Sr. Manager GTM Live Training
What You'll Do
Avalara is building a world-class Revenue Enablement Center of Excellence. We are seeking a data-driven Senior Manager, Live GTM Training to lead our global facilitation team. In this role, you will oversee the delivery of training across our Go-To-Market (GTM) organization, acting as a strategic partner to leaders in Learning Strategy, Enablement Operations, and Instructional Design.
Lead a High-Performing Team: Hire, develop, and coach a global team of live trainers embedded within specific GTM departments, ensuring they act as strategic partners to managers and revenue leaders.
Guide Outbound Sales Effectiveness: Help deliver targeted outbound sales enablement training. Equip reps to build the pipeline and build high-conversion outbound strategies in markets.
Enable Frontline Managers & Sales Leaders: Deliver specialized live training and coaching programs designed specifically for sales leaders and frontline managers, empowering them to effectively reinforce methodologies, drive team performance, and lead from the front.
Live Certification Training & Revenue Impact: Direct a team of live trainers and facilitate sessions as an engaged manager. Implement programs anchored in core methodologies (e.g., MEDDPICC, Value Selling) to allow teams on pricing, products, and forecasting. Provide field insights to the Learning Strategy team to shape rigorous certification programs that enforce strict methodology adherence.
Build a 'Train the Trainer' Model: Develop a scalable program that empowers internal Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and leaders to facilitate live training and promote learning.
Deliver Excellence at Scale: Establish the standard for engaging, interactive live training that respects seller capacity and maximizes learning retention. Oversee live onboarding and ongoing mastery programs in both virtual and in-person environments.
Execute Strategic Events in Partnership: Collaborate tightly with enablement peers (such as Learning Strategy) and sales leadership to ensure the high-impact execution of live training for major GTM events, including Sales Kick-Offs (SKOs), regional summits, and targeted workshops. Own the excellence of facilitation and delivery while partnering to bring the broader curriculum strategy and success metrics to life.
Pioneer AI in Enablement: Champion Avalara's AI-First approach by integrating artificial intelligence into how we scale live training, enhance conversation intelligence, scale roleplay coaching, and deploy just-in-time resources.
What You’ll Need To Be Successful
Leadership Experience: 5-8+ years of overall experience in revenue enablement, B2B sales, or learning & development, with at least 2-3+ years of direct people management experience leading and scaling teams within global, high-growth SaaS organizations.
Outbound & Leadership Training Expertise: Demonstrated experience specifically training outbound sales teams, managers, and senior sales leaders.
Certification Execution: Experience delivering live training that grows rigorous rep certification programs across several sales enablement disciplines.
Methodology Mastery: Expertise in implementing and coaching to established sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDPICC, Value Selling).
Data-Driven Mindset: Proficiency in enablement KPIs. Experience connecting learning outcomes to growth and discussing performance metrics with executive partners.
AI & Tech Fluency: Perspective on how to use AI tools and conversation intelligence platforms to improve coaching, feedback, and training scale.
Agility & Operational Excellence: Partner with Enablement Leadership to guide by prioritizing projects, running retrospectives, and building precise rollouts.
Logistical Readiness: Ability to travel domestically and internationally to support team development and global events.
Total Rewards
Great compensation package
Paid time off
Paid parental leave
Many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses
Health & Wellness Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance
Inclusive culture and diversity
Employee-run resource groups
About Avalara
We are defining the relationship between tax and tech. We've already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year.
We are a billion-dollar business with a mission to be part of every transaction in the world. We are bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear.
We are An Equal Opportunity Employer supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion, and committed to integrating them into our business practices and organizational culture.