Head of Sales
LMRE
Sales & Business Development
United States
Posted on Feb 18, 2025
Core Responsibilities
- Pipeline Development: Actively develop and manage a pipeline of potential clients in the healthcare and/or education sectors. Engage with key decision-makers, understand their needs, and position our B2B SaaS platform to address them.
- Sales Strategy: Implement effective sales strategies to manage long enterprise sales cycles. Understand the full sales process, from initial contact to closing, and adapt approaches to meet client needs and overcome challenges.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with teams across product development, marketing, customer success, and finance to ensure a unified approach toward meeting revenue goals and expanding existing accounts.
- Sales Planning: Gather feedback and continuously refine the annual sales plan to ensure alignment with company objectives.
- Sales Execution: Schedule meetings, conduct discovery calls, present products, handle objections, and convert prospects into customers.
- Team Management: Build, lead, and manage a sales team, including setting team and individual sales targets and metrics.
- Sales Process Improvement: Test, learn, and refine the sales playbook and processes for better outcomes.
- Forecasting: Develop and maintain an accurate monthly sales forecast using Hubspot or similar CRM tools.
- Market Insights: Continuously analyze market trends and competitor activities to refine the sales strategy and identify ideal client profiles.
- Proposal Development: Write and deliver compelling proposals to potential clients.
- Partnerships: Develop and execute a multi-year channel partnership plan.
- Upselling: Collaborate with Customer Success to identify and capitalize on upselling opportunities within existing accounts.
- Product Expertise: Continuously learn from internal and external teams to develop a deep understanding of the product and industry.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, or a related field.
- Experience: At least 10 years of relevant B2B SaaS sales experience and at least 5 years of building and managing a sales team from the ground up.
- Sales Leadership: Proven track record of building high-performing sales teams, setting targets, and managing team performance.
- Industry Experience: Experience in real estate technology is preferred but not required.
- Sales Performance: Strong history of meeting and exceeding sales targets.
- Sales Pipeline Management: Skilled at independently developing and managing a robust sales pipeline.
- CRM Experience: Familiarity with Hubspot or similar CRM tools.
- Partnership Experience: Channel partnership experience is highly preferred.
- Communication Skills: Exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present clearly and persuasively.
- Technical Understanding: Ability to understand complex technology and explain it in simple terms.
- Mindset: Hunter mentality with a strong drive for success.
- Start-up Experience: Comfortable thriving in an entrepreneurial, early-stage company environment.