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title: 'Sales Operations Manager at Cylus Cybersecurity'
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# Sales Operations Manager at Cylus Cybersecurity

- **Company:** Cylus Cybersecurity
- **Location:** Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Posted:** 2026-03-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://www.cylus.com/careers/8446327002?gh_jid=8446327002

## Job description

Cylus is a cybersecurity startup, led by world-class cyber experts. Our mission is to protect millions of people, worldwide, from cyber threats specific to modern trains, keeping them safe and on time.

## About Us

Cylus is the global leader in rail cybersecurity, protecting rail operators from cyber attacks. Backed by over $60M from leading VCs and strategic investors, and working with the world’s largest railway integrators, Cylus plays a critical role in securing a multi-hundred-billion-dollar global industry.

As our commercial activity scales, we are looking for a Commercial Operations Manager to own and optimize the core commercial processes that power our global sales organization, with a strong focus on complex enterprise deals, legal-commercial workflows, and AI-enabled sales operations.

This role is highly hands-on and cross-functional, working daily with Sales, Legal, Finance, and Leadership.

## The Role

You will be the operational backbone of Cylus’ commercial execution. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle of commercial proposals, contracts, and pipeline management, while actively implementing AI tools and automation to improve speed, quality, and predictability across sales processes.

This role is ideal for someone with a commercial, legal, or contracts background, who enjoys structured thinking, complexity, and making order out of moving parts.

## Key Responsibilities

- Commercial Proposals & Enterprise Deals
- Own the end-to-end commercial proposal process, including scope definition, pricing structures and approval workflows.
- Manage complex, multi-cycle proposals including tender processes with strategic customers and partners.
- Legal & Contractual Operations
- Lead commercial coordination.
- Act as the primary interface between Sales and Legal.
- Maintain structured contract tracking and status visibility across the organization.
- Sales Pipeline, Forecasting & Analytics
- Own CRM data quality, pipeline hygiene, and opportunity lifecycle management.
- Produce accurate pipeline forecasts, working closely with Finance.
- Translate pipeline data into actionable insights for sales leadership and management.
- AI-Driven Sales Operations
- Identify, implement, and continuously improve AI-based tools for Proposal drafting, Contract review and comparison, Sales forecasting and risk analysis, CRM automation and data enrichment and such
- Design smarter workflows that reduce manual work and improve cycle times across sales and legal processes.

We’re Looking For Someone Who Has

- 5+ years of experience in commercial operations, sales operations, legal operations, or enterprise deal management.
- Strong experience supporting complex enterprise sales cycles, ideally in B2B industries.
- A legal, contracts, or commercial background is a strong advantage (law degree or equivalent experience welcomed).
- High analytical ability and attention to detail, with the confidence to make judgment calls.
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce or similar CRM systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Curiosity and practical experience with AI tools applied to sales, legal, or operational workflows, or a strong desire to lead this transformation.
- A self-starter mindset with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Big Plus

- Experience in cybersecurity, infrastructure, rail, or other mission-critical industries.
- Startup or scale-up experience.
- Direct exposure to large strategic partners or system integrators.

## About Cylus Cybersecurity

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cylus provides rail operators with a specialized cybersecurity solution to protect rolling stock and signaling systems from cyberattacks, ensuring service availability and safety.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B – $30M round led by Ibex Investors in December 2021)
- **Headquarters**: Tel Aviv, Israel (also offices in United States, India, Singapore, Germany, Egypt)
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Amir Levintal (CEO) and Miki Shifman (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Rail cybersecurity, operational technology (OT) security, critical infrastructure protection
- **Target customers**: Rail operators, metro / transit authorities, freight companies (B2B, Enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Providing safe & seamless rail mobility, we secure and protect individuals' everyday lives” (careers page)

## Products & Services
- **CylusOne**: A comprehensive rail cybersecurity platform (SaaS and on-premise) that delivers real-time asset visibility, threat detection, and response across heterogeneous rail OT environments (onboard and wayside). It is designed to protect rolling stock and signaling systems.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $57M (Seed, Series A×2, Series B)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Magma Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures Israel, Alstom, Ibex Investors; partners include HaslerRail, UNIFE; advisory board includes former executives from Bombardier, Thales, Siemens Mobility, Amtrak, BNSF, Metro de Madrid, and former Chancellor of Austria Christian Kern
- **Growth Signals**:
  - First in the world to achieve IEC 62443-4-2 certification for a rail cybersecurity solution (Feb 2024)
  - Expanded advisory board with former Adif President Isabel Pardo de Vera Posada (2024)
  - Operating in 6 countries; 45 employees with a high share of technical staff (38% engineering/R&D)
  - LinkedIn follower growth of +32.6% YoY

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep domain expertise**: Combines rail engineering knowledge with cybersecurity (team backgrounds in Unit 8200, CyberX, Armis)
- **Compliance-led solution**: First IEC 62443-4-2 certified rail cybersecurity product, helping operators meet evolving regulatory requirements
- **Ecosystem integration**: Partnerships with major rail technology vendors (Alstom, HaslerRail, Thales) and membership in UNIFE
- **Real-time visibility across heterogeneous OT**: Covers both onboard (rolling stock) and wayside signaling systems

## Strategic Focus
- **Global expansion**: Growing presence in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific; hiring Sales Managers for NAM and DACH
- **Deepening partner ecosystem**: Collaborating with system integrators and rail OEMs to embed cybersecurity into new rail projects
- **R&D leadership**: Continued investment in threat detection and response capabilities for rail OT; maintaining certification leadership
- **Advisory board strength**: Leveraging former rail executives and regulators to guide strategy and market access

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated 4.3/5 on LinkedIn (9 reviews) with high marks for work-life balance (4.6) and culture (4.3)
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Not explicitly stated, but headquarters is in Tel Aviv with offices in multiple countries; some positions (e.g., DACH Sales Manager) likely require regional presence
- **Engineering excellence**: Team includes alumni from Israeli Military Intelligence (Unit 8200), CyberX, Armis, VMware, and CrowdStrike; strong technical environment
- **Impactful mission**: Protecting critical rail infrastructure that millions rely on daily
- **Growth opportunities**: Joining a well-funded Series B company with global ambition; open roles in backend engineering, customer success, sales, and marketing (via Greenhouse)
- **Perks**: Not detailed, but competitive salaries reported (e.g., Senior Software Engineer: ILS 420,643/month, Sales Engineer: ILS 358,640/month)

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cylus/)
2. [Greenhouse Careers](https://boards.greenhouse.io/cyluscybersecurity)
3. [Company Website – About](https://www.cylus.com/company)
4. [Company Overview PDF](https://www.cylus.com/resources/cylus-company-overview)
5. [Careers Page](https://www.cylus.com/careers)

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