Sr. Manager Sales Development

LinkedIn; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 323,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn seeks a Senior Manager of Sales Development for NAMER. You will grow and lead a team of Managers and SDRs to deliver qualified leads and bookings to support sales.

You will scale and transform our sales development channels, partnering with field sales, marketing, and operations to meet quota and drive company growth across a hybrid work model in NY or Chicago.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of people leadership experience managing a sales team or a sales support team.
• Experience managing first-line managers.
• Proven record of overachieving targets in sales or sales support roles.
• Experience in recruitment, marketing, SaaS or related industries.
• Strong people management with a track record of developing talent.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills for executive stakeholders.
• Ability to analyze data and drive decision-making beyond the numbers.
• Passion for building high-growth acquisition and lead-generation teams.

Responsibilities

• Inspire, lead, and engage managers and teams toward the organization's vision, mission, and strategy.
• Foster talent development via Sales Academy and Manager Development programs; execute NAMER talent strategy.
• Manage and support an experienced management team to overachieve quota of qualified leads and bookings.
• Partner with field sales and marketing to align goals, deliverables, and expectations.
• Deploy best-practice prospecting methodologies across the lead generation workflow.
• Drive operational excellence through sales disciplines and KPIs.
• Stay current on industry best practices and ensure adoption into lead-generation processes.

Skills

People management

Sales leadership

Sales strategy

Prospecting best practices

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Executive engagement

Job description

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

This role will be based in New York City (preferred) or Chicago.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust andoptimizedfor culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business.The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, asdeterminedby the business needs of the team.

LinkedIn is looking for a Senior Manager of Sales Development for our NAMER business. As Senior Manager you will grow and lead a team of talented Managers & Sales Development Representatives (SDR’s) to deliver qualified leads and talent needed by sales to achieve the company’sobjectives.

This rolecurrentlyreports to theSr.Director—Global Head of Sales Development, Acquisition & Engagementand offers a tremendous opportunity to make a significant, direct impact on LinkedIn’s growthobjectives. In this role, you willbe responsible forscaling and transforming our sales development channels to be the best in class. The role involves varied work, both in areas of strategy and inexecution;management experience, along with access to extensive and insightful data.

LinkedIn’s compelling culture andhigh-growthenvironment allow high performers the chance to grow theircareersrapidly.

Responsibilities

• Inspire, lead, and engage sales managers and teams towards the organization's vision, mission, and strategy

• Foster our commitment to talent development via our Sales Academy and Manager Development programs and execute the NAMER talent strategy for managers and ICs (Individual Contributors)

• Manage, lead, and support an experienced management team to overachieve assigned quota of qualified leads & bookings to the field sales organization

• Partner with the field sales & marketing organization to ensure goals, deliverables and expectations are aligned and met

• Deploy best practice prospecting methodologies and processes across all aspects of the lead generation workflow

• Drive Operational Excellence through the adherence of sales disciplines, operating models, and key performance indicators

• Stay up to date of and educate the team on industry-leading best practices and methodologies, and ensure these are adopted asappropriate intoour lead generation processes

Basic qualifications

• 5+ years of people leadership experience managing a sales team or a sales support team

Preferred qualifications

• Experience managingfirst-linemanagers

• Proven record of successfully overachieving targets in sales or sales support roles

• Experience working within the recruitment, marketing, SaaSindustryor other relevant industry

• Strong people management skills with proventrack recordof developing talent

• Effective communication skills both written and verbal

• Deep interest inanalyzingdata and the ability to see beyond the numbers to drive sound decision-making

• A passion for getting things done and a desire to drive results

• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills with the ability to engage executive stakeholders and collaborate successfully across a senior cross-functional leadership team

• Passion for building and leadinghigh-growthacquisition, Sales Development/Lead Generation teams

• Expert in prospecting best practices and tactics with the ability to train team members in how to successfully learn and deploy these best practices

• Strength in working with variedgroups,including senior management, sales, operations, and marketing teams

• The ability to create a vision and inspire our teams to achieve

Suggested Skills:

• People management

• Planning

• Sales Strategy

LinkedIn is committed to fair andequitablecompensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $212,00 to $323,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock,benefitsand/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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