Sales Director

Conveo

$150K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-15 years of enterprise sales experience in SaaS, Martech, or Market Research.
  • Proven track record of closing complex deals with ACV $75K+ and long sales cycles.
  • Experience selling to Fortune 500 companies is essential.
  • Strong network or background in market research, insights, or consulting is a plus.
  • High energy and self-motivated with a relentless drive to win.
  • Exceptional communication skills, including active listening and persuasive storytelling.
  • Proficient with CRM tools such as HubSpot and Salesforce.

Responsibilities

  • Create demand and build a robust sales pipeline through multi-threaded outreach.
  • Qualify leads with effective discovery and problem framing.
  • Lead consultative discovery and deliver tailored demos to align with customer goals.
  • Navigate complex buying committees and manage deal timelines efficiently.
  • Negotiate and close scalable contracts, expanding wins into multi-year agreements.
  • Stay informed about market trends and competitors to enhance messaging and objection handling.
  • Collaborate with founders and marketing on enhancing product strategy and sales campaigns.

Benefits

  • Join a hyper-growth, YC-backed AI company with significant impact.
  • Direct interaction with founders and influential operators.
  • Opportunity to shape the future of AI-powered research.
  • Competitive salary with meaningful equity upside.
  • A culture emphasizing relationships, speed, ownership, and ambition.
  • Chance to travel globally and forge lasting customer relationships.
Full Job Description
The Role

As a Sales Director at Conveo, you'll take full ownership of the sales cycle - from building pipeline to closing enterprise deals and expanding accounts. You'll partner directly with the founders to refine our go-to-market strategy while landing and growing some of the world's biggest brands. This is a high-impact role where you'll navigate complex orgs, multi-stakeholder deals, and long sales cycles ($45K-$500K+), selling into industries like CPG, Pharma, Tech, and Financial Services.

Your Mission

1. Create Demand & Build Pipeline
  • Own a defined ICP and territory plan, executing multi-threaded outreach (email, LinkedIn, calls).
  • Qualify inbound and outbound leads with crisp discovery and problem framing.
  • Build and maintain 4-5× pipeline coverage to hit and exceed quota.

2. Win Deals & Expand Accounts
  • Lead consultative discovery and run tailored demos tied to customer workflows and KPIs.
  • Navigate complex buying committees (economic buyer, users, procurement, legal) and manage deal timelines.
  • Negotiate and close clean, scalable contracts; expand initial wins into multi-market, multi-year agreements.

3. Be the Market & Product Expert
  • Translate customer pain points into compelling ROI cases.
  • Stay on top of competitor moves and market trends to sharpen messaging and objection handling.
  • Capture customer success stories and proof points that strengthen Conveo's market narrative.

4. Partner with Founders & Marketing
  • Provide structured product feedback to shape roadmap priorities.
  • Collaborate on campaigns, content, and sequences to boost funnel conversion.
  • Maintain crisp CRM hygiene and accurate forecasting.


What Success Looks Like
  • Qualified pipeline coverage (≥4-5× quota), stage velocity, and win-rate improvements.
  • Strong win rates (high stage-to-stage conversion, clean qualification/disqualification, and rising expansion (multi-market/multi-year, increased ACV & ARR ).
  • Referencable customers and repeatable plays we can roll out across the team.


What we're looking for
  • 5-15 years of enterprise sales in SaaS, Martech, or Market Research.
  • Track record of closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals (ACV $75K+) with long sales cycles.
  • Experience selling to Fortune 500 companies.
  • Great if you have a strong network or background in market research, insights, or consulting.
  • High energy, self-motivation, and a relentless drive to win.
  • Excellent communication skills - active listener, persuasive storyteller, and trusted advisor.
  • Comfortable with CRM tools (HubSpot, Salesforce) and multi-channel outreach.
  • Team player who thrives in a fast-paced, low-politics, high-standards environment.


Why join us

At Conveo, you'll join a team that genuinely enjoys working and spending time together. We care about building real relationships, not just great products. That's why we run quarterly team off-sites where we disconnect, reset, and have fun. Our next one is a retreat in the Alps this March.

Plus
  • Own attention for a hyper-growth, YC-backed AI company.
  • Direct access to founders and high-leverage operators.
  • Help define how AI-powered research becomes the global default.
  • Competitive compensation with meaningful equity upside.
  • A culture built on taste, speed, ownership, and ambition.
  • Opportunities to travel globally and build real relationships with customers shaping the future.

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