Sales Manager, Mid-Market - East
Serval· Sales
New York, San Francisco$350kFull-timePosted 8mo ago
About the role
Manager of Mid-Market Account Executives leading the founding mid-market sales team, defining commercial motion, hiring and coaching AEs, and driving multi-stakeholder IT and Security deals. Based in New York with office requirement; travel up to ~25%.
Responsibilities
- Build, hire, and scale the mid-market AE team from the ground up, defining team structure and hiring profiles.
- Coach and develop your team through deal strategy, pipeline reviews, forecast management, and continuous skill development.
- Drive team performance and hold accountability for team quota attainment, pipeline generation, and sales velocity metrics.
- Maintain a personal book of business and close strategic deals to stay close to customers and model best practices.
- Develop and refine the mid-market sales playbook — including outbound motions, qualification frameworks, demo narratives, and closing strategies.
- Partner with GTM leadership to define ICP, pricing and packaging, and territory/account assignment for the mid-market segment.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, marketing, and engineering to shape roadmap priorities, messaging, and enablement based on customer and team feedback.
- Implement sales process rigor: pipeline hygiene, CRM discipline, accurate forecasting, and deal inspection cadences.
- Represent Serval at industry events and strategic customer meetings (travel ≈ 25%)
Qualifications
- 5–8 years of B2B SaaS sales experience with at least 2 years managing and developing high-performing AE teams.
- Proven track record of building and scaling sales teams at early-stage companies (Seed → Series B).
- Consistent overachievement as both an individual contributor and a people manager — President's Club, top performer recognition, or rapid career progression.
- Deep understanding of full-cycle sales in technical or workflow automation solutions, selling to IT, Security, or Engineering buyers.
- Skilled at coaching complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles (1–4 months) with VP/C-suite decision-makers.
- Strong player-coach mentality — willing to carry a book of business while building the team and process.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and executive presence with the ability to inspire and hold teams accountable.
- Based in or willing to work from our San Francisco HQ five days a week, with regular travel to support team and customers.
Skills
Required:B2B SaaS salesSales leadershipFull-cycle sales to IT/Security/Engineering
Benefits
- In addition to salary, meaningful early-stage equity and a range of benefits to support well-being and growth — including comprehensive health coverage, flexible PTO, daily lunches and snacks, onsite gym access, and regular team events and offsites.
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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