Canon

Sales Manager, Enterprise Account

Canon$76K — $114K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 7+ years of B2B sales experience, ideally managing direct sales teams.
  • Experience in complex enterprise sales, focusing on Fortune 1000 and Higher Education/Public Sector preferred.
  • Proficient in modern sales tools: Salesforce, ZoomInfo, Google Workspace, and AI research tools.
  • Demonstrates grit, resilience, and strategic agility with a growth mindset.

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage a high-performing Enterprise Account Executive team.
  • Develop and implement strategies to capture market share in target accounts.
  • Conduct coaching and pipeline reviews to accelerate sales processes.
  • Encourage the adoption of innovative sales methodologies and tools.
  • Drive team accountability to ensure achievement of sales quotas.

Benefits

  • Monthly transportation allowance.
  • Merit-based sales achievement trips.
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage.
  • 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions.
  • Discretionary profit and success sharing programs.
  • Educational assistance for professional development.
  • Flexible hybrid work schedule.
Full Job Description
About the Role

Are you a proven sales leader looking for the rare opportunity to build a high-impact enterprise sales team from the ground up?

Canon U.S.A. is expanding its Enterprise division, and we are looking for a strategic Sales Manager to recruit, direct, and scale a team of Enterprise Account Executives. In this role, you will lead the charge in penetrating high-value Fortune 1000 commercial enterprises and capturing massive, untapped market share across Higher Education institutions.

We are seeking a forward-thinking sales leader who thrives on innovation and leverages modern sales technologies (Salesforce, ZoomInfo, Account-Based Marketing, and AI research tools) to help their team break into hard-to-reach accounts and close complex, multi-stakeholder deals.

Your Impact

- Build and Lead a Top-Tier Team: Recruit, coach, and mentor a team of Enterprise Account Executives executing aggressive net-new acquisition strategies across curated, high-potential target accounts.
- Drive Strategic Expansion: Lead field strategy to capture market share within Fortune 1000 and Higher Education accounts, ensuring your team achieves 100% of quota.
- Hands-On Leadership: Conduct field coaching, executive ride-alongs, pipeline reviews, and strategic forecasting to accelerate deal cycles.
- Champion Sales Innovation: Foster modern sales methodologies, encouraging the use of AI tools, ABM strategies, and deep account research to drive executive engagement.

About You: The Skills & Expertise You Bring

- Leadership Track Record: Bachelor's degree required, plus 7+ years of progressive B2B sales experience with proven success managing direct sales teams preferred.
- Enterprise and Public Sector Acumen: Demonstrated experience navigating long-cycle, complex enterprise sales (Fortune 1000 and/or Higher Education/Public Sector experience preferred).
- Modern Sales Tech Champion: Comfortable leveraging and teaching modern sales tools, including Salesforce CRM, ZoomInfo, Google Workspace, and AI research tools.
- Core Characteristics: High grit, resilience, strategic agility, a growth mindset with a strong eagerness to learn, and an unwavering commitment to team accountability.
- Industry Experience: Office technology or B2B tech background is preferred, but not required. We value proven enterprise leadership, hunting grit, and strategic execution above an industry-specific background.
What We Offer:
- Anticipated Base Salary Range: $76,150 - $114,040 annually.
- Incentive Compensation: Eligible for incentive compensation under the terms of an applicable plan and/or policy.
- Perks: Monthly transportation allowance, eligible for merit-based sales achievement trips, comprehensive healthcare, 401(k) savings plan, discretionary profit sharing, discretionary success sharing, and educational assistance.
- Workstyle: Hybrid work schedule offering flexibility between remote work and local office or customer engagement.

Workstyle Description

Sales - This position is full-time and offers a hybrid work schedule requiring you to report to your local office as directed by management, and to be available to customers in-person or remotely (as dictated by customer needs), and provides the option to work from home on other business days (except to the extent business needs dictate otherwise). Note that work schedules and office reporting requirements may change from time to time based on business needs as determined by the Company.

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About Canon

Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation that specializes in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, steppers, computer printers, and medical equipment. The company was founded in 1937 by Takeshi Mitarai, Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida, and Takeo Maeda. Canon is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has operations in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. The company is known for its EOS line of digital single-lens reflex cameras, its PIXMA line of inkjet printers, and its imageRUNNER ADVANCE line of multifunction printers.
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184,034 employees
Market Cap
$29.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$83.3 billion
5 Year Trend
+0.6%
Revenue
$3,160.2 billion
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