Director, Sales

Turn/River Capital

$280K — $290K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-10 years in B2B software/SaaS sales, including 3+ years in leadership
  • Experience managing managers in a second line leadership role
  • Ability to create predictable sales outcomes through structured design and process best practices
  • Proficient in analyzing sales funnels to derive actionable insights
  • Understanding of key sales growth elements during scaling, including hiring and structure design
  • Strong project and process management skills
  • Experience in scaling revenue organizations with ARR between $50-500m
  • Nice to have: knowledge of AI applications in software sales

Responsibilities

  • Partner with sales leaders to drive revenue growth and implement best practices
  • Contribute to the development of Turn/River's sales playbook
  • Foster a culture of repeatable sales processes
  • Collaborate with Marketing and Customer Success teams on revenue strategies
  • Analyze companies' sales processes during due diligence for performance insights

Benefits

  • Impact opportunities across multiple high-growth tech firms
  • 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • 401K matching
  • Paid parental leave
  • Commuter benefits
  • Health and Wellness programs
  • Home Office benefits
  • Annual Home Office Equipment Reimbursement
  • Donation matching
  • Work from home Mondays and Fridays
  • Energetic environment with snacks and team lunches
  • Company events like holiday parties and annual retreats
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are looking for a Director, Sales to join the Portfolio Ops team. This person will:
  1. Partner with sales leaders (CROs to line managers) at a subset of Turn/River's portfolio companies, supporting them to grow New & Expansion sales and to exceed their sales targets. You will aim to do this with structural and process improvements on key growth levers, categorized by Turn/River as either Volume (pipeline creation $), Conversion (by stage %) or Price (AOV and contract terms).
  2. Along with the other Turn/River Sales operating team members, continuously contribute to the Turn/River sales playbook. This playbook serves as the best practices guide for our network of portfolio companies in how to accelerate each element of new logo or expansion sales, from pipeline generation to a closed sale, in a B2B Software environment.


Key Responsibilities
  • Partner with the sales leaders at Turn/River portfolio companies to drive revenue growth; provide guidance and support implementation of best practices
  • Continuously test and contribute to Turn/River's sales best practices, and share internally for application across the Turn/River portfolio
  • Foster a sales culture focused on repeatable and predictable processes
  • Work closely with Marketing and Customer Success functional counterparts at Turn/River to ensure a cohesive revenue generation strategy and execution
  • Support analysis of companies during the due diligence process, developing a deep understanding of the existing sales organization's process, efficiency, and team performance


Qualifications
  • 8-10 years of experience in a high-performing B2B software/ SaaS sales environment, with 3+ years in a leadership capacity
  • 2nd+ line leadership in sales; you have experience managing managers
  • Proven ability to create predictability in sales outcomes, through a combination of org structure design and implementing process best practices
  • Deeply data-oriented, with specific depth on analyzing sales funnels and developing actionable insights from the data
  • Deep understanding of the critical elements to grow a sales organization as a company scales such as: hiring, team composition, and org structure / design
  • Strong project management, organizational skills, and process management
  • Experience scaling mid-sized B2B software / SaaS revenue orgs, with ARR in the $50-500m range.
  • Nice to have: deep knowledge of AI applications for software sales


Location
  • San Francisco, hybrid work model


Compensation
  • The annual base salary range for this role is $280,000 - 290,000, taking into account numerous variable factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience, training, licensure, certifications, and organizational requirements.
  • This role is eligible to participate in the Turn/River carry program and a discretionary bonus program.


Benefits and Perks

The below benefits are offered to full-time employees based out of our San Francisco office:
  • An opportunity to make an impact across multiple high-growth tech firms
  • Competitive salary and discretionary bonus
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance covered 100% for employee & dependents
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • 401K matching
  • Paid parental leave
  • Commuter benefits
  • Health and Wellness benefits
  • Household Services benefits
  • Home Office benefits
  • Annual Home Office Equipment Reimbursement
  • Donation matching
  • Work from home Monday & Friday
  • Energetic work environment with snacks and weekly team lunches 3x per week, centrally located near multiple public transit lines
  • A company that enjoys having fun: holiday parties, annual company offsite and retreat, annual summer "work from anywhere" month

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