Director/Senior Manager of Sales, Enterprise Solutions

Cvent

Tysons Corner, Virginia

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Best Practices, Budget Management, Business Administration, C-Level Management, Coaching, Compensation Analysis, Consultative Sales, Continuous Improvement, Customer Relations, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems, DNA, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Emerging Technology, Enterprise Sales, Entrepreneurship, Event Management, Event Marketing, Exceeded Sales Goal, Executive Relationships, Lead Generation, Leadership, Market Development, Marketing, Meet Sales Quota, Mentoring, Metrics, Microsoft Excel, Negotiation Skills, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Process Improvement, Product Programs, Product/Service Launch, Sales, Sales Forecasting, Sales Management, Sales Support, Salesforce.com, Software as a Service (SaaS), Solution Sales, Technical Leadership, Technology Sales, Time Management, Trade Shows, Trend Analysis, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Tysons Corner, Virginia
POSTED
30 days ago
Overview:

Our Culture and Impact

Cvent is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with more than 5,500+ employees and ~30,000 customers worldwide, including 60% of the Fortune 500. Founded in 1999, Cvent delivers a comprehensive event marketing and management platform for marketers and event professionals and offers software solutions to hotels, special event venues and destinations to help them grow their group/MICE and corporate travel business. Our technology brings millions of people together at events around the world. In short, we’re transforming the meetings and events industry through innovative technology that powers the human connection.

 

Cvent's strength lies in its people, fostering a culture where everyone is encouraged to think like entrepreneurs, taking risks and making decisions confidently. We value diverse perspectives and celebrate differences, working together with colleagues and clients to build strong connections.

 

AI at Cvent: Leading the Future

Are you ready to shape the future of work at the intersection of human expertise and AI innovation? At Cvent, we’re committed to continuous learning and adaptation—AI isn’t just a tool for us, it’s part of our DNA. We’re looking for candidates who are eager to evolve alongside technology. If you love to experiment boldly, share your discoveries, and help define best practices for AI-augmented work, you’ll thrive here. Our team values professionals who thoughtfully integrate AI into their daily work, delivering exceptional results while relying on the human judgment and creativity that drive real innovation.

 

Throughout our interview process, you’ll have the chance to demonstrate how you use AI to learn, iterate, and amplify your impact. If you’re excited to be part of a team that’s leading the way in AI-powered collaboration, we’d love to meet you.

 

Cvent is hiring a Director/Senior Manager of Sales, Enterprise Solutions, who will be responsible for managing and coaching a sales team of highly-motivated individuals to achieve the division’s aggressive sales and revenue goals.

 

This individual will have experience planning, executing, measuring, and refining programs that support the goals of the sales organization.  Programs could include strategies to increase new and renewal business, new product launches, tradeshow execution, collaboration across global offices among many other things.  This individual will work closely with sales, technology and marketing leadership to support specific lead generation, client engagement and new product initiatives, and will ensure that program goals are effectively translated into sales efforts that achieve those goals.

In This Role, You Will::
  • Drive a lively and resilient entrepreneurial culture adept at navigating change
  • Rapidly build and manage a metrics-driven, customer-focused, consultative sales organization
  • Guide, coach and mentor salespeople within the sales team
  • Facilitate successful implementation of new programs through the sales organization by ensuring sufficient process is in place; foster an organization of continuous improvement
  • Oversee, implement, and manage accurate sales forecasting, planning, and budgeting processes
  • Monitor data capture and use of reporting tools to track performance, while providing accurate and timely management reports on team metrics
  • Evaluate existing sales compensation structure and define proposed changes to improve company and individual performance; establish a strong performance management culture
  • Provide leadership through innovation, collaborating with sales, marketing, and technology leadership to identify key market opportunities and growth areas within the sector and ensure optimal support of sales activity
  • Acquire and integrate industry knowledge related to general trends, emerging technologies and competitors
  • Meet or exceed assigned sales objectives and quotas, balancing short-term efforts and long-term, maintaining success of core products while developing new revenue streams
  • Represent Cvent at industry events and client meetings, support the sales team in developing executive-level relationships and negotiating large deals
Here's What You Need::
  • 7+ years of sales management experience
  • Experience managing a similar sized team in the past of 10+ individuals including direct and indirect reports
  • Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or similar degree preferred
  • Former SaaS experience highly preferred
  • Experience with sales goal targets and delighting clients
  • Infectious passion about the benefits of technology
  • Ability to operate and make timely decisions in an ambiguous, ever-changing environment where products are often sold before they are fully developed, and features change rapidly
  • Demonstrated experience in effectively developing, managing and motivating members of the millennial generation
  • Proven track record of consistently achieving sales targets on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis
  • Expert ability to engage and generate interest from c-level executives and drive initiatives forward with account executives
  • Innovative mindset to help analyze and improve work processes and advocate internally as well as externally
  • Expert knowledge of Salesforce.com or similar CRM software
  • Strong analytical skills, experience with data analysis and proficiency in Microsoft excel
  • Must be able to travel up to 15% depending on proximity to clients; we expect significant time to be spent on-site with clients

This job posting is intended to comply with all applicable laws. Due to the remote nature of this position, if we learn during the course of our recruitment process that, due to an applicant’s location, further information about the position is required, including certain salary information, this information in this posting will be supplemented accordingly.

 

Physical Demands  
Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this position.

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About the Company

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Cvent

Cvent, Inc. (www.cvent.com) is the world’s leading provider of cloud-based software for meetings and event management.  Lanyon has just recently merged with Cvent to become the market leader in our space.  Cvent is an exciting, fast-growing tech company that provides industry-leading software to event professionals around the world. Our suite of services – online event registration, venue selection, mobile apps, email marketing, web surveys, and targeted hotel advertising opportunities – have positioned us a major player in the estimated $565 billion global meetings and events industry. Having over 2600 talented and dedicated employees, we are headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C., in McLean, Virginia, with additional U.S. offices in Portland, Austin, Dallas, Draper, Atlanta, and LA.  Internationally we have offices in New Delhi, India, London, England, and Fredericton, CA.  Cvent has received a number of awards and honors recognizing our strong company culture, innovative products, stellar customer service and support, visionary leadership and investment in our employees. We currently have job openings across all departments and locations and are looking to add valuable team members to further strengthen the company’s DNA.

COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employees
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified
FOUNDED
1930
WEBSITE
http://www.cvent.com/