Director, Enterprise Sales

Absorb Technology; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

“Joining Absorb means stepping into a dynamic environment where innovation thrives, collaboration flourishes, and every voice is heard. Here your potential is not just recognized, it’s cultivated. Come join us, and together, let’s redefine the future of learning!”- Geoff Price, VP Enterprise Sales

About the role:

Are you ready to lead and inspire in a role that drives real impact? As the Director of Enterprise Sales at Absorb Software, you'll take center stage in shaping our growth trajectory by spearheading the sales process with prospective enterprise-level clients. This is your opportunity to bring your strategic vision and consultative sales expertise to lead a dynamic team and navigate enterprise relationships to deliver exceptional results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and Lead: Form and guide a team of Enterprise Sales Executives to achieve both individual and team quotas.
• Mentor and Develop: Continuously mentor and develop the sales team through recruiting, coaching, and implementing corrective actions to maintain high performance.
• Establish Relationships: Build lasting, consultative relationships with C-level executives in customer accounts.
• Manage Performance: Oversee daily and weekly activities, pipelines, forecasts, and closed deals to ensure results exceed quotas through effective pipeline management.
• Coordinate Reviews and Training: Lead weekly and monthly one-on-one and team-wide pipeline reviews, meetings, and training sessions to drive continuous improvement.
• Drive New Business: Spearhead the acquisition of new logo accounts, focusing on key metrics such as Total New Bookings, Conversion Rate, and Average Deal Size.
• Collaborate Globally: Work with regional and global leaders across various roles to maximize new logo bookings and meet or exceed KPIs.
• Report to Leadership: Provide regular reports on sales activity and forecasts to the EVP of Enterprise Sales.

What you’ll bring:

• University or Bachelor’s degree, advanced university or Master’s degree preferred.
• 10 plus years of sales and 3+ years of sales management experience.
• Industry Knowledge & Expertise: Understands SaaS market landscape, industry trends and preferably has relationships with key influencers within the human resources software/e-learning industry.
• People manager at heart: Proven ability to successfully hire and train new Sales/Account Executives while coaching lower performers to success.
• Demonstrated results in growing a business or expanding a market: a successful history of closing business and over-achieving quota as both an Enterprise seller and a leader.
• Demonstrated ability to accurately forecast sales results.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

What we offer:

• Fully remote-first work with flexible work arrangements.
• Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits including retirement savings programs, eligibility for two different bonus plans, generous time off, comprehensive medical and dental benefits based on your country of location.
• New Hire Equipment Allowance and monthly Flex Allowance to support your success.
• Endless opportunity for career growth and internal mobility.
• Employee driven DE&I programs.

Who are we?

Absorb Software is a remote-first company that provides online training solutions to leading organizations around the world. Absorb is a cloud-based learning management system (LMS) engineered to inspire learning and fuel business productivity. Our online learning platform combines forward-thinking technology built to scale as our customer’s organizations grow. We empower learners to enrich their lives, workplaces and communities.

Our values are simple:

• We achieve exceptional results by genuinely caring about each other and the work we do.
• We’re united, and we grow through our commitment to elevating continual learning!

Absorb is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment for all our people. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. In the event a current Absorb employee would like to apply for this role they will inform their supervisor prior to submitting their application. Successful candidates for this position will be subject to pre-employment background screening, including a criminal record check and must be able to show proof of legal eligibility to work in the country they have applied to without sponsorship.

Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process, please indicate this on your application and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any questions, please contact us at [e-mail]