Business & Sales Operations Domain Expert

Weekday (YC W21)

. Vet the quality of business and sales operations knowledge work tasks and model outputs .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeCalifornia City • California • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $60 - $100 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in business operations, sales operations, and revenue management, with a strong focus on developing and evaluating operational tasks and standards. Proficient in utilizing large language models to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency.

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Business Operations OwnershipSales Operations SpecializationLarge Language Model ExperienceExcellent Written CommunicationTeam Leadership and Management

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Hard Skills

Sales OperationsRevenue OperationsBusiness AnalyticsProcess ImprovementTerritory DesignQuota DesignForecastingCRM SystemsPricing StrategiesSupply Chain Planning

Soft Skills

JudgmentWritten Feedback

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree

Industry Keywords

Business OperationsSales OperationsRevenue ManagementOperational StandardsAI Models

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Vet the quality of business and sales operations knowledge work tasks and model outputs
Identify missing behaviors, weak reasoning, flawed assumptions, inconsistent numbers, and answers that would not survive an operating review
Write instruction specifications and produce golden solutions to operations problems
Define new tasks reflecting practical business operations work
Design challenging operations tasks and evaluation sets
Help build domain-specific skills and tools with the research team
Work with client researchers and adjacent-field specialists to maintain consistent standards
Translate tacit operating judgment into explicit, teachable criteria
Work directly with a leading AI lab's research and program management teams to improve how frontier AI models reason about business operations

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of substantive ownership of a business, revenue, or sales operations function at a recognized organization
Clear progression to a senior level, for example Manager, Senior Manager, Director, Vice President, COO, or President, with real ownership of a function, a budget, or a team
Genuine specialization in at least one area, such as sales operations and territory or quota design, revenue operations and forecasting, CRM and go-to-market systems, pricing and deal desk, supply chain and inventory planning, business analytics, or process improvement
A bachelor's degree
Hands-on working use of large language models in professional work
Judgment to distinguish a well-reasoned answer from a plausible-sounding wrong one
Able to commit reliably to 40 hours per week for an initial engagement of 6 months
Living in the Bay Area, California
Able to work on-site with the client's team multiple days each week, when required
Candidates not currently based in the Bay Area must be willing to relocate there at their own cost
Excellent written communication
Ability to give precise, well-structured written feedback

Benefits

Comp & perks

40 hours per week for an initial engagement of 6 months
Relocation assistance is not provided