Higher Logic
Sales Coach
RemoteUnited States only
- Role
- Sales
- Experience
- Senior
Salary not disclosed
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No BS summary
Sales coach for B2B SaaS sellers with 5+ years of quota-carrying sales experience, including Account Executive experience. Must know consultative solution selling, discovery, objection handling, executive engagement, negotiation, CRM and conversation-intelligence tools. US-remote role.
Core skills
CRMB2B solution sellingSales coaching
Required skills
Conversation-intelligence platforms
Optional skills
Learning management systemsSales enablement systemsInstructional design
What you'll do
- Improve seller performance through hands-on coaching, structured onboarding, skills development, and reinforcement of Higher Logic’s sales methodology.
- Partner closely with Sales Leadership to help new and tenured sellers build the knowledge, behaviors, and confidence needed to achieve consistent sales outcomes.
- Help sellers strengthen core capabilities such as discovery, solution selling, objection handling, executive engagement, and advancing opportunities.
- Partner with the People Team and Sales Leadership to turn effective coaching practices into repeatable onboarding and development programs that can grow with the needs of the business.
- Provide coaching to Account Executives, Account Managers, and other customer-facing sales professionals participating in onboarding, certification, and ongoing development.
- Influence seller performance through expertise, feedback, and reinforcement without direct people management responsibility.
- 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 that sellers can apply to active opportunities and future customer conversations.
- Facilitate engaging onboarding sessions, workshops, practice exercises, and other learning experiences for new and tenured sellers.
- Partner with Sales Leadership to identify individual and team skill gaps, recommend development priorities, and reinforce effective coaching practices across the sales organization.
- Partner with the People Team and Sales Leadership to build and continuously improve repeatable onboarding, coaching, and certification programs that accelerate seller productivity.
- Develop and maintain practical coaching guides, playbooks, certification materials, practice exercises, and other resources that support consistent sales execution.
- Promote consistent use of Higher Logic’s sales methodology by helping sellers understand how to apply it in real customer situations.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Revenue Operations to ensure coaching and development materials reflect current product capabilities, messaging, market positioning, and business priorities.
- Review onboarding progress, coaching outcomes, seller feedback, ramp time, and relevant sales performance indicators to identify trends and recommend improvements.
- Conduct all business in accordance with Higher Logic policies and procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What they require
- Strong knowledge of B2B solution selling and the ability to coach sellers through each stage of the sales process.
- Strong understanding of discovery, qualification, objection handling, executive engagement, consensus building, negotiation, and closing.
- Ability to assess sales conversations, identify the underlying performance issue, and provide clear, actionable feedback.
- Strong coaching and mentoring skills, including the ability to adapt guidance 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, evaluate whether coaching is changing seller behavior, and connect development efforts to sales outcomes.
- Ability to turn individual coaching insights into practical resources and repeatable approaches that benefit the broader sales organization.
- Strong written communication, organization, and project management skills.
- Working knowledge of effective adult-learning practices.
- Experience using CRM and conversation-intelligence platforms.
- 5+ years of successful quota-carrying experience in B2B SaaS sales, including experience as an Account Executive.
- Demonstrated success using a consultative, solution-based sales approach to uncover customer needs, connect solutions to business outcomes, and advance opportunities through the sales process.
- Experience navigating complex sales conversations, including objection handling, executive engagement, consensus building, and gaining customer commitment.
- Prior experience coaching, mentoring, or informally developing sales professionals to strengthen skills and improve performance.
- Demonstrated ability to assess sales conversations and provide specific, practical feedback that sellers can apply.
- Experience working with Sales Leaders to reinforce expectations, sales methodology, and effective selling behaviors.
- Preferred: Experience developing onboarding, coaching, certification, or other repeatable sales development programs.
- Preferred: Experience selling within a SaaS or technology organization.
- Preferred: Experience using CRM and conversation-intelligence tools.
Higher Logic is an engagement platform delivering online communities and communication tools to organizations looking to build, retain, and grow their member or customer base.
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