Datarails
Sales Team Lead - Player/Coach
UK. Posted a month ago
The role
You will carry an individual quota and manage your own book of business while coaching a team of Account Executives. You will help shape deal strategy and partner with sales leadership to drive team performance.
What you will do
- Carry an individual quota and manage your own book of business.
- Prospect, run discovery, demonstrate value, negotiate, and close new business.
- Coach and support a team of Account Executives.
- Act as a hands-on resource during key sales cycles.
- Conduct regular deal reviews, pipeline reviews, call coaching, and skill development.
- Reinforce sales methodology and playbook.
- Identify performance trends, pipeline gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
- Support the onboarding and ramp of new Account Executives.
- Share feedback to improve sales processes, messaging, enablement, and execution.
- Partner with the Director and VP of Sales on team performance and forecasting.
Required qualifications
- 3+ years of proven success as a quota-carrying SaaS Account Executive.
- Consistent history of meeting or exceeding individual sales targets.
- Demonstrated leadership potential through mentoring, coaching, onboarding, enablement, or serving as an informal leader.
- Experience selling complex SaaS solutions to SMB and/or mid-market customers in a high-velocity sales environment.
- Strong deal strategy, discovery, negotiation, and closing capabilities.
- Working knowledge of modern SaaS sales methodologies such as Challenger, Sandler, Force Management, MEDDPICC, or other value-based selling methodologies.
- A data-driven approach to pipeline management, forecasting, and performance.
- Ability to balance own revenue responsibilities with the success and development of others.
- Collaborative, low-ego leadership style.
- Experience thriving in an up & comer environment where processes are still evolving.
Nice to have
- Previous experience selling to finance teams and/or the CFO's office
- Knowledge of FP&A processes
- A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field
Benefits
- Supportive, agile, and creative work environment
- Private medical and dental insurance through BUPA
- Pension scheme with salary sacrifice OR net pay options with 3% employer pension contribution
- 28 days of PTO
- 8 paid company holidays
- 7 days of company-provided sick leave
- UK parental leave policies in Rippling
About the company
Datarails is a FinTech company providing a financial planning and analysis platform that automates data consolidation, reporting, and planning. It is a leading company with over $100 million in funding.