Apollo.io

Sales Manager, SMB Account Executive

Apollo.io$200K — $250K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1+ year of direct sales experience in net new closing
  • 2+ years managing a team of 6+ account executives
  • Proven top performer with a consistent track record
  • Strong consultative selling skills and sales process experience
  • C1 English level
  • Data-driven approach to sales performance
  • Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of SMB Account Executives to exceed targets
  • Establish performance-driven culture with scalable processes
  • Foster a collaborative environment that supports career growth
  • Analyze sales data to identify improvement areas in processes
  • Implement strategies for training and pipeline growth
  • Maintain accurate pipeline visibility and forecasting
  • Predict team outcomes within a 10% margin

Benefits

  • Equity options
  • Company bonus or commissions
  • 401(k) plan
  • 10+ paid holidays and flexible PTO
  • Parental leave and employee assistance programs
  • Global travel coverage
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
Full Job Description


As a Sales Manager in the SMB segment (1 to 200 employees), you will directly manage a team of 8+ SMB AE's and drive new business revenue across Apollo's largest customer segment: Small businesses. Your role includes providing 1:1 coaching and performance management, developing your team's ability to consultatively sell across our personas and implement new strategies to achieve your revenue targets. Additionally, you will work cross-functional projects across Product, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, Onboarding, Marketing, Legal, and Marketing to help unblock your team.

Day in the life...

Leadership & Team Management
    1. Lead, mentor, and manage a team of SMB Account Executives, driving performance to exceed targets while providing coaching, training, and development opportunities.
    2. Establish a performance-driven culture with clear goals, continuous feedback, and a focus on team efficiency and productivity through scalable processes.
    3. Foster a collaborative and positive work environment, empowering innovation, career growth, and regular performance reviews.

Sales Strategy & Deal Management
    1. Analyze sales data and call coaching to identify areas for improvement in the sales process, driving revenue impact and higher win rates.
    2. Develop and implement strategies to support training efforts, objection handling techniques, and drive pipeline growth.
    3. Ensure pipeline cleanliness with accurate stages, ARR, and forecast categories to provide clear overviews of team pipelines and deal progress.
    4. Accurately predicting your most likely outcome within a 10% margin.

Mindset and Behaviors
  • Drive Impact & Innovation - Bring your ideas, strategies, and bold thinking to shape our company's values, culture, and future vision.
  • Thrive in a High-Performing Team - Be your authentic self in a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative environment that pushes you to be your best.
  • Embrace Challenges & Win - Excel in a competitive space where overcoming objections and turning setbacks into opportunities fuel your success.
  • Own Your Success - Maintain a sharp focus on goals, take responsibility for outcomes, and continuously push yourself to improve.
  • Bring the Hunger to Win - Stay proactive, seize opportunities, and outperform in a fast-paced environment.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Have at least 1 year of direct sales experience in net new closing experience
  • Have at least 2 years of experience directly managing a team of 6+ account executives in net new closing experience
  • Top performer in your current role.
  • Proven track record of consistently meeting team targets, min of 3 trailing quarters
  • Experience using and coaching teams to have strong consultative selling skills & sales process in their day to day.
  • Must have a C1 English Level
  • Have a data driven approach to drive sales performance
  • Ability to communicate, present to, and influence key stakeholders across both technical and non-technical roles.
  • Adaptable with change and finding smarter ways to achieve goals.
  • Be a coach and be coachable- loves to learn, receive feedback, and improve their skill and also loved to provide coaching to their team to help them improve their sales skills


The listed Pay Range reflects the total cash compensation inclusive of annual base salary and annual bonus as applicable. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonus target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Apollo and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate's experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity; company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; at least 10 paid holidays per year, flex PTO, and parental leave; employee assistance program and wellbeing benefits; global travel coverage; life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance; FSA/HSA and medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Pay Transparency Range

$200,000-$250,000 USD

About Apollo.io

Apollo.io is a provider of sales engagement and lead generation software that helps businesses find and connect with potential customers. The company's products include Apollo Prospector, which uses artificial intelligence to identify and prioritize leads based on a company's ideal customer profile; Apollo Outreach, which automates the process of sending personalized emails and follow-up messages to prospects; and Apollo X, which provides real-time insights into sales performance and customer engagement. Apollo.io's customers include some of the world's largest companies in industries such as finance, healthcare, and e-commerce.
Learn more about Apollo.io
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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