Senior Vice President, North America Sales

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OVERVIEW:

The Senior Vice President of North America Sales (SVP, NA Sales) will lead Skillsoft's North American Sales teams. This individual will continue to transform this sales organization into a high performing team that drives top-line revenue growth through new customer acquisition, penetrating white space in existing accounts through cross-selling and selling, and existing account management/growth.

OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS:

• Lead and develop teams to generate new ARR through net new logo and existing customer expansion while ensuring the team is organized appropriately and executing at scale.
• Develop and implement plan for delivering strategic growth objectives for the NA Sales team in alignment with Skillsoft's revenue growth targets.
• Provides ongoing strategic guidance on customer segmentation, coverage models, sales methodologies and process.
• Design and refinement of an organization that can serve the different segments more efficiently, and staffing the organization at the optimal level.
• Lead and develop subordinate managers and sales reps
• In collaboration with Sales Effectiveness and Sales Ops teams, ensure effective, efficient and consistent value articulation and sales performance to meet revenue targets.
• Absorb and analyze feedback from the market and communicate that back to the content, product, and marketing teams to help drive the product roadmap and corporate priorities.
• Influence the sales process, technology, administration, analytics, and other areas that impact sales results.
• Effectively use and analyze data to recognize trends and anticipate challenges in the Skillsoft ecosystem.
• Interact with and influence senior leaders/clients to ensure a very high level of customer satisfaction.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 20+ years of successful sales leadership experience.
• Significant sales experience in SaaS or PaaS enterprise software with a proven track-record of consistently exceeding annual team quotas and leading above performance targets.
• Strong business acumen, including the ability, drive, and desire to deliver outstanding results from both a revenue and profitability perspective.
• Exceptional leadership skills, evidenced by successfully building, motivating, and managing high-performance teams in high growth environments; specific experience in managing both outside and inside sales teams.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage customer executive relationships at the highest levels.
• Specific experience organizing and/or reorganizing a company or segment of a company for growth into new markets, product lines and geographies, while addressing strategic growth opportunities in a mature base business.
• Maintains a high level of energy, enthusiasm, engagement, and commitment to action.
• A decisive individual who possesses a "big picture" perspective.

SUCCESS QUALITIES:

Personally Accountable for Team Success. We unleash our edge together.

Confident Achievers. We are bold.

Intellectually Curious. We are sharp.

Adaptable, Agile & Resilient. We are driven.

Customer First. We are real.

MORE ABOUT SKILLSOFT:

Skillsoft delivers online learning, training, and talent solutions to help organizations unleash their edge. Leveraging immersive, engaging content, Skillsoft enables organizations to unlock the potential in their best assets – their people – and build teams with the skills they need for success. Empowering 36 million learners and counting, Skillsoft democratizes learning through an intelligent learning experience and a customized, learner-centric approach to skills development with resources for Leadership Development, Business Skills, Technology & Development, Digital Transformation, and Compliance.

Skillsoft and SumTotal are partners to thousands of leading global organizations, including many Fortune 500 companies. The company features three award-winning systems that support learning, performance and success: Skillsoft learning content, the Percipio intelligent learning experience platform, and the SumTotal suite for Talent Development, which offers measurable impact across the entire employee lifecycle. Learn more at www.skillsoft.com.

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