Area Vice President - Sales, Financial Services

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Sales

Job Details

About Salesforce

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The Experience

Salesforce is seeking a transformational Area Vice President, Sales, Financial Services - CANADA ENTERPRISE to serve as a key member and business leader to the Sales Leadership Team. This Area Vice President will be responsible for inspirational sales leadership and management of growth within the Financial Services Business Unit (Enterprise) in Canada, through rapidly growing top-line revenues and driving new business through the implementation of scalable, repeatable, structured systems and processes.

Additionally, this leader will serve as a strong Business Leader, Customer Partner, and Talent Multiplier, and will have the personal drive and commitment to both understand and successfully navigate a fast-growing, global company striving towards continued market domination in an evolving marketplace.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

• Will  help to set and implement Salesforce’s Canada Financial Services sales strategy. This executive will assume the leadership of a growing sales organization including Regional Vice Presidents (RVP), and Account Executives (AE) to help steer complex deal transactions
• Set and execute an ambitious customer acquisition strategy to generate growth in revenue and bookings
• Maintain key customer relationships and develop and implement strategies for expanding the Canadian Enterprise customer base within the Financial Services industry
• Maintain strong reporting and accountability against numbers, driving to exceed quotas, while developing and managing motivating incentive tools
• Act as a strategic thought leader and advisor to the SVP, Financial Services
• Work closely with functions and other executives across the organization to establish and develop a strong and collaborative partnership to ensure continued success
• Manage the overall sales process, set appropriate metrics for sales funnel management
• Plan and manage at both the strategic and operational levels

You're Our Person If...

• 1st or 2nd line leadership experience leading teams in strategic sales
• Deep industry expertise in the Financial Services sector
• Consistent overachievement of quota and revenue goals
• Solid track record of recruiting, developing, and retaining high performing sales organizations
• 12+ years in software and/or applications sales (ideally in a CRM, ERP and/or otherwise relevant software company), selling primarily to the CxO level
• Proven ability to drive transformational change across a large organization: understands the drivers of how to change a culture, assess performance, continuously refresh a sales organization and build capability
• Excellent operational and analytical abilities
• Consistent track record of building satisfied, loyal and referenceable customers
• Dynamic and strong sales execution mindset with a passion for a fast-paced growing environment
• Shown success working within a highly matrixed organization and establishing relationships across all functions
• Champions diversity of team, thought, and opinion with a demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with diverse team members
• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on theValues & Behaviors for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

Even Better If...

• Experience selling cloud based enterprise applications is strongly preferred

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance andbe your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you cando your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.For Ontario-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is CAD 249,000 to CAD 299,000 annually.The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.This posting is to fill a vacancy on our team, unless otherwise noted.