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Sales Manager

Pavago · Remote, South Africa

Sales - CorporateManager LevelRemoteQuick applyfull-time9 days ago

About The Role

  • 🚀 Sales Manager (Team Leadership & Revenue Growth)
  • Full-Time | Remote | U.S. Business Hours
  • 🔥 About the Role
  • We’re hiring a high-performing Sales Manager to lead, coach, and scale a results-driven sales team for one of our clients.

This role is ideal for someone who

  • Knows how to build winning sales teams
  • Loves coaching and performance management
  • Understands the full sales cycle deeply
  • Thrives in fast-paced, growth-focused environments
  • Can turn pipeline data into actionable growth strategies

You’ll play a key role in

  • ✅ driving revenue growth
  • ✅ improving team performance
  • ✅ optimizing sales processes
  • ✅ building scalable sales systems
  • This is not a passive management role — we’re looking for a hands-on sales leader who actively drives execution, accountability, and results.
  • 📈 What You’ll Own

Sales Team Leadership & Coaching

  • Lead, motivate, and manage a high-performing sales team
  • Set:
  • KPIs
  • quotas
  • activity metrics
  • performance expectations
  • Conduct:
  • 1-on-1 coaching sessions
  • pipeline reviews
  • call reviews
  • performance feedback sessions
  • Build a strong, competitive, and collaborative sales culture

Sales Strategy & Execution

  • Drive execution across the full sales process:
  • prospecting
  • qualification
  • demos
  • follow-ups
  • negotiations
  • closing
  • Develop sales strategies that improve:
  • conversion rates
  • pipeline velocity
  • revenue growth
  • Analyze sales data to identify:
  • bottlenecks
  • opportunities
  • underperformance trends

Onboarding & Sales Enablement

  • Own onboarding and ramp-up process for new sales hires
  • Train team members on:
  • sales processes
  • objection handling
  • communication
  • CRM workflows
  • Improve:
  • sales scripts
  • playbooks
  • outreach messaging
  • sales processes
  • Ensure the team maintains strong product and market knowledge

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with:
  • Marketing
  • Operations
  • Customer Success
  • Leadership
  • Align:
  • lead generation
  • messaging
  • pipeline quality
  • customer experience
  • Support seamless handoffs between sales and delivery teams

Pipeline Management & Forecasting

  • Review and manage sales pipelines daily
  • Monitor:
  • close rates
  • deal progression
  • forecasting accuracy
  • rep activity metrics
  • Deliver accurate forecasts and performance reporting to leadership
  • Ensure CRM hygiene and consistent pipeline tracking

🎯 What We’re Looking For

Core Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in:
  • sales management
  • business development
  • account management
  • Proven track record of:
  • hitting/exceeding revenue targets
  • managing successful sales teams
  • Strong leadership, coaching, and communication skills
  • Deep understanding of:
  • outbound sales
  • pipeline management
  • lead conversion
  • deal closing
  • Experience using CRM systems and sales reporting tools
  • Comfortable managing performance in fast-paced environments

⭐ Nice to Have

  • Experience in:
  • SaaS
  • B2B services
  • staffing/recruiting
  • agency environments
  • Experience building:
  • sales playbooks
  • onboarding systems
  • enablement materials
  • Familiarity with:
  • HubSpot
  • Salesforce
  • Outreach
  • Apollo
  • LinkedIn Sales Navigator
  • Experience scaling remote sales teams

📅 What a Typical Day Looks Like

  • Lead sales standups and coaching sessions
  • Review pipelines and rep performance metrics
  • Conduct call reviews and deal strategy discussions
  • Collaborate with Marketing on lead quality and campaigns
  • Improve scripts, messaging, and sales workflows
  • Forecast revenue and identify pipeline risks
  • Support reps with closing opportunities and overcoming objections

In short

  • You drive team performance, revenue growth, and operational excellence across the sales organization.
  • 📊 Success Looks Like
  • Team consistently hitting or exceeding quotas
  • Improved pipeline conversion rates
  • Strong forecasting accuracy
  • Reduced ramp time for new hires
  • Higher sales productivity and accountability
  • Strong collaboration between Sales, Marketing, and Operations

🌍 Why This Role Stands Out

  • Direct impact on company revenue and growth
  • High ownership and leadership visibility
  • Opportunity to build and scale a strong sales culture
  • Collaborative, growth-oriented environment
  • Fully remote flexibility
  • Clear path toward:
  • Director of Sales
  • VP Sales
  • Revenue Leadership roles

🧪 Interview Process

  • Initial Phone Screen
  • Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter
  • Leadership & Sales Strategy Interview
  • Final Client Interview
  • Background Verification

👉 Apply Now

If you

  • Love coaching and developing sales talent
  • Thrive on hitting targets and improving performance
  • Enjoy building scalable sales systems
  • Want to lead a growing, high-performance sales team

This role is a strong fit for you.

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