Director, Technical & Operational Revenue
MotiveHybrid - San Francisco, CaliforniaPosted 15 April 2026
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Job Description
Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
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Director, Technical Operational Revenue
About the Role:
Join Motive, where we empower the people who run physical operations with technology to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable.
As the Director of Technical Operational Revenue, reporting to the VP, OTC (Order-to-Cash), you will be a strategic leader and owner of our most critical accounting areas, playing a major role as Motive continues its fast-paced growth and expansion. You will be instrumental in defining and managing robust revenue processes and controls across a scaling business, ensuring both accuracy and compliance.
This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership opportunity, managing a team of 6+ professionals, including two managers. You will be interpreting and communicating complex ASC 606 and U.S. GAAP accounting issues to our cross-functional business partners and external auditors.
What You'll Do:
Team Leadership Development: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 6+ FTEs (including managers), and scale the team through hiring to support Motive's continued growth.
Participate in the design and operation of key metrics such as ARR.
System roadmap and operational close: Lead the team through the revenue close and external auditor review. Determine how to leverage and improve systems to make the close more efficient and support growth.
Technical Revenue Expertise: Lead technical accounting for contracts and the Motive business as a subject matter expert in ASC 606 and U.S. GAAP revenue recognition, ensuring proper and compliant recognition of revenue. Maintain and update the company's revenue recognition policies.
Strategic Deal Support: Partner with the Deal Desk team to structure complex contracts and negotiations, providing critical revenue recognition guidance.
Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with key business stakeholders (Sales, Order Management, Legal, and Product) to provide revenue guidance on our growing product portfolio and business models.
SEC Reporting Compliance: Review, analyze, and update 10Q/K sections (Revenue, Deferred Revenue, etc.) to ensure strict compliance with U.S. GAAP, SEC, and industry reporting standards.
Financial Planning Collaboration: Work closely with the FPA team on accurate and timely revenue forecasting and analysis.
Business Education: Develop and deliver ongoing, high-impact revenue training materials to cross-functional partners across the organization.
What We're Looking For:
Experience as a leader in a US registrants revenue team
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
7+ years of revenue recognition work experience (5+ years as a Manager)
Excellent coach with a history of developing the team and helping people grow their careers.
Strong interest and track record in leveraging and implementing technology to improve the close and Revenue cycle.
Experience reviewing and analyzing customer orders and contracts and related documentation to identify revenue-related issues
Passion for working in a fast-paced, high-growth, and constantly evolving environment.
Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate effectively with all levels and cross-functionally across the organization.
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