Manager, Sales Development

About the Role :

Dow Jones is seeking a passionate, ambitious sales leader who is motivated by coaching, analytics and fostering a strong sales culture to drive results within our Professional Information Business. This person must be experienced with running a high-performing inside sales team specializing in identifying new prospects and securing sales appointments through consultative sales. You must bring a track record of successfully exceeding annual quotas combined with a strong ability to build effective, results-yielding relationships.

Lead a team of Sales Development Representatives in order to grow the Dow Jones Professional Information Business throughout North America. The ideal candidate will own all of the day-to-day responsibilities of building and leading a high-performing team of Sales Development Representatives. The expectation is to build and manage a world class team that includes strategy, training, coaching and delivering on KPIs, as well as documenting and reporting on analytics derived from this team.If you're looking for an opportunity to show your 'stuff,' challenge yourself and accelerate your career growth while grooming your team to do the same - keep reading!

You Will:

Recruit, coach, and mentor Sales Development Representatives responsible for lead generation, identification of new sales opportunities and securing meetings via, but not limited to, phone, email, networking and social media.

Document and maintain results

Perform analysis of outreach in order to understand success rates that will steer team to optimize outreach results

Work across sales leadership to build and execute on strategic growth plan

Work extremely close with our Vice President of Sales to fuel collaboration around key insights and strategic decisions

Ensure the creation, implementation, and maintenance of standard methodologies

Develop scalable sales systems and processes that drive predictive revenue growth

Develop specific and targeted sales goals, and implement tactics to accelerate growth

Manage, and optimize KPIs

Proactively support your sales team in achieving sales initiatives through efficiency and productivity improvements

Continuously evaluate and optimize results. Make KPI and data-driven recommendations to senior executives

You Have

3+ years experience in sales leadership and/or sales development leadership. Startup and SMB SaaS experience a plus!

7+ Years of overall Sales experience

High proficiency with Salesforce and other sales enablement tools

Proven track record of success utilizing data-driven results - you should know your results and be able to explain what is working and what is not working, as well as to be able to identify market opportunities for the Dow Jones Professional Information Business.

Validated experience in building and scaling a sales team through all phases of targeting & meeting attainment

A passion for creating and implementing scalable processes

A passion for making an impact and supporting your team’s professional and personal growth

A quick learner, self-starter, ability to work independently, and an eagerness to handle the pressures of increasing levels of responsibility

Thrives in a fast-paced, 'do whatever it takes to win' atmosphere

Ability to collaborate well in a matrixed environment

Has a high need for competition and achievement