OCLC

Director Sales

OCLC$100K — $130K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of sales leadership experience in library services, academic technology, or publicly funded sectors
  • Demonstrated success in achieving sales growth targets in a field sales setting
  • Strong executive-level selling and negotiation skills with complex stakeholders
  • Ability to analyze market trends and customer needs to inform strategic decisions
  • Knowledge of AI tools and emerging technologies to enhance sales performance
  • Experience in matrixed and cross-functional environments
  • Bachelor's degree required

Responsibilities

  • Build and lead a high-performing sales organization focused on retention and growth
  • Define and execute regional sales strategy with clear priorities
  • Oversee pipeline management and ensure accurate sales forecasting
  • Recruit and develop top sales talent while fostering accountability
  • Engage in strategic deal negotiations with executive customers
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to identify growth opportunities
  • Ensure member expectations are exceeded to strengthen partnerships

Benefits

  • Fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
  • Opportunity for professional development and talent growth
  • Engagement with key and high-value accounts
  • Strategic involvement in regional performance and sales strategy execution
  • Dynamic and flexible working conditions with travel opportunities
Full Job Description
The Regional Director, US Library Services provides sales leadership and operational oversight for a defined geographic region, with responsibility for achieving or exceeding product and service quotas while ensuring member expectations are consistently surpassed. This role leads the development, planning, and execution of the regional sales strategy for assigned OCLC products and services, with accountability for accurate forecasting, pipeline discipline, and quota attainment. A core focus of this position is building and leading a high-performing sales organization responsible for growth, retention, product adoption, and member satisfaction. The Director sets direction, prioritizes regional initiatives, and ensures disciplined execution through coaching, performance management, and talent development, while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. As a strategic leader, the Regional Director engages directly with key and high-value accounts to strengthen relationships, deepen partnerships, and identify long-term growth opportunities. In close partnership with Product Management, Marketing, Research, and Finance, this role drives coordinated go-to-market execution and overall regional performance, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and market dynamics. The Director ensures member expectations are consistently exceeded, reinforcing trust, strengthening partnerships, and expanding OCLC’s impact across the region. Key responsibilities include: - Build, lead, and develop a high-performing sales organization focused on retention, expansion, and new business development. - Define and execute regional and territory strategy, ensuring clear priorities, disciplined execution, and alignment across the team. - Oversee pipeline management, opportunity governance, CRM discipline, and accurate forecasting across new and renewal sales. - Recruit, develop, and retain top sales talent while fostering a culture of accountability, coaching, and continuous improvement. - Lead strategic deal engagement, including executive customer relationships, complex negotiations, presentations, and proposals. - Partner cross-functionally and leverage market, customer, and competitive insights to identify growth opportunities and inform strategy. Qualifications: - 5+ years of sales leadership experience (manager, director, or equivalent), preferably in library services, academic technology, or publicly funded sectors - Demonstrated success leading field sales teams with consistent achievement of sales growth targets. - Strong executive-level selling and negotiation experience with complex stakeholders. - Ability to interpret market dynamics, competitive positioning, and customer needs to inform strategy. - Proven strategic planning, analytical capability, and disciplined execution in a performance-driven environment. - Demonstrated knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and emerging technologies, with the ability to strategically leverage AI-driven solutions to enhance regional sales performance, customer engagement, forecasting accuracy, pipeline management, and operational efficiency - Strong balance of enterprise-level thinking with operational rigor and accountability. - Experience working effectively in a matrixed, cross-functional environment. - Proficiency with CRM platforms, sales analytics, and data-driven decision-making - Self-directed, entrepreneurial leader with strong ownership mindset and results orientation - Ability and willingness to travel extensively (60–80%) - Bachelor’s degree or higher required Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

About OCLC

The Buckeye Manufacturing Company was a company founded in 1884 by John William Lambert and his family members originally to manufacture horse drawn buggy parts in Union City, Ohio. The enterprise started with $2,000 and six men and some helper boys. The company got involved in making tools and one early horseless carriage automobile. Lambert and his family members in 1893 moved the Buckeye Manufacturing Company to Anderson, Indiana. The company at that time brought in a horse drawn buggy harness pole firm owned by one of the Lambert family members. In time the Buckeye Manufacturing Company founded automobile related subsidiary companies under it led by Lambert, some of which were the Union Automobile Company, the Lambert Automobile Company, and the Lambert Gas and Gasoline Engine Company.
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