Managing Director, Sales
The Vertex Companies LLC · Washington, DC · 1 wk ago
RemoteRemoteSales$167k–$328k/yrFull-time
Core Responsibilities
- Own pipeline generation, sales execution, and revenue performance across priority markets and service lines.
- Drive consistent growth in strategic, high-value deals through disciplined sales processes and active deal leadership.
- Lead account planning and expansion strategies to increase share of wallet within key clients.
- Personally engage in high-value pursuits—shaping deal strategy, messaging, and closing approach.
- Build and maintain a robust, qualified pipeline aligned to revenue targets.
- Establish forecasting rigor, pipeline governance, and sales performance metrics.
- Track and improve conversion rates, deal velocity, and win rates across the sales funnel.
- Implement a data-driven approach to sales management and performance accountability.
- Instill a high-performance, accountability-driven sales culture.
- Coach teams on consultative, value-based selling techniques tailored to complex client challenges.
- Align sales efforts across practices to drive cross-selling and integrated solution selling.
- Partner with the CCO and leadership to prioritize target markets, clients, and high-margin service offerings.
- Translate technical expertise into clear, differentiated value propositions that resonate with executive buyers.
- Support pricing strategy, commercial negotiations, and positioning for complex engagements.
- Sales Enablement & Collaboration
- Equip teams with tools, messaging, and frameworks to sell effectively across the full project lifecycle.
- Collaborate with marketing to drive demand generation and targeted campaigns that produce qualified leads.
- Ensure alignment between sales, marketing, and practice leaders to maximize revenue opportunities.
Qualifications & Competencies
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years of experience in sales leadership or business development within consulting or professional services industries.
- Experience selling solution bundles across multiple service lines in the construction industry, specifically with relationships in the owner and developer markets.
- Proven track record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets and closing complex, high-value deals related to project advisory or owner’s representative work, environmental consulting, due diligence, risk advisory, or capital project oversight services.
- Able to work alongside seller-doers and account management without creating coverage overlap.
- Experience building and scaling sales teams and implementing structured sales processes.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and clients.
- Experience leading sales strategy for industries such as construction or engineering preferred.
- Data-driven mindset with strong forecasting and pipeline management capabilities.
- Hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.