Senior Manager, Sales

Sales Leader

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.

Job Summary As a Sales Leader you will be leading a team of Account Executives selling the entire Salesforce Customer Success Platform. We are looking for a sales leader with great energy, leadership, and initiative to drive team performance and sales for our enterprise team. You will formulate and implement a strategy to enhance business growth. This role works in partnership with Sales, Marketing, Pre-sales, Partner Alliances, Services & HR, therefore cross-company engagement and orchestration is crucial. The candidate will be a high impact individual capable of driving outstanding business results & first-class employee development. As a Sales Leader you will be fully responsible for developing and leading the team to generate revenue and achieve individual team and organizational quotas. Aligning to the sales strategy, the Sales Leader defines and implements plans for the assigned Accounts to achieve sales objectives.

Your Impact The teams you lead here at Salesforce will directly impact the growth of our overall organization. You will be masterful in client engagement and impact how your customers do business in an ever-changing environment. You will coach your team to develop in their careers, and inspire your team to do the best work of their life.

1. Provide support and guidance to team by participating and leading in client and prospect meetings or engaging other corporate resources as required
2. Development of a successful team, including recruiting, hiring and training
3. Coaching Sales Reps on strategies to drive sales wins
4. Accurate reporting on sales activity and forecasting to senior sales management
5. Consistent monitoring of the sales activity of the team, and tracking of results
6. Actively leading and monitoring demand generation activities
7. Leading initiatives to drive customer awareness and engagement
8. Develop and implement successful sales campaigns
9. Engaging at C-level in enterprise customer organizations
10. Capable of successfully handling significant client customer concerns and issues
11. 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 5+ yrs of sales leadership experience developing a team of seven or more quota carrying sales people. In addition, a bachelor's degree is strongly preferred.

• Shown successful experience in leading Enterprise Account Executives
• Consistent track record to create impactful 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
• 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
• Strong acumen
• Prior experience working within the Software/Infrastructure/Platform (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) space

When you join Salesforce, you'll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best. Together, we'll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what's possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com. For Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $166,100 to $222,200.