Sales Director

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Lead the North American sales team to optimize performance, pipeline health, and drive new business acquisition and account expansion.

Overview

We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Sales Director to lead the business development segment of our North American Sales team. This role reports directly to the VP, Sales, North America, and is responsible for leading, developing, and optimizing the performance of client-facing sales professionals responsible for new business acquisition and account expansion.

This is a dedicated sales leadership role focused on building team capability, driving consistent pipeline health, and ensuring execution of the company’s consultative sales strategy. This position is responsible for team quota attainment, revenue predictability, pipeline coverage ratios and conversion rates, forecast accuracy, sales execution discipline, and talent development outcomes. The Sales Director partners closely with Marketing, Delivery, Client Success, and Product leadership to ensure alignment across the full client lifecycle and a cohesive go-to-market strategy.

At Prosci, we are a purpose-driven organization full of passionate, curious, and results-oriented people. Working at Prosci means being part of a dynamic team that is dedicated to our purpose of creating a world where change is done right. Join us and be part of a culture that thrives on continuous learning, growth, and making a difference.

Check out our website for more about our team and approach: https://www.prosci.com/about

Key Responsibilities

Sales Team Leadership & Performance Management

  • Lead and manage the business development sales team across the North American market.
  • Establish clear performance expectations, sales targets, and operating rhythms to drive predictable revenue outcomes.
  • Monitor and manage team performance through weekly pipeline inspection with documented deal next steps, deal qualification enforcement, and performance coaching.
  • Provide consistent feedback, skill development, and career growth support to sales team members.
  • Partner with the VP, Sales and Talent team to recruit, onboard, and retain high-performing sales professionals.
  • Foster a high-performance sales culture rooted in accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Sales Execution & Pipeline Leadership

  • Oversee pipeline development, opportunity progression, and forecast accuracy and commit discipline across the client/business development team.
  • Ensure disciplined use of CRM systems, data integrity, and adherence to defined sales processes and methodologies (e.g., MEDDPICC).
  • Guide complex deal strategy, qualification, and negotiation planning to improve conversion and deal quality.
  • Partner with the VP, Sales to provide regular performance reporting, forecasting insights, and market feedback.

Account Growth & Go-to-Market Execution

  • Oversee account planning and business development strategies to drive expansion within key client segments.
  • Ensure consistent execution of consultative, insight-led selling approaches across the team.
  • Partner with Marketing to align demand generation initiatives, campaigns, and events with sales priorities.
  • Collaborate with Delivery and Client Success teams to support successful transitions from sale to implementation and long-term client growth.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Serve as a key liaison between Sales and internal partners including Marketing, Product, Delivery, Legal, and Finance.
  • Ensure alignment between client commitments, service delivery capabilities, and business objectives.
  • Provide field insights to help inform solution development, messaging, and market positioning.

Market & Client Insight Leadership

  • Maintain strong awareness of market trends, competitor positioning, and evolving client needs within professional services and advisory environments.
  • Support executive-level client engagement as needed to strengthen strategic relationships and advance major opportunities.
  • Represent Prosci at selected industry events and client forums.

Requirements

Success Profile

Based on this role’s scope and responsibilities, we are seeking candidates with the following minimum qualifications, skills, attributes, and competencies.

Competencies

  • Plans and Aligns: Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
  • Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
  • Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
  • Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
  • Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
  • Instills Trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
  • Drives Results: Consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances.

Technical/Functional Skills

  • Experience implementing and reinforcing structured sales methodologies and pipeline management practices.
  • Strong executive communication skills and ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
  • Proficiency with CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce), sales analytics, and virtual collaboration tools.

Qualifications

  • 10 years of experience in a quota-carrying B2B sales role, with 5+ years of experience leading a sales team.
  • Proven success leading consultative sales teams selling professional services, advisory, consulting, or training solutions in complex buying environments.
  • Prior experience leading teams of 5-10 quota-carrying sales professionals
  • Demonstrated ability to lead team-based revenue performance and pipeline development in complex, multi-stakeholder sales environments.
  • Strong track record of coaching and developing sales professionals to improve performance and capability.
  • Experience implementing and reinforcing structured sales methodologies and pipeline management practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder buying processes.

Additional Information

Travel Requirements: This role requires 20-30% travel for conferences, direct client or partner meetings as needed.

Work Location: This is a remote role and open to either US or Canada.

Compensation: $265-280k USD is the is the anticipated OTE (On-Target Earnings) salary range for this role, with a 50-50 split between base salary and variable comp.

Benefits: Through our experience and strategic focus on the people side of change, we know that by taking care of our people, we are taking care of our business. In addition to the compensation detailed above, we offer comprehensive wellness benefits, including generous flexible paid time off, holidays and volunteer time, medical, dental, vision, long-term and short-term disability programs, life insurance, pet insurance, 401k with company matching, and access to LinkedIn Learning.  Our “mostly virtual” culture is vibrant with many opportunities to collaborate with colleagues from around the world, get involved in employee-led interest and resource groups, and to meet up with team members at in-person local or market-wide events.

We hope you're interested in making a difference with us. Even if you don't feel that you meet every requirement listed in this job description, we still encourage you to apply. Prosci is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.  Employment opportunities at Prosci are available to all applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. You can learn more about our efforts to build a more inclusive, equitable and diverse organization: https://www.prosci.com/about/dei.

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Prosci was founded in 1994 by former Bell Labs engineer and program manager Jeff Hiatt. Today, we are a global team of change fanatics and advocates focused on customer success.We're passionate about helping your organization build effective change capabilities. We combine scientific principles and a focus on the people side of change to deliver superior training programs, maintain the industry's largest body of change management knowledge, and ensure exceptional customer experiences.

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