Senior Manager, Sales

Salesforce, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Sales Leader to manage and develop a team of Account Executives. You will participate in client and prospect meetings and collaborate with internal partners to forecast and report sales activity to senior management.

You will mentor and hire new team members, coach on sales strategies, and drive demand generation while engaging with C-level customers across enterprise accounts. A proven track record in leading AE teams and strong presentation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of sales leadership experience guiding a team of seven or more quota-carrying salespeople.
• Proven track record in leading Account Executives to meet or exceed targets.
• Excellent presentation and executive engagement skills.
• Strong negotiation and consultative selling abilities.
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and mentorship to direct reports by participating and leading in client and prospect meetings or engaging other corporate resources as required
• Development of a winning team, including recruiting, hiring and training
• Coaching direct reports on strategies to drive sales wins
• Accurate reporting on sales activity and forecasting to senior sales management
• Consistent monitoring of the team’s sales activity and results
• Actively leading demand generation activities
• Leading initiatives to drive customer awareness and engagement
• Develop and implement successful sales campaigns
• Engaging at C-level in enterprise customer organizations
• Work cross-functionally with internal partners and corporate resources for consistent processes and a successful team
• Develop required corporate relationships and executive engagement to support success

Skills

Sales leadership

Account Executives

Executive engagement

Negotiation

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Category

Sales

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn't a buzzword - it's a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You're in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Role

As a Sales Leader you will be managing and developing a team of Account Executives. You will participate and lead in client and prospect meetings as well as work cross-functionally with internal partners and corporate resources as required. You will be responsible for ongoing mentoring and development of the sales team which includes recruiting, hiring and training new team members on sales process. In this role you will report on sales activity and forecast to senior sales management.

Your Impact

• Provide support and mentorship to direct reports by participating and leading in client and prospect meetings or engaging other corporate resources as required
• Development of a winning team, including recruiting, hiring and training
• Coaching direct reports on strategies to drive sales wins
• Accurate reporting on sales activity and forecasting to senior sales management
• Consistent monitoring of the sales activity of the team, and tracking of results
• Actively leading and monitoring demand generation activities
• Leading initiatives to drive customer awareness and engagement
• Develop and implement successful sales campaigns
• Engaging at C-level in enterprise customer organizations
• Capable of successfully leading significant client concerns and issues
• Work cross-functionally with internal partners and corporate resources for consistent processes and a successful team
• Develop required Corporate relationships and Executive engagement to support success

Your Qualifications

• Depending on the segment, the years of experience and skills needed to be successful will vary from 2+ yrs of sales leadership experience leading a team of seven or more quota carrying sales people. In addition, a Bachelor's degree is strongly preferred.
• Shown successful experience in leading Account Executives
• Consistent track record to create successful 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

Across all Sales Leaders, we are looking for the following attributes

• Strong leadership capabilities
• Experience in sales coaching and mentoring
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, team environment
• Has a strong drive for results
• Strong engagement and communication skills
• Consultative selling experience
• Can collaborate and influence in a "win as a team" environment
• Resourceful
• Is a trusted advisor to the customers and colleagues
• Courageous Communicator
• Prior experience working within the Software/Infrastructure/Platform (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) space
• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

Unleash Your Potential

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Accommodations

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