Sales Acceleration Program Manager
Pay rate: $55.00 - $56.00/hr.
About the role
The Contractor will lead strategic (often cross-functional) sales initiatives, manage enterprise account planning and operating processes, optimize sales execution to deliver exceptional client value, and deepen strategic enterprise customer relationships. This role will play a pivotal role in accelerating sales, optimizing internal and client-facing communication, and driving execution and results. They will support a selection of top enterprise accounts, working closely with leading sales account teams and interfacing directly with the clients to secure multi-million-dollar partnerships. They will also drive the execution of select strategic sales initiatives identified as priorities for the Global Enterprise Sales Team.
Responsibilities
- Support sales lead in managing top enterprise accounts
- Foster strong working relationships with key stakeholders inside and outside the business to enhance and uncover business opportunities.
- Collaborate with partners to drive mutual success and growth.
- Facilitate the execution of enterprise account plans, ensuring cross-functional alignment, timely approvals, and coordinated execution of strategic initiatives.
- Own program and relationship governance for steering committee meetings, account reviews (e.g. QBR’s), workshops, and executive touchpoints, ensuring follow-ups and action items drive measurable impact.
- Develop and refine value-adding repeatable frameworks, project plans, and best practices for account planning, business reviews, and joint go-to-market initiatives.
- Mobilize cross-functional teams to respond to customer needs
- Optimize account planning workflows by identifying inefficiencies and implementing process improvements.
- Work closely with sales leadership to streamline deal structures, approval processes, and contracting cycles, improving deal size and velocity.
- Turn account intelligence, competitive insights, and revenue forecasting into new sales strategies for value delivery and incremental revenue growth.
- Serve as central coordination point among sales, marketing, customer success, and finance, ensuring strategic alignment across client-facing teams.
- Partner with solutioning and product teams to align offerings with evolving enterprise customer needs and market trends.
- Execute sales acceleration initiatives with the sales teams, cross-functional teams, or individually to achieve business goals and objectives
- Develop definitions, strategies, and plans for specified strategic sales initiatives
- Lead and manage the execution of strategic sales initiatives
- Define and track success measures and progress indicators
- Create compelling and professional PowerPoint decks for internal and external presentations; deliver the presentations as needed
- Optimize processes, tools, operations, and data analysis to drive sales growth.
- Prepare and present reports and readouts for executive briefings.
- Ensure timely and accurate communication of progress and key insights to senior leadership.
- Monitor and analyze progress indicators to identify areas for improvement.
- Develop and implement comprehensive plans to drive growth and operational efficiency.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a corporate or enterprise business environment.
- Proven track record in supporting sales and managing enterprise accounts.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Microsoft Office Specialist certification a plus)
- Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives and deliver professional presentations. (Critical Career Skills: Professional Communication certification a plus)
- Experience in customer-facing and solution sales conversations.
- Demonstrated ability to execute sales acceleration initiatives and drive mutual success and growth.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Pay
The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is $55.00 - $56.00/hour. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment
- 10 paid days off
- 3 days paid bereavement leave
- 401(k) plan participation with employer match
- Life and disability insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Dependent care flexible spending account
- Accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Hospital indemnity insurance
- Accommodations and reimbursement for work travel
- Discretionary performance or recognition bonus
- Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.