Salesforce

RVP, Sales - Nonprofits

Salesforce$208K — $278K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven experience leading teams of Account Executives.
  • Track record of building and leading successful teams.
  • Strong presentation and executive engagement skills.
  • Excellent negotiation abilities.
  • Self-starter with the ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

  • Hire, train, and develop a high-performing sales team.
  • Create pipeline programs tailored to industry needs.
  • Motivate the team to exceed objectives through coaching and incentives.
  • Report regularly on team and individual sales performance.
  • Collaborate with marketing on campaign strategies and follow-up.
  • Partner with executive leadership to ensure quality pipeline management.
  • Suggest process improvements to enhance efficiency and productivity.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to impact the growth of the nonprofit sector at Salesforce.
  • Collaboration with various departments like Marketing, Operations, and HR.
  • Career development and coaching opportunities for team members.
  • Engagement with leadership to define strategic sales initiatives.
Full Job Description

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Job Category

Sales

Job Details

Sales Organization Description:
Our team works with Nonprofits to understand their mission and to leverage the power of the Salesforce platform driving value. The Nonprofit teams reports into the the Global Public Sector team.

Job Description:
As a 1st line Sales Leader you will be leading a team of Account Account Executives selling the entire Salesforce Customer Success Platform across our nonprofit segments. We are looking for a sales leader with great energy, leadership, and initiative to drive team performance and sales for our enterprise team. You will formulate and implement a strategy to increase business growth. This role works in partnership with Sales, Marketing, Pre-sales, Partner Alliances, Services & HR, therefore cross-company engagement and orchestration is crucial. The candidate will be a high impact individual capable of driving outstanding business results & first-class employee development. The Sales Leader is fully responsible for developing and leading the team to generate revenue and achieve individual team and organizational quotas. Aligning to the sales strategy, the Sales Leader defines and implements plans for the assigned Accounts to achieve sales objectives. Common Nonprofit Salesforce solutions/clouds:

  • Nonprofit Cloud

  • Healthcare & Life Sciences

  • Public Sector

  • Marketing Cloud

  • Slack

  • Mulesoft

  • Tableau



Your Impact:
This team will directly impact the growth of our overall Nonprofit organization within Salesforce. You will be masterful in client engagement and impact how your customers do business in a constantly evolving environment. You will coach your team to develop in their careers, and inspire your team to do the best work of their life.

  • Hire, Train, and Develop a team

  • Develop teams into sales-ready candidates for future Account Executive positions

  • Create Industry Specific Pipeline Programs to drive Pipeline and Revenue

  • Motivate Individuals and Team to exceed objectives through coaching, regular broadcast of results, and creative incentives

  • Regularly report on Team/Individual Results - Pipeline Generation, Quality of Pipeline, Revenue Forecasting

  • Work closely with Marketing on defining Campaign follow-up and reporting

  • Work closely with Executive Leadership Team and Sales Leaders to ensure Pipeline Quality/Quantity and proper follow-up

  • Work closely with Operations to make recommendations on process improvements

  • Identify and make recommendations for improvement in the areas of Process, Efficiency, Productivity



Your Qualifications:

  • Shown successful experience in leading Account Executives

  • Consistent track record to create successful teams and lead them to success

  • Excellent presentation and executive engagement skills

  • Excellent negotiation skills

  • A self-starter that can thrive in a fast paced environment



Across all Sales Leaders, we are looking for the following attributes:

  • Strong leadership capabilities

  • Experience in sales coaching and mentoring

  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, team environment

  • Has a strong drive for results

  • Strong engagement and communication skills

  • Consultative selling experience

  • Can collaborate and influence in a “win as a team” environment

  • Resourceful

  • Is a trusted advisor to the customers and colleagues

  • Courageous Communicator

  • Prior experience working within the Software/Infrastructure/Platform (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) space

  • Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

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