Senior Deal Desk Analyst
Navan
$86,250 - $145,000 / year
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About the job
Navan is seeking a Sr. Analyst of Deal Strategy to collaborate closely with our sales team in driving deal negotiations. This role is responsible for managing contract negotiations, aligning customer needs with Navan's strategic priorities, and partnering with internal sales and business teams throughout the contract signing process and various internal operational projects.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop in-depth knowledge of Navan licensing and pricing models to provide deal structuring and quoting support to our sales teams
- Partner with the sales team to find a way to meet customers’ needs while adhering to Navan selling policies
- Be a critical enabler of deal formation and execution, focusing on minimizing sales cycle times while optimizing revenue, profitability, and market share based on business priorities
- Actively negotiate deals directly with the customer as needed
- Work cross functionally across various stakeholder groups including legal, contracts, sales operations, order management, revenue, finance and product management
- Drive best practices to increase sales efficiency and effectiveness via deal reviews, early checkpoint and enforcement of standard business practices and policies
- Assist with non-standard deal requests, structuring sophisticated deals, driving cross-functional and cross solution teamwork and ensure revenue recognition requirements are handled
- Support metrics and processes to improve business visibility and consistency of practices across geographies
- Overseeing deal financials, pricing, business risk, and revenue recognition implication
What We’re Looking For:
- Business degree and/or JD
- 3+ years of software industry experience, (Deal Desk, Finance, Sales Operations experience preferred)
- Customer facing experience preferred
- Strong eye for business and proven track record in commercial negotiations
- Self-motivated and able to work under pressure; diligent with deliverables and deadlines, able to multitask
- Solid understanding of software revenue recognition principles
- Basic understanding of commercial law
- Experience in contract management
- Excellent interpersonal skills – verbal and written
- Strong analytical skills along with the ability to demonstrate practical judgment in sophisticated situations
- Great leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to interact regularly with senior management
- Proficient knowledge of Salesforce, CPQ
For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter.
The posted pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the compensation for this position and is subject to change based on business need. To determine a successful candidate’s starting pay, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.
For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter.
The posted pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the compensation for this position and is subject to change based on business need. To determine a successful candidate’s starting pay, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.
For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter.
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About this role
Navan's Deal Desk team needs someone to sit at the intersection of sales, finance, and legal—structuring deals that work for both customers and the business. You'd own contract negotiations from early stages through close, working directly with sales to balance customer needs against pricing models, revenue recognition rules, and company policy. This means diving into deal financials, flagging business risks, and sometimes negotiating directly with customers when deals get complex or non-standard.
The role demands a mix of commercial and analytical skills. You'll need solid grounding in software revenue recognition, contract management, and commercial law, plus hands-on experience in deal desk, finance, or sales operations. Salesforce and CPQ proficiency are expected. Beyond the technical side, you'll drive process improvements across geographies, lead cross-functional teams through legal, finance, and product, and report to senior leadership—so strong communication and judgment under pressure matter as much as the numbers.
This is a contract position based in Austin, paying $86,250 to $145,000. It suits someone with at least three years in software who's comfortable owning outcomes in a fast-moving sales environment and can balance competing priorities without losing sight of policy and profitability.
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