Revenue Operations Manager

💰 $100K–$150K salary range

Median: $125K  ·  Based on 1,318 public job postings  ·  Updated August 22, 2026

What is a Revenue Operations Manager?

A Revenue Operations Manager (RevOps) owns the systems, data, and processes that support the GTM team — aligning Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success on a unified revenue infrastructure. They manage the CRM, build reporting, optimize the sales process, and ensure the go-to-market engine runs without friction. At a startup, the RevOps Manager is often the difference between a sales team that operates on intuition and one that operates on data.

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At what stage should you hire a Revenue Operations Manager?

Series A through Series B, typically when the GTM team grows past 10 people and manual CRM hygiene, inconsistent reporting, and broken handoffs between Sales and CS start costing real revenue. The signal: your sales forecast is unreliable, leads are falling through the cracks, or leadership can't answer basic GTM questions without hours of spreadsheet work.

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Common titles for this role

• Revenue Operations Manager
• RevOps Manager
• GTM Operations Manager
• Sales Operations Manager
• Revenue Operations Analyst
• Head of Revenue Operations

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What does a Revenue Operations Manager do at a startup?

• Own and optimize the CRM (Salesforce or HubSpot): data hygiene, workflow automation, pipeline visibility
• Build GTM reporting: pipeline, conversion rates, win/loss, sales velocity, and churn
• Manage sales tech stack: CRM, sequencing tools, enrichment, conversation intelligence
• Design and document the sales process: stages, definitions, SLAs, and handoff protocols
• Support sales forecasting and pipeline review cadences
• Align Marketing and Sales on lead handoff definitions, SLAs, and attribution
• Implement and optimize customer success tooling and health scoring

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Key skills and qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in revenue operations, sales operations, or GTM analytics
• Expert-level CRM proficiency: Salesforce (administrator certification preferred) or HubSpot
• Strong SQL or BI tool skills: Looker, Mode, or Tableau for GTM reporting
• Understanding of the full B2B sales motion: SDR to AE to CS
• Project management skills — RevOps manages many systems and stakeholders simultaneously
• Ability to translate business questions into analytical frameworks

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Why hire your Revenue Operations Manager through Recruiting from Scratch?

• RevOps is a force multiplier for your GTM team — we take this search seriously and screen for both technical depth and business acumen
• 29-day average time to hire — RevOps searches stall when companies don't know what they're looking for; we do
• Pre-vetted for CRM depth and GTM process experience — not just spreadsheet analysts
• 300+ placements across sales, CS, and operations at VC-backed companies
• No upfront fees — contingency model, you pay when the right person starts

📊 Salary breakdown

Revenue Operations Manager salary by location

• All locations: $125K median ($100K–$150K typical range)
• New York: $134K median, $108K–$165K range (+7% vs. national)
• San Francisco: $160K median, $134K–$190K range (+28% vs. national)
• Los Angeles: $127K median, $107K–$168K range (+2% vs. national)
• Chicago: $123K median, $105K–$135K range (-2% vs. national)
• Boston: $120K median, $103K–$135K range (-4% vs. national)
• Seattle: $116K median, $105K–$143K range (-8% vs. national)
• Austin: $136K median, $111K–$173K range (+9% vs. national)
• Denver: $119K median, $110K–$130K range (-5% vs. national)

Highest paying companies

San Francisco

• OpenAI: $228K median
• Figma: $222K median
• Fal: $180K median
• Airwallex: $169K median
• Mercor: $160K median
• Scribe: $136K median

New York

• Jump Trading: $200K median
• Verve: $75K median

Based on companies with 3+ active postings. Median of publicly advertised salary range.

What's typically included

• Health insurance: 71% of postings
• Equity (RSU/options): 48% of postings
• Flexible PTO: 52% of postings
• Parental leave: 22% of postings
• Learning/education budget: 16% of postings
• Visa sponsorship: 2% of postings

Typical experience required: 5–6 years.

Operations salaries by seniority

• Business Operations Analyst: $100K
• Business Operations Manager: $115K
• Revenue Operations Manager: $125K
• Senior BizOps Manager: $150K
• Strategic Projects Lead: $160K
• Operations Lead: $164K
• Head of Strategy & Operations: $178K
• VP Operations: $200K

What does a Revenue Operations Manager do?

Revenue Operations Managers are operators who keep the company running and scaling. This benchmark reflects Manager-level base compensation at high-growth and AI-native companies.

Government wage data

For corroboration, U.S. Department of Labor certified wage filings (FY2026) show a median of $159K for Revenue Operations Manager roles, ranging $136K–$190K, across 346 filings. This is reported separately from — never blended with — the job-posting median above.

Common questions

What is the average Revenue Operations Manager salary at an AI startup?
The median pay is $125K, with a typical range of $100K–$150K, based on 1,318 public job postings collected in 2025–2026.

What is the Revenue Operations Manager salary in New York?
New York Revenue Operations Managers at AI-native startups earn a median of $134K, with a typical range of $108K–$165K (25th–75th percentile). That's 7% above the $125K US national median. 16% below San Francisco's $160K. Based on 120 qualifying postings, 2025–2026.

What is the Revenue Operations Manager salary in San Francisco?
San Francisco Revenue Operations Managers at AI-native startups earn a median of $160K, with a typical range of $134K–$190K (25th–75th percentile). That's 28% above the $125K US national median. Based on 107 qualifying postings, 2025–2026.

Where does this salary data come from?
It is aggregated from public job postings on company career pages — no private placement or client data. We require a minimum of 15 postings per role.

Methodology

Figures are the midpoint of each posting's advertised USD salary range, aggregated from 1,318 public job postings (2025–2026). The range shown is the 25th–75th percentile; the median is the 50th percentile. Equity is separate and not included; where a posting's range reflects on-target earnings (OTE) for commission roles, that is included in the midpoint. Roles require at least 15 postings to be published. Last refreshed August 22, 2026.

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