This role involves leading a sales team to drive business growth, managing strategic accounts, analyzing sales metrics, and coordinating with leadership to align revenue strategies.
Attentive® is the AI marketing platform for 1:1 personalization redefining the way brands and people connect. We’re the only marketing platform that combines powerful technology with human expertise to build authentic customer relationships. By unifying SMS, RCS, email, and push notifications, our AI-powered personalization engine delivers bespoke experiences that drive performance, revenue, and loyalty through real-time behavioral insights.
Recognized as the #1 provider in SMS Marketing by G2, Attentive partners with more than 8,000 customers across 70+ industries. Leading global brands like Crate and Barrel, Urban Outfitters, and Carter’s work with us to enable billions of interactions that power tens of billions in revenue for our customers.
With a distributed global workforce and employee hubs in New York City, San Francisco, London, and Sydney, Attentive’s team has been consistently recognized for its performance and culture. We’re proud to be included in Deloitte’s Fast 500 (four years running!), LinkedIn’s Top Startups, Forbes’ Cloud 100 (five years running!), Inc.’s Best Workplaces, and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index!
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated senior sales leader with a proven history of closing complex, high-value deals in a competitive and evolving marketing space, who will build and lead a team that is driving new business growth by owning the end to end sales cycle and adoption of our new products for our largest customers. You will manage a team of Strategic Accounts Directors and play a critical role in coaching them on developing processes, and analyzing metrics to drive key decision-making within our Strategic Sales organization.
In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to significantly impact the growth of our company, drive sales enablement, evangelize new products and execute our strategic revenue growth strategy.
What You’ll Accomplish
- Build and lead a team of high-performing individuals as the company grows, focusing on increasing wallet share of Strategic accounts through the sale of new products and expansion into portfolio brands and geos
- Leverage CRM data to construct, forecast, and manage sales activity and drive pipeline to meet revenue targets and company goals
- Lead the dialogue with sales, product management and marketing regarding market opportunities, sales positioning, use of resources and strategic planning
- Work closely with the Attentive Leadership Team, providing clear feedback on how the expansion sales motion is working and how we can better align revenue strategy with overall company objectives
- Collaborate with Sales and Customer Success teams to ensure a cohesive customer experience and build lasting relationships across customer accounts and securing expansion growth
- Engage with prospects to understand their unique and specific pain points and produce compelling business cases to meet their needs
Your Expertise
- 10+ years of B2B/Enterprise software sales with experience selling CDP/ESP required
- 5+ years of SaaS sales management experience
- Passion, drive and the desire to be a part of a growing team that makes a difference for both the company and our clients
- Excellent negotiation and leadership skills
- Record of meeting or exceeding sales quotas
- An excellent and structured verbal and written communicator
- Thrive in a fast paced, innovative work environment
- Willingness to travel, up to 25%
You'll get competitive perks and benefits, from health & wellness to equity, to help you bring your best self to work.
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For US based applicants:
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $165,000 - $220,000 annually + commission + equity + benefits
- Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location
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Attentive Company Values
Default to Action - Move swiftly and with purpose
Be One Unstoppable Team - Rally as each other’s champions
Champion the Customer - Our success is defined by our customers' success
Act Like an Owner - Take responsibility for Attentive’s success
Learn more about AWAKE, Attentive’s collective of employee resource groups.
If you do not meet all the requirements listed here, we still encourage you to apply! No job description is perfect, and we may also have another opportunity that closely matches your skills and experience.
At Attentive, we know that our Company's strength lies in the diversity of our employees. Attentive is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities for all employees, applicants and covered individuals regardless of protected characteristics. We prioritize and maintain a fair, inclusive and equitable workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Attentive is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you need any assistance or reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.
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