Strategic Sales Manager

Canals

• $125K — $150K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven success in closing seven-figure B2B deals.
  • Experience in managing, hiring, and developing high-performing sales teams.
  • Ability to assess and identify strong sales talent and support team development.
  • Expertise in navigating long sales cycles with multiple stakeholders.
  • Strong presence and credibility in executive-level negotiations.
  • Solid skills in deal inspection, pipeline management, and forecasting.
  • Demonstrated commitment to high standards and direct coaching.

Responsibilities

  • Build, lead, and coach a team of strategic Account Executives.
  • Identify and prioritize high-value opportunities across multiple verticals.
  • Assist in developing account plans to navigate complex sales processes.
  • Engage in key customer meetings to build executive credibility.
  • Lead deal strategy from initial engagement through negotiation and closure.
  • Conduct pipeline reviews and deal strategy sessions with execution standards.
  • Recruit top-tier sales talent through a consistent evaluation process.

Benefits

  • Work on software that addresses significant industry challenges.
  • Opportunities to impact company growth and trajectory.
  • Emphasis on hiring, development, and career growth.
  • Collaborative environment with ambitious, thoughtful colleagues.
  • Remote-first and flexible work arrangements across the Americas.
Full Job Description
The Role

We're looking for an experienced strategic sales leader to build and lead a team of Account Executives pursuing the largest accounts in the markets Canals serves.

Your team will focus on the top companies in each vertical: accounts with complex buying processes, long sales cycles, and the potential for seven-figure deals. You'll help define how we pursue them, hire and develop the AEs who can win them, and stay close to the deals that matter most.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll coach reps through account strategy, executive engagement, negotiation, and closing. You'll also join customer conversations when your experience and presence can help move a deal forward.

What You'll Do
  • Build, lead, coach, and develop a team of strategic Account Executives
  • Identify and prioritize the largest opportunities across the verticals Canals serves
  • Help reps develop account plans and navigate long, complex sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders
  • Join high-stakes customer meetings and build credibility with senior executives
  • Guide deal strategy from initial engagement through negotiation and close
  • Run pipeline reviews, forecast calls, and deal strategy sessions with clear standards for execution
  • Hire exceptional sales talent using a thoughtful, consistent approach to evaluation
  • Develop AEs who can repeatedly win large, complex deals
  • Partner with sales leadership to set goals and refine the approach to strategic accounts
What You'll Bring
  • A demonstrated history of personally closing seven-figure B2B deals, with a clear command of what you sold, how you won, and what it took to get each deal across the finish line
  • An established track record managing, hiring, and developing quota-carrying sellers who have repeatedly closed seven-figure deals
  • A clear philosophy for identifying strong sales talent and helping people improve
  • Experience leading teams through long sales cycles, complex organizations, and executive-level negotiations
  • The presence and judgment to enter a meeting with a prospective customer's leadership team and be seen as a credible peer
  • Strong deal inspection, pipeline management, and forecasting skills
  • High standards, direct coaching, and a willingness to get involved when a deal needs your help
  • We care more about the depth of your experience and the teams you've built than a particular title or number of years in management.
Why Join Canals

We're building software that solves real problems for an industry that keeps the world running. Our customers rely on our platform every day to operate their businesses.

We've found strong product-market fit and continue to grow quickly, creating opportunities for people who want to have a meaningful impact on the trajectory of a company.

We believe great people build great companies. That's why we invest heavily in hiring, development, and creating an environment where talented individuals can do the best work of their careers.

You'll work alongside ambitious, thoughtful teammates who care deeply about what they do, challenge each other directly, and have a lot of fun along the way.

We value ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement. Good ideas can come from anywhere, and people are trusted to make things happen.

We're remote-first, flexible, and distributed across North and South America, bringing together talented people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.

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