Sales Manager, SMB

We are looking for a talented Sales Manager to join our fast growing Klaviyo Sales organization!

In this role as a Sales Manager, you will lead a team of Account Executives selling into our Upper Small Business Segment, and be responsible for increasing our client base through inbound, outbound and partner channels.

In this role, you will recruit, develop and support new and existing Account Executives to ensure that they meet specific new business goals on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

The role will report into our Director of Sales.

This individual needs a proven track record of at least 2 years experience managing individual contributors.

In addition experience working more complex accounts (Enterprise accounts a plus), which require building out work back plans, ROI reports, security assessments and legal modifications.

You'll be responsible for training and developing your direct reports (a team of 8-9), while also being on top of the forecast and important lead indicators of success.

This individual should have a proven playbook of how to manage 1:1s, weekly meetings, overall cadence with the team and most importantly a strategy for generating outbound opportunities.

We are looking for a Sales Manager who is passionate about working in a team environment and has the ability to hold their team accountable.

How You Will Make a Difference:

• Hold 1:1s with direct reports
• Manage the accuracy of your forecast
• Ongoing mentorship and development of a sales team which includes recruiting, hiring and training
• Drive and motivate the team around key objectives
• Drive outbound efforts in generating and closing new business
• Enforce weekly scorecard reviews to identify gaps in performance and areas for improvement
• Inter-department collaboration across product, marketing, training, support

Who You Are:

• Located in one of our office hubs
• 3+ years of Account Executive experience - experience in high-transaction sales preferred
• Minimum 1.5 years management experience required, 3+ years preferred
• Experience either in management or as an individual contributor at working complex accounts that require legal modifications, RFPs, security assessments, creating work back plans
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of individuals who are tenured in their sales experience
• A passion for training and development
• Savvy with data and looking at trend analysis to measure rep performance
• Comfortable with change and a fast paced work environment
• Confident and willing to take part in healthy debates
• Detail oriented, organized and a self-starter
• Strong coaching and leadership skills
• Proven track record in the MarTech space a plus

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Our salary range reflects the cost of labor across various U.S. geographic markets.

The range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all our US locations.

The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant’s job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.

In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility.

Please visit Klaviyo Rewards to find out more about our Total Rewards package.

Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Base Pay Range For US Locations:

$138,000—$138,000 USD

Get to Know Klaviyo

We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh).

We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before.

We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond.

To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers.

If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.

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