roles remains a watchpoint, though built-in guardrails mitigate risks. Further sources. Written with AI assistance, verified and edited by its team. Questions? Contact MLQ.ai.

Sierra
Mar 27th, 2026
Sierra acquires Opera Tech in Japan

Today, we’re announcing that Sierra has acquired Opera Tech, a Tokyo-based enterprise AI startup.

Fenwick
Mar 27th, 2026
Fenwick represents Sierra in acquisition of Opera Tech.

Fenwick represents Sierra in acquisition of Opera Tech. Fenwick represented Sierra, a developer of a conversational artificial intelligence platform, in its acquisition of Opera Tech, a Tokyo-based enterprise AI startup. More information can be obtained from Sierria's announcement. The Fenwick transaction team included corporate partners Michael Esquivel, Feihong Xu and Doug Cogen and associates Zachary Portnoy, Richard Figelman and Sydney Everett; technology transactions partner Joseph Schenck and associates Adine Mitrani and Alberto Tohme; executive compensation and employee benefits partner Jim Hauser and associates Jonathan Stephenson and Melita Chan; privacy and cybersecurity partner Ana Razmazma, counsel Melanie Jolson and associate Kayla Tanaka; and tax partner William Skinner and associate Kris Hatch.

Sierra
Mar 23rd, 2026
No worries vs please hold: Sierra comes to Australia.

No worries vs please hold: Sierra comes to Australia. Bret and I are excited to share that Sierra is opening an office in Sydney, Australia following its expansion to Singapore, Tokyo, Madrid, Paris, and London. Despite all the advances in technology over the last forty years, customer experiences today are all too often defined by generic websites and apps, and if you can find a phone number, an IVR followed by a long wait on hold. Sierra helps businesses solve the age-old tension between the cost and quality of customer experiences - enabling the great companies of the world to show up at their best, day in, day out. AI agents built on its platform are available 24/7 in over 30 languages, and with no wait time. They can do everything from product discovery to sign-up and sign-in, troubleshooting and churn management - increasing customer satisfaction and revenue for companies around the world. For example, Rocket Mortgage, one of the largest mortgage originators in the US, is doing $1BN in loan volume a month, with home buyers using their agent four times as likely to complete the process. If you're interested in building better, more human customer experiences with AI, please reach out here. And Sierra is hiring! If you're interested in being part of one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies in history, please apply to join Sierra.

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