Sales Learning Lead

We are seeking a Learning Lead - Sales Onboarding to join our team. In this position, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the success and efficiency of our Sales field. The successful candidate will be an expert in Sales training and development, plus a strong leader with exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to influence, engage, coach and inspire. You should also have the flexibility for frequent travel across the Sales field.

A day on the job looks like this:

• Design, implement and facilitate comprehensive onboarding training programs as well as development for the Sales division. Focus would be new hire development of technical and selling skills.
• Designing training materials, including manuals, presentations and e-learning modules, to ensure effective learning outcomes
• Conducting regular in-person and virtual training sessions for new hires to enhance their skills and knowledge in alignment with company goals
• Collaborating with key department stakeholders to identify specific training needs and tailor programs accordingly
• Evaluating training effectiveness through assessments, feedback and performance metrics, making necessary adjustments for continuous improvement

Requirements

Got the skills and experience? Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; adult learning certification helpful
• 5+ years sales and training experience
• Proven experience in Sales learning and development, with a focus on designing and implementing a variety of impactful learning experiences
• Strong knowledge of Sales operations, including but not limited to customer service principles, sales techniques and operational systems
• Proficient in utilizing the Salesforce platform
• Demonstrated ability to create effective training materials and adapt content to different learning styles
• Must have professional facilitator skills to engage audience and course correct when needed
• Ability to travel up to 75% of work week
• Understanding, consideration of and the ability to apply Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging best practices
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to build trusted partnerships across all levels with professional maturity
• Ability to be a proactive self-starter, able to build plans and empowered to work independently as well as a part of a large team
• Motivated lifelong learner who is always looking to improve and uses assessment to measure levels of contribution
• Ability to simplify, streamline and clearly articulate processes through clear communication and easy, practical application