Location: London [Remote UK], Berlin [ Remote Germany], Paris [ Remote France], Ghent [Remote Belgium]
Reports to: Senior Manager, Sales Enablement
Regional Enablement Implementation
The Field Sales Enablement Manager is responsible for designing, delivering, and optimizing enablement programs that elevate the performance, productivity, and consistency of the Field Sales Teams across a region. This role partners with Field Sales Leadership & Operations, cross‑functional stakeholders, and subject matter experts to ensure that the Field Account Executives are equipped with the skills, content and knowledge needed to drive revenue growth and execute effectively in their territories.
This role requires extensive travel within the region [50-75%] , spending meaningful time in the field to observe real customer interactions, conduct ride‑alongs, and provide timely, actionable feedback and it necessitates being a native speaker of the region to ensure full linguistic and cultural fluency.
Regional Enablement Partnership
Act as the Enablement Business Partner for the region and by utilizing your “on-the-ground” analysis and deep understanding of the business landscape identify gaps, prioritize opportunities, and develop actionable solutions and proactively make recommendations to regional sales leadership. Advocate effectively for your region by building a compelling case for necessary resources and support, ensuring alignment with the Enablement team.
Enablement Strategy & Program Development
Collaborate with the Enablement Team Manager to build and execute comprehensive enablement strategies focused on prospecting, territory management, solution selling, and deal closure.
Training Design & Delivery
Create and facilitate onboarding programs tailored to the needs of Field Sales Account Executives, and skill‑development workshops focused on converting knowledge into skills through flipped classroom, roleplays, simulations, and field‑based learning such as ride‑alongs and in‑territory coaching sessions.
Content & Tools Creation
Develop high‑impact enablement assets—including playbooks, territory planning frameworks, pitch decks, objection‑handling guides, demo scripts, and customer conversation frameworks—to support consistent and effective selling.
Cross‑Functional Collaboration
Partner with Product, Marketing, Operations, and regional Sales Leadership to ensure alignment in messaging, product positioning, and go‑to‑market strategies across territories and segments.
Coaching & Performance Support
Provide targeted coaching to Field Sales Account Executives to strengthen prospecting, presentation, negotiation, and pipeline management capabilities. Conduct regular ride‑alongs and shadowing sessions, offering structured feedback immediately after customer meetings to reinforce best practices and drive behavioral change.
Certification & Competency Frameworks
Build and maintain certification programs and competency models to ensure Field Sales teams meet performance standards and adhere to sales methodologies.
Enablement Outputs related:
Business Outcomes related:
Influence role-specific KPIs, such as: including pipeline generation [#SQLs], conversion rates [ #demos; meetings held], average deal size, sales cycle length—to measure program impact and progress against goals.
Experience working in the field—travelling with reps, observing customer interactions, and delivering in‑the‑moment coaching—is strongly preferred.
What will help you kick ass in this role?
Comfort with frequent travel and a hands-on coaching style that thrives in real‑world field settings.
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Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Where to from here?
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.
Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.
Who we are:
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.
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