RVP, Sales (Higher Education)

Salesforce•Chicago, CO

15h

About The Position

About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce. Applications will be accepted until 01/30/2026. Role Description: As a Sales Leader you will be managing and developing a team of Account Executives. You will participate and lead in client and prospect meetings as well as work cross-functionally with internal partners and corporate resources as required. You will be responsible for ongoing mentoring and development of the sales team which includes recruiting, hiring and training new team members on sales process. In this role you will report on sales activity and forecast to senior sales management. As a Regional Vice President you will be responsible for setting and implementing the Salesforce mutual Go-to-market sales strategy for the Customer 360 product family. You will lead, build and grow a sales organization for this product family in the Enterprise Higher Education (Central US) segment.

Requirements

2+ years experience in Sales Leadership
10+ years in software and/or applications sales; ideally an IT centric solution/application software, selling primarily to the CxO level (ideally CIO)
Recent experience with the Enterprise customer segment
Experience selling to customers in the Public Sector, ideally Higher Education vertical
Strong track record of success in leading complex top account teams within a high-growth, matrixed environment.
Consistent overachievement of quota and revenue goals.
Strong track record of recruiting, developing, coaching and retaining a high performing sales organization
Strong cross-functional partnership skills to drive collaboration across multiple internal and external stakeholders
Excellent presentation and executive engagement skills
Excellent negotiation skills

Responsibilities

Provide support and mentorship to direct reports by participating and leading in client and prospect meetings or engaging other corporate resources as required
Development of a winning team, including recruiting, hiring and training
Coaching direct reports on strategies to drive sales wins
Accurate reporting on sales activity and forecasting to senior sales management
Consistent monitoring of the sales activity of the team, and tracking of results
Actively leading and monitoring demand generation activities
Leading initiatives to drive customer awareness and engagement
Develop and implement successful sales campaigns
Engaging at C-level in enterprise customer organizations
Capable of successfully leading significant client concerns and issues
Work cross-functionally with internal partners and corporate resources for consistent processes and a successful team
Develop required Corporate relationships and Executive engagement to support success