Parallel
Deal Desk Manager, GTM Strategic Finance
San Francisco or Palo Alto. Posted 11 days ago
The role
You will build Parallel's deal desk and be a core member of the Go-to-Market Strategic Finance team. You will own how the company prices, structures, and closes complex strategic enterprise and distribution deals.
What you will do
- Build the deal desk function from the ground up
- Own how the company prices, structures, and closes deals
- Stand up approval matrices and quoting workflows
- Work live deals with sales leadership and account executives
- Decide when to hold firm or bend within pricing and margin guardrails
- Partner with legal on contract terms
- Partner with accounting to ensure deals book cleanly and bill correctly
- Maintain accountability for deal velocity and terms discipline
Required qualifications
- Run a deal desk at a high growth software or infrastructure company with consumption or committed-spend pricing
- Structured strategic deals, ramp deals, prepaid commitments, and multi-year contracts
- Understand how deal terms affect revenue recognition, billing, and margin
- Used AI tools to do real work faster
Nice to have
- Eager to find new ways to apply AI tools
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Generous equity
- Visa sponsorships
- 401K plans
- Daily lunch & office snacks
- Dinner at the office
- Unlimited vacation
- Caltrain pass reimbursement
About the company
Parallel is a web infrastructure company. Their products are used by businesses in sales, marketing, insurance, and coding to build AI agents.