Sales Coach

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Sales Coach improving B2B SaaS seller performance at Higher Logic, an online engagement platform. Building coaching, onboarding, and certification programs that accelerate sales productivity.

Responsibilities:

  • Coach sales professionals through call reviews, observation, role plays, and individual development plans to improve selling skills and execution.
  • Help sellers strengthen discovery, solution selling, objection handling, product positioning, executive conversations, negotiation, and opportunity advancement.
  • Provide specific, practical feedback applicable to active opportunities and future customer conversations.
  • Facilitate onboarding sessions, workshops, practice exercises, and learning experiences for new and tenured sellers.
  • Partner with Sales Leadership to identify skill gaps, recommend development priorities, and reinforce coaching practices.
  • Partner with the People Team and Sales Leadership to build and improve onboarding, coaching, and certification programs.
  • Develop coaching guides, playbooks, certification materials, practice exercises, and other sales resources.
  • Promote consistent use of Higher Logic’s sales methodology in customer situations.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Revenue Operations to keep coaching materials current.
  • Review onboarding progress, coaching outcomes, seller feedback, ramp time, and sales performance indicators to recommend improvements.
  • Conduct business in accordance with Higher Logic policies and procedures.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

  • Strong knowledge of B2B solution selling and ability to coach sellers through each sales-process stage.
  • Strong understanding of discovery, qualification, objection handling, executive engagement, consensus building, negotiation, and closing.
  • Ability to assess sales conversations, identify performance issues, and provide clear, actionable feedback.
  • Strong coaching and mentoring skills adaptable to different experience levels, learning needs, and sales situations.
  • Ability to establish credibility with experienced sales professionals and influence performance without direct authority.
  • Strong presentation and facilitation skills for virtual and in-person coaching, workshops, and practice sessions.
  • Ability to translate complex products and technical concepts into clear, customer-focused sales messages.
  • Ability to recognize performance patterns and connect development efforts to sales outcomes.
  • Ability to turn coaching insights into practical resources and repeatable approaches.
  • Strong written communication, organization, and project management skills.
  • Working knowledge of effective adult-learning practices; instructional design experience helpful but not required.
  • Experience using CRM and conversation-intelligence platforms; learning management and sales enablement systems preferred.
  • 5+ years of successful quota-carrying experience in B2B SaaS sales, including Account Executive experience.
  • Demonstrated success with consultative, solution-based sales approaches.
  • Experience with complex sales conversations, objection handling, executive engagement, consensus building, and customer commitment.
  • Prior experience coaching, mentoring, or informally developing sales professionals.
  • Demonstrated ability to assess sales conversations and provide practical feedback.
  • Experience working with Sales Leaders to reinforce expectations, sales methodology, and selling behaviors.
  • Experience developing onboarding, coaching, certification, or repeatable sales development programs strongly preferred but not required.
  • Experience selling within a SaaS or technology organization and using CRM and conversation-intelligence tools preferred.