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Skai
VP of Emerging Sales
Key details
Salary
$175K – $220K
Employment type
Full-time
Seniority
Lead
Years experience
5-10
Location
San Francisco, United States
Full job description
Lead and manage a sales team at Skai, a digital marketing platform. Responsibilities include driving team performance, developing business plans, managing revenue pipelines, recruiting and training sales staff, collaborating with marketing, and mentoring employees. Requirements include 5-10 years of digital sales or sales management experience, knowledge of key verticals (Financial Services, Education, Media and Entertainment, Technology, Travel), people management experience preferred, BA/BS degree or equivalent experience, SaaS and software sales experience, excellent communication skills, and familiarity with CRM tools like Salesforce and LinkedIn Navigator. The role offers a hybrid work model (three days in office per week) and a salary range of $175,000 - $220,000 plus commissions.
What you'll do
- Manage and drive your sales team to peak performance
- Collaborate with your Regional Vice President and the Management team to develop a business plan designed to meet and exceed your revenue goals
- Manage your revenue pipeline to meet monthly, quarterly and annual sales goals
- Recruit, hire and train members of the Sales Team to drive sales excellence
- Work closely with the Marketing and Sales Development team on events and targeted campaigns
- Develop, coach and mentor your direct reports
- Support employees through internal talent management programs and performance reviews
Requirements
- Five to Ten years of digital experience in a Sales and/or Sales Manager role
- Working knowledge of one or more of these key verticals; Financial Services, Education, Media and Entertainment, Technology and Travel
- Willingness to learn
- Creativity, passion, positivity, and drive
- People management experience (desirable)
- BA/BS degree preferred, but will consider equivalent years of work experience
- Comfort with selling software and services
- SaaS and Sales experience preferred
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively and as part of the overall Sales team
- Knowledge of prospecting and CRM software (Ideally Salesforce & LinkedIn Navigator)
- Technical expertise and ability to acquire knowledge of our solutions
Tech stack
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