This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2198154 Executive Director, Sales Enablement & Operations, State & District Partnerships

College Board - State & District Partnerships

Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office)

Type: This is a full-time role

About the Team

State and District Partnerships (SDP) is laser focused on growing and maintaining College Board\'s core businesses as market dynamics change. SDP colleagues serve as the primary liaisons to states and districts which use College Board programs and services. Within SDP, the Business Planning & Operations (BP&O) team is focused on the development and implementation of efficient overall business processes within the division and with cross-organizational teams to achieve clean delivery of our programs. We use data, observation, experience, and creativity to guide decision making and process development. We serve as a resource for the planning and operations of the division; encompassing the units focused on large, state and district partnerships, International, and Unified State Strategies. Our team works to provide opportunities to students through promoting the use of College Board programs and services including the SAT Suite of Assessments, Advanced Placement, and BigFuture.

About the Opportunity

As the Executive Director, Sales Enablement & Operations, you will report into the Vice President & Operating Officer, SDP. You will provide overall leadership and management for the Sales Enablement & Operations team and provide service supports and deliverables for the division. You are directly responsible for setting and executing the strategic direction of the sales operational components necessary to ensure success of SDP as a division. You will work closely with the Regional Vice Presidents (RVPs) to understand their teams\' needs, lead the management of sales operations in support of the regions\' strategic sales and service activities. Through your work, you will manage a team that provides sales enablement for regional account management teams, ensures successful infrastructure is developed and maintained for sales operations, and leads the organization\'s proposal development, response, and revenue contract processing operations.

In this role, you will:

Own Strategic Sales Enablement (40%)

Set the overall vision and strategy to align the sales enablement systems and infrastructure to support the overarching sales strategy

Create and operate systems to enable the team to execute against a sales enablement program with a focus on increasing volumes and delivering an excellent experience for our customers

Oversee the development, execution, and maintenance of sales pipeline infrastructure in Salesforce, in collaboration with Technology, and related resources, trainings and synergy with Unified State Strategy (USS) and regional teams

In collaboration with Office of the SVP (OSVP), lead and manage the development of accurate data to facilitate goal setting at the division level by clarifying metrics and ensuring goals can be accurately cascaded and measured throughout the division.

Work in close collaboration with RVPs to implement sales enablement strategies.

Work with regional leadership to identify customer segments and develop systems to track progress towards regional goals for various customer segments

Identify how public policy, communications, marketing, partnerships support our strategy and value proposition

Work with regional sales leadership to develop, execute, and update/optimize overall sales enablement strategy for two to four years in the future, collaborating with SDP leadership, anticipating account management needs, and aligned to divisional and org nizational priorities.

Lead and design sales incentive plans, as appropriate, in collaboration with OSVP, Talent, and Finance.

Create the tools and structures to monitor and support the work aggressively in service of the account managers

Bring new ideas and recommendations on ways to enhance our sales/service work, grounded in sales best practices, research and field intelligence

Strengthen Service delivery models by executing on efforts in consultation with account management teams to create a consistent service delivery model for standard service offerings connected to SDP playbook

Lead Salesforce enhancement strategy that will track and report outcomes from sales and service activities, which captures field intel, progress to goal, short-/long-term opportunities, growth/loss of business, etc.

Oversee trainings on sales enablement and related processes, ensuring they are engaging, relevant, and immediately useful to account management teams to drive sales and/or service outcomes

Maintain and execute a philosophy of constant improvement to simplify, eliminate, automate, or build processes that meet the demands of today\'s needs as well as those of one to three years in