Strategic Sales Manager

Canals

• $150K — $180K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • History of closing seven-figure B2B deals independently.
  • Experience in managing and developing quota-carrying sales teams.
  • Strong philosophy for identifying and nurturing sales talent.
  • Proven ability to lead teams through complex and long sales cycles.
  • Presence and judgment to engage with senior executives effectively.
  • Expertise in pipeline management and forecasting accuracy.
  • Commitment to high coaching standards and direct involvement in deal strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Build and lead a team of strategic Account Executives.
  • Identify and prioritize key opportunities across multiple verticals.
  • Assist sales reps in developing effective account plans.
  • Participate in critical customer meetings to enhance sales progress.
  • Guide deal strategy from engagement to closing effectively.
  • Conduct pipeline reviews and deal strategy sessions regularly.
  • Hire exceptional sales talent with a consistent evaluation approach.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to make a significant impact in a growing company.
  • Culture focused on hiring, development, and employee environment.
  • Collaborative work environment with ambitious and thoughtful teammates.
  • Remote-first and flexible work options across the Americas.
  • Emphasis on ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement.
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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