Sales Development Manager

The Wall Street Journal; New York (NY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Manager of Sales Development to lead an inside sales team across North America from NYC. You will coach, analyze, and optimize outreach to exceed quotas and drive growth. The role emphasizes building scalable processes and reporting KPIs.

You will collaborate with senior leadership to shape strategy, mentor reps, and implement data-driven improvements in a fast-paced, high-performance environment. Full-time, on-site in NYC.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in sales leadership.
• 7+ Years of overall Sales experience.
• Proven track record of success utilizing data-driven results and identifying market opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, coach, and mentor Sales Development Representatives responsible for lead generation and securing meetings.
• Document and maintain results and KPI reporting.
• Analyze outreach to understand success rates and steer strategy.
• Collaborate with sales leadership to build and execute growth plans.
• Work closely with the VP of Sales to align insights and decisions.
• Develop scalable sales processes and standard methodologies.
• Drive predictive revenue growth through focused initiatives.

Skills

Sales leadership

Sales development

Salesforce

Data-driven results

Team coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Manager, Sales Development

Location: NYC - 1211 Ave of the Americas

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Job Description:

About the Team:

Dow Jones Risk Sales is a dynamic, global organization focused on helping businesses make smarter decisions through trusted news, data, insights, and information solutions. Our teams partner with organizations across industries to understand their unique challenges and connect them with the Dow Jones products and services that drive growth, manage risk, and support informed decision-making.

About the Role:

Dow Jones is seeking a passionate, ambitious sales leader who is motivated by coaching, analytics and fostering a strong sales culture to drive results within our Professional Information Business. This person must be experienced with running a high-performing inside sales team specializing in identifying new prospects and securing sales appointments through consultative sales. You must bring a track record of successfully exceeding annual quotas combined with a strong ability to build effective, results-yielding relationships.

Lead a team of Sales Development Representatives in order to grow the Dow Jones Professional Information Business throughout North America. The ideal candidate will own all of the day-to-day responsibilities of building and leading a high-performing team of Sales Development Representatives. The expectation is to build and manage a world class team that includes strategy, training, coaching and delivering on KPIs, as well as documenting and reporting on analytics derived from this team.If you're looking for an opportunity to show your 'stuff,' challenge yourself and accelerate your career growth while grooming your team to do the same - keep reading!

You Will:

• Recruit, coach, and mentor Sales Development Representatives responsible for lead generation, identification of new sales opportunities and securing meetings via, but not limited to, phone, email, networking and social media.


• Document and maintain results


• Perform analysis of outreach in order to understand success rates that will steer team to optimize outreach results


• Work across sales leadership to build and execute on strategic growth plan


• Work extremely close with our Vice President of Sales to fuel collaboration around key insights and strategic decisions


• Ensure the creation, implementation, and maintenance of standard methodologies


• Develop scalable sales systems and processes that drive predictive revenue growth


• Develop specific and targeted sales goals, and implement tactics to accelerate growth


• Manage, and optimize KPIs


• Proactively support your sales team in achieving sales initiatives through efficiency and productivity improvements


• Continuously evaluate and optimize results. Make KPI and data-driven recommendations to senior executives

You Have

• 3+ years experience in sales leadership and/or sales development leadership. Startup and SMB SaaS experience a plus!


• 7+ Years of overall Sales experience


• High proficiency with Salesforce and other sales enablement tools


• Proven track record of success utilizing data-driven results - you should know your results and be able to explain what is working and what is not working, as well as to be able to identify market opportunities for the Dow Jones Professional Information Business.


• Validated experience in building and scaling a sales team through all phases of targeting & meeting attainment


• A passion for creating and implementing scalable processes


• A passion for making an impact and supporting your team’s professional and personal growth


• A quick learner, self-starter, ability to work independently, and an eagerness to handle the pressures of increasing levels of responsibility


• Thrives in a fast-paced, 'do whatever it takes to win' atmosphere


• Ability to collaborate well in a matrixed environment


• Has a high need for competition and achievement

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. EEO/Disabled/Vets

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - Risk Sales

Job Category:

Sales

Union Status:

Non-Union roleBase Pay Range: $135,000 - $160,000

We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.