Sago

Sales Team Leader

Sago  •  New Jersey (Remote)  •  26 days ago
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Job Description

Sales Leadership

ROLE SUMMARY

The Sales Team Leader leads and develops an assigned sales team and is accountable for team performance, sales execution, client growth, pipeline management, and accurate forecasting. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills, a proactive approach, and a strong desire to succeed in a competitive market.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and hold assigned sales representatives accountable for individual and team sales goals.
  • Set clear expectations, priorities, performance standards, and ways of working.
  • Conduct regular one-on-ones, team meetings, pipeline reviews, deal reviews, and coaching sessions.
  • Provide timely feedback, recognize strong performance, and address performance gaps through documented coaching and corrective action when needed.
  • Create development plans and identify training, mentoring, and growth opportunities for team members.
  • Monitor workload, account coverage, and team capacity, and recommend resource or structural changes as appropriate.
  • Support recruitment, selection, onboarding, and training of new team members.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies, sales practices, approval requirements, and professional standards.
  • Communicate business and process changes clearly and build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus.

Sales Strategy and Performance

  • Partner with the EVP, Global Sales to execute sales strategies across assigned markets, products, and client segments.
  • Translate commercial priorities into team objectives, account plans, activity expectations, and measurable actions.
  • Own team pipeline quality, forecasting accuracy, opportunity stages, close dates, and next steps.
  • Analyze sales results, conversion trends, client feedback, and activity data to identify risks, opportunities, and coaching needs.
  • Provide clear performance updates and recommendations to sales leadership and help remove barriers to revenue growth.
  • Improve sales processes, reporting, tools, and operating rhythms to increase team effectiveness.
  • Support team members with complex opportunities, client strategy, negotiations, and escalations as needed.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with Marketing, Operations, Delivery, Finance, Legal, Product, and other teams to support lead generation, solution development, contracting, and client handoffs.
  • Coordinate with sales leadership to clarify ownership, avoid duplication, and support cross-sell and enterprise opportunities.

Requirements

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Sales, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Proven sales leadership experience with a strong understanding of complex sales cycles and client relationships.
  • Minimum of five years of people-management or formal sales-leadership experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in coaching, performance management, pipeline management, forecasting, and sales execution.
  • Strong leadership, communication, presentation, commercial judgment, and problem-solving skills.
  • Proficiency with CRM, sales reporting, and analytics tools.
  • Ability to lead and develop a sales team in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.

Measures of Success

  • Team achievement against revenue, pipeline, activity, retention, and growth goals.
  • Forecast accuracy, pipeline quality, CRM discipline, and consistent sales execution.
  • Improvement in team capability, accountability, and performance.
  • Strong client outcomes and effective cross-functional partnerships.
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About Sago

Today’s markets demand new research methods. Sago, formerly Schlesinger Group, is the global research and data partner that connects business questions to human answers. Backed by our history, global reach, and innovative spirit, our adaptive solutions enable organizations to move beyond buyer data spreadsheets and make confident decisions.

When businesses have questions, we find answers. We help you understand your customers as people — their wants, needs and pain points. And we’re a committed partner that works with you to define your needs. Our comprehensive suite of qualitative and quantitative capabilities equips our team to create custom-made solutions that provide extensive audience access and deliver the data you need to better serve consumers.

After 55+ years in market research, our experience and stability support reliable offerings that grow your customer knowledge base, and our commitment to continuous improvement drives us to pioneer new paths in a rapidly evolving industry. Our range of solutions and expertise is constantly expanding, but our focus remains the same: people.

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Industry
Research & Polling
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Iselin, New Jersey
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
sago.com
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