Sales & Marketing Operations Manager

Firework
India
Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have startup experience in sales and marketing operations with technical proficiency in Salesforce and HubSpot.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with startup experience in sales and marketing operations who can manage AI agent development and integration.
    — “This role is ideal for someone with startup experience who combines strong technical skills with a practical understanding of how sales and marketing teams generate pipeline”
  • Individuals who have led complex Salesforce implementations or system improvements and are familiar with Apex and SOQL.
    — “Demonstrated Salesforce architecture and development experience, with ownership of complex implementations or substantial system improvements”
  • Professionals with a track record of optimizing lead routing, forecasting, and reporting in fast-growing environments.
    — “Optimize lead routing, account and opportunity management, pipeline tracking, forecasting, and reporting”

Things to consider

  • Must be available during US business hours despite the remote work arrangement.
    — “Must be able to work during US business hours”
  • The role requires managing global teams and collaborating across time zones.
    — “Experience supporting global sales teams and collaborating across functions and time zones”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with custom AI agent development and system integration in your resume and interview responses.
    — “Build custom AI agents for customer engagement and sales and marketing workflows”
  • Showcase your ability to translate technical solutions into practical business outcomes.
    — “Translate business needs into reliable technical solutions, balancing speed, usability, and long-term maintainability”
  • Emphasize your history of developing and maintaining HubSpot campaigns and lead nurture programs.
    — “Strong experience with HubSpot and marketing automation, including lead scoring, segmentation, nurture workflows”
  • Demonstrate your skills in creating dashboards for pipeline health and revenue performance.
    — “Build dashboards that provide visibility into pipeline health, conversion rates, sales activity, and revenue performance”
  • Include examples of custom integrations you've built using APIs and integration platforms.
    — “Proven experience building custom integrations using REST APIs, webhooks, and integration platforms or custom code”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • sales and marketing automation
  • process improvements
  • system optimization
Typical background
sales operationsmarketing operations

Skills & requirements

Required

Salesforce AdministrationHubspot ManagementCustom IntegrationsAI Agents

Preferred

Startup ExperienceSales And Marketing Operations

Stack & domain

SalesforceHubSpotMarketing AutomationCustom IntegrationsAI AgentsData ModelsWorkflowsValidation RulesApproval ProcessesDashboardsLeadershipCommunicationTeamworkInitiativeOwnershipSales OperationsMarketing OperationsAIVideo Commerce

About the role

Original posting from Firework via Lever

About Firework

Join Firework – Where Innovation Meets Impact

Firework is redefining the future of commerce as an AI and video commerce company — combining cutting-edge technology, an exclusive network of enterprise brands and retailers, and a first-mover position to win the agentic commerce race.

We've built the world's most advanced and largest video commerce platform, trusted by global brands and leading retailers. But we're more than software — our compounding network effect grows stronger with every partner we add, bringing the energy of in-store experiences online and transforming how businesses engage, convert, and build lasting customer relationships at scale.

Having raised over $235M to date, led by investors such as SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and operating at global scale, we offer unparalleled opportunities to solve complex challenges and drive meaningful impact in the future of connected commerce.

If you're curious, ambitious, and energized by big ideas — Firework is the place to grow, lead, and shape what comes next. Together.

Summary

We’re looking for a hands-on Sales Operations & Marketing Operations Manager to build and scale the systems, automation, and processes that power our global go-to-market team.

Salesforce will be at the center of your work. You will own its ongoing architecture, development, and optimization, ensuring it evolves with the business and helps our global sales team operate effectively. You will also manage HubSpot and marketing automation, develop custom integrations, and build AI agents that improve productivity across sales and marketing.

This role is ideal for someone with startup experience who combines strong technical skills with a practical understanding of how sales and marketing teams generate pipeline, convert opportunities, and drive revenue.

What you'll be doing:

Own and scale Sales Operations

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Own Salesforce architecture, administration, development, and continuous improvement to support a growing global sales organization

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Translate business needs into reliable technical solutions, balancing speed, usability, and long-term maintainability

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Design and build scalable data models, workflows, custom objects, validation rules, and approval processes

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Build dashboards that provide visibility into pipeline health, conversion rates, sales activity, and revenue performance 

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Develop custom functionality using Apex, SOQL, and Lightning Web Components where appropriate

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Manage system access, permissions, data quality, documentation, testing, and releases

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Work closely with sales leaders and representatives across regions to identify operational gaps, improve daily workflows, drive adoption through practical training, clear documentation, and responsive support

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Optimize lead routing, account and opportunity management, pipeline tracking, forecasting, and reporting

Manage marketing operations and automation

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Own HubSpot operations, including campaign workflows, segmentation, lead scoring, nurture programs, and lifecycle management

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Maintain reliable Salesforce–HubSpot synchronization, with clear field mappings, ownership rules, and processes for resolving errors

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Partner with key stakeholders to improve lead capture, qualification, sales handoffs, campaign tracking, and attribution

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Monitor funnel performance and identify opportunities to improve lead quality, conversion, and campaign execution

Build integrations and AI agents

Design, build, and maintain custom integrations across Salesforce, HubSpot, and other go-to-market platforms using APIs, webhooks, and integration tools

Build custom AI agents for customer engagement and sales and marketing workflows, such as lead research, qualification, outreach support, and follow-up

Connect AI agents to relevant systems and data, with appropriate access controls, human review, and performance monitoring

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Troubleshoot integration failures and automation issues to maintain accurate, dependable data across systems

We'll be excited if you have:

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5–10 years of relevant experience across sales operations, marketing operations, revenue operations, or go-to-market systems, including fast-growing startup experience 

Demonstrated Salesforce architecture and development experience, with ownership of complex implementations or substantial system improvements. Salesforce certifications preferred.

Hands-on proficiency with Salesforce configuration, Salesforce Flow, Apex, SOQL, and custom development

Strong experience with HubSpot and marketing automation, including lead scoring, segmentation, nurture workflows, lifecycle stages, and campaign reporting

Proven experience building custom integrations using REST APIs, webhooks, and integration platforms or custom code

Hands-on experience building and deploying custom AI agents connected to business systems and workflows

A strong understanding of sales and marketing processes, from lead acquisition and qualification through opportunity management and closed revenue

Experience supporting global sales teams and collaborating across functions and time zones

Strong analytical, creative troubleshooting, and project management skills

Clear communication skills and the ability to translate technical concepts into practical business solutions

A proactive ownership mindset, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to execute independently in a fast-moving environment

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Must be able to work during US business hours

Locations 

The role is remote. For remote, we are looking for candidates based in India or Eastern Europe.

Don’t hold back

We understand some candidates may see the above and not apply because they don’t meet all the qualifications. We encourage you to apply anyway; we often find talented candidates that fit many other opportunities we have and look for potential too, not just what you did in the past.  As an equal employment opportunity employer, we are a diverse team that strives for an inclusive environment for all. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

Source: Firework careers (Lever)

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