Manager, Sales

Description The Experience

As a 1st line Sales Leader you will be leading a team of Business Development Representatives or Account Executives selling the entire Salesforce Customer Success Platform across multiple verticals. We are looking for a sales leader with great energy, leadership, and initiative to drive team performance and sales for our enterprise team. You will formulate and implement a strategy to increase business growth.

This role works in partnership with Sales, Marketing, Pre‑sales, Partner Alliances, Services & HR, therefore cross‑company engagement and orchestration is crucial. The candidate will be a high impact individual capable of driving outstanding business results & first‑class employee development. The Sales Leader is fully responsible for developing and leading the team to generate revenue and achieve individual team and organizational quotas.

Aligning to the sales strategy, the Sales Leader defines and implements plans for the assigned Accounts to achieve sales objectives.

You may be aligned to the following verticals and/or clouds:

• Enterprise Corporate Services
• Financial Services
• Healthcare & Life Sciences
• Retail & Consumer Goods
• Comms, Media and Tech
• Public Sector
• Marketing Cloud
• Slack
• Mulesoft
• Tableau
• Marketing Cloud
• Specialization Cloud

• Hire, Train, and Develop a team
• Develop teams into sales‑ready candidates for future Account Executive positions
• Create Industry Specific Pipeline Programs to drive Pipeline and Revenue
• Motivate Individuals and Team to exceed objectives through coaching, regular broadcast of results, and creative incentives
• Regularly report on Team/Individual Results - Pipeline Generation, Quality of Pipeline, Revenue Forecasting
• Work closely with Marketing on defining Campaign follow‑up and reporting
• Work closely with Executive Leadership Team and Sales Leaders to ensure Pipeline Quality/Quantity and proper follow‑up
• Work closely with Operations to make recommendations on process improvements
• Identify and make recommendations for improvement in the areas of Process, Efficiency, Productivity

Depending on the segment, the years of experience and skills needed to be successful will vary from 3+ yrs of sales leadership experience developing a team of seven or more quota carrying sales people. In addition, a bachelor's degree is strongly preferred.

• Strong background in leading sales teams
• Shown ability to create hard‑working teams and lead them to success
• Excellent presentation and executive engagement skills
• Excellent negotiation skills
• A self‑starter that can thrive in a fast paced environment

In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.

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