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Founding Sales Manager; Player-Coach

Remote / Online - Candidates ideally in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60601, USA
Listing for: Jobgether
Full Time, Remote/Work from Home position
Listed on 2026-11-05
Job specializations:
  • Sales
    Director of Sales, VP of Sales, CRM Systems & Management
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 150000 - 210000 USD Yearly USD 150000.00 210000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Founding Sales Manager (Player-Coach)
Accountabilities:

You will lead sales execution while developing the people, processes, and performance standards needed to support sustainable revenue growth.

  • Own the full sales cycle, including discovery calls, product demonstrations, negotiations, and deal closing, while identifying conversion bottlenecks and documenting successful sales practices.
  • Recruit, onboard, train, and manage Sales Closers and outbound Sales Development Representatives (SDRs).
  • Establish clear sales targets, coach representatives through live calls, monitor performance, and implement improvement strategies.
  • Develop and refine sales messaging, follow-up sequences, pipeline management practices, conversion strategies, and forecasting processes across both brands.
  • Take ownership of team revenue targets, convert initial projects into recurring monthly retainers, and identify opportunities for upselling and account expansion.
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Account Management, Go-to-Market (GTM) Engineering, and the CEO to improve lead quality, sales execution, and overall revenue performance.
  • Leverage Salesforce and existing automated GTM workflows to improve sales efficiency, pipeline visibility, and team productivity.
  • Monitor key performance indicators, including meeting show rates, close rates, sales cycle length, and revenue per representative.
  • Provide regular sales performance updates, forecasts, and actionable recommendations to leadership.
  • Build scalable sales playbooks, processes, and performance standards that support long-term organizational growth.
Requirements:

The ideal candidate is a commercially driven sales leader who combines a strong personal record of closing deals with the ability to build, coach, and scale a high-performing sales team.

  • At least 7 years of B2B sales experience, including 3 or more years in sales leadership.
  • Demonstrated success exceeding sales quotas and personally closing deals.
  • Proven experience recruiting, training, coaching, and managing sales representatives.
  • Strong expertise in outbound prospecting, consultative selling, negotiation, pipeline development, and full-cycle sales management.
  • Experience using Salesforce or comparable CRM platforms, along with sales performance metrics and forecasting tools.
  • Ability to develop scalable sales processes, playbooks, and performance management frameworks.
  • Strong analytical skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to translate sales data into actionable business decisions.
  • A proactive, hands‑on approach with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for revenue outcomes.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, coaching, and relationship-building skills.
  • Experience in agency, professional services, or technology sales is an advantage.
  • Based in Florida is strongly preferred, although candidates elsewhere in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone will be considered.
  • Ability to work remotely on a full‑time basis while maintaining alignment with U.S. business hours.
Benefits:
  • Competitive compensation:
    Base salary plus a performance-based bonus tied to team revenue.
  • Established lead generation:
    Access to a steady flow of inbound leads to support sales opportunities.
  • Sales technology infrastructure:
    Work with an existing CRM system and automated go-to-market workflows.
  • Direct leadership collaboration:
    Work closely with the CEO and GTM Engineering team to influence business strategy and revenue performance.
  • Ownership and autonomy:
    Build, shape, and scale the sales organization from the ground up.
  • Remote flexibility:
    Full-time remote work for candidates based in Florida or other eligible locations within the U.S. Eastern Time Zone.
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