RevOps Co-op Weekly #84 - Running a Global RevOps team with Unicorn-Level Culture
Global teams aren’t unusual in B2B, but one that works well together, has a great culture and makes money? Here’s how InMobi’s RevOps team does it.
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Running a Global RevOps team with Unicorn-Level Culture
Managing international teams can be hard, but at InMobi, Lauren Hughes, Global Head of Revenue Operations, manages to make it look easy. This global group is filled with respect and strives to create meaningful partnerships within the organization.
Quick quiz – what phrase gets plugged into job and company descriptions more than, “great workplace culture?”
If your answer was, “none,” accompanied by a derisive snort, you’re right!
Every company likes to say they have a great corporate culture, but as Lauren Hughes, Global Head of Revenue Operations with InMobi says, you never really know until you’re in it...
And by then, you’re in too deep and the culture is toxic.
But what if the culture is great? For Lauren, InMobi is that company. It does help if that company is the first global digital advertising unicorn from India to hit a billion dollar valuation, but there’s a lot more to it than just that. At InMobi, people genuinely want to help each other and work together.
“I’ve never really worked for an organization that weaves culture into so many different business conversations,” she says. “This company really, really, truly eats, sleeps, breathes culture.”
Around the world, everyday
Global teams are challenging. Not just because of the time zone differences, but that is certainly a big aspect. With one half of her team of 10 (and growing) in Bengaluru, India and the other in the United States, the teams could be like proverbial ships passing in the night, hardly ever speaking—a true alignment nightmare. Instead, the India-based team has been willing to accommodate more of a US-based time structure. Something that RevOps professionals reading this might be familiar with from working with India-based teams. This is a common setup.
“Most of the India team is willing to work US hours, so we do spend more of the day overlapping each other, which is awesome,” she says. “We have about a ten-and-a-half hour time difference.”
She starts her day at around 5:45 am by checking email, getting her daughter ready for school, then settling in at her desk around 8 am.
“Which is like 5:00 at night in India, so they’re basically finishing their day at that point,” says Lauren. “But, most of them work ‘til 10:30, 11 at night, so we do have quite a bit of overlap.”
…There’s more! Read full Blog here 👉 Running a Global RevOps team with Unicorn-Level Culture
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