Company Description
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.
Job Description
This position can be performed in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, or Washington, DC depending upon which location the applicant chosen for the role is currently residing.
At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.
Searching for your dream job? At LinkedIn, we strive to help our employees find passion and purpose. Join us in changing the way the world works. We’re much more than a digital resume – we transform lives through innovative products and technology.
We are looking for a Sales Leader to join our global LinkedIn Marketing Solutions team as a Manager within the Online Sales Organization (OSO). OSO is a fast-paced, innovative team that is transforming how advertisers connect and build relationships with their customers.
You will lead a team of account executives who are responsible for consulting with SMB, mid-market and Fortune 1000 advertisers across a variety of industries. Your team helps to ensure customers’ long-term success with LinkedIn’s full-funnel Marketing Solutions products. You will develop and execute on a sales strategy, enabling your sales team to drive long-term success with their clients at scale. You will coach and develop your team members’ skills and, in turn, their careers. You will also work with the sales leadership team to set strategic objectives and run the day-to-day operations for the team.
Responsibilities
- Lead, develop and inspire a team of Account Executives to achieve sales excellence and to overachieve on business goals by delivering customer value
- Coach and manage your team to grow and retain Marketing Solutions’ online customers through scaled activities and tools alongside one-to-one selling activities
- Identify opportunities to improve our client services or products; contribute to the development of systems, tools and processes to realize those opportunities and achieve scale
- Influence operational/sales enhancements, collaborating closely with marketing, product and other cross-functional teams
- Recommend and influence sales and operational solutions and improvements to support LinkedIn’s continued OSO advertiser growth
- Develop a strong POV on what our clients need to be successful and work with leadership to build towards that vision
- Possess strong general management capabilities. e.g. ability to report on key business trends, identify insights, create business plans and quarterly reviews
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of work experience in sales, account management, customer success, marketing or consulting.
- 2+ years of experience in advertising
- 2+ years of experience managing a sales team
- 3+ years of experience managing a team with large books or holding a large book (50+ accounts/AE)
Preferred Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience managing and developing a team
- Experience in sales, account management, customer success, marketing, advertising, consulting or sales operations.
- Experience working towards assigned performance targets and driving sustainable growth.
- Experience motivating, inspiring and driving teams to achieve sustainable growth.
- Experience with performance management
Suggested Skills
- Leadership and Team Development
- Strategic Sales Management
- Customer-Centric Approach
- Advertising and Marketing Expertise
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.
The pay range for this role is $238,000 to $363,000 (On Target Earnings). Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
Additional Information
Equal Opportunity Statement
LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: EEO Statement_2020 - Signed.pdf.
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If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.
Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:
- Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
- Having interviews in an accessible location
- Being accompanied by a service dog
- Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview
A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.
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