Market Sales Leader

This role is responsible for leading a dynamic sales territory and building a high-performing team of sales professionals who drive net-new business development. The Market Sales Leader serves as a strategic manager and coach, directly overseeing Sales Associate and Senior Sales Professional positions while maintaining personal involvement in key accounts and strategic opportunities. This role combines hands-on sales leadership with direct mentoring, pipeline management accountability, and annual business development planning.

The Market Sales Leader is responsible for recruiting, hiring, and onboarding a team that executes with discipline and rigor. This strategically important role focuses on establishing repeatable, process-driven prospecting and pipeline management systems that drive pipeline and sales growth across the territory while developing the next generation of sales talent.

• Lead and coach Sales Associate and Senior Sales Professional team members to drive performance, skill development, and career growth.
• Develop and execute annual business development plans, including territory analysis, target account strategies, campaign planning, and sales goals.
• Thrive and be motivated by an environment that embraces AI and technology-enabled tools.
• Oversee prospecting, demand generation, pipeline management, forecasting, and CRM discipline to build a strong and predictable sales pipeline.
• Support sales execution by engaging key accounts, leading proposal reviews, contributing to complex negotiations, and helping close important deals.
• Hold the team accountable for revenue, pipeline, and activity goals while monitoring performance metrics and implementing corrective actions as needed.

• 7-12+ years of experience in consultative or strategic sales.
• At least 2-3 years of sales leadership, coaching, or management experience.
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing sales teams and drive net-new business growth.
• Strong experience managing complex sales cycles, pipeline discipline, forecasting, and CRM rigor.
• Demonstrated capability to coach, develop, and motivate team members to achieve results.

• Experience leading sales teams in benefits, managed services, workforce solutions, or related professional services.
• Strong consultative selling skills and executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• A data-driven approach to territory planning, forecasting, and performance management.
• Ability to identify and develop future leaders while fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• A track record of improving sales process discipline, accountability, and closing performance.

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit , or follow us on Linked In and X.

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