Sr. Manager, Sales Associate Program

Align Technology

  • Morrisville, North Carolina
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    Reporting to North America Learning & Development leadership, you will own the North America Sales Associate program and lead the management and support team to drive the structure, rigor, and processes to create a reliable and field-ready Territory Manager bench. Skills: Sales, sales process, sales training, sales leadership, coaching, performance development, data fluency, process improvement, training facilitation, project management, presentation, knowledge application, performance management, interviewing.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationMorrisville, North Carolina

    Description

    Description



    Role summary  

    This position is ideal for an experienced field sales leader or early-in-career program manager to join the North America Learning & Development team as Sr.Manager, Sales Associate Program, ensuring our sales associates teams are equipped with the knowledge and skills to move to field-based sales roles and win.  

    Reporting to North America Learning & Development leadership, you will own the North America Sales Associate program and lead the management and support team to drive the structure, rigor, and processes to create a reliable and field-ready Territory Manager bench.  

    This is a full time position in our Morrisville, NC or Tempe, AZ office.  

     

    Role expectations  

    • Own the Sales Associate program, including structure and integrity, recruiting and onboarding, training, coaching, ongoing development, and placement  
    • Lead, coach, and develop a team of site supervisors (Morrisville and Tempe office locations) through regular 1:1s, direct observation, and performance evaluations.  
    • Oversee training design, development, and delivery in partnership with the sales training team to ensure high quality development and certification experiences.  
    • Oversee recruitment strategy and partner with Talent Acquisition to hire ideal candidates  
    • Collaborate with field sales teams to support readiness and territory success.  
    • Monitor KPIs, drive sales results, and remove barriers to performance.  
    • Manage program logistics, including scheduling, housing, travel, and expense oversight.  
    • Provide program reporting and insights to leadership and stakeholders  
    • Execute on all other program responsibilities  
     

    What we're looking for  

     

    • Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with a minimum of 6 years sales and/or early-in-career experience  
    • Experience: Minimum 10+  years of recent sales experience; sales management and/or training experience with a background in pharmaceutical or medical device sales training preferred  
    • Skills: Sales, sales process, sales training, sales leadership, coaching, performance development, data fluency, process improvement, training facilitation, project management, presentation, knowledge application, performance management, interviewing  
    • Communication: Demonstrated skills at all stakeholder levels and proven ability to influence with and without authority; Strong sense of ownership, holding self and others accountable to meet/exceed expectations  
    • Teamwork: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple deadline-driven projects in a fast-paced, inclusive team environment; ability to own and adhere to sales training related processes and systems  
     

    Complementary skills  

     

    • Instructional design, learning analytics, LMS/learning platforms administration  
    • Project management and project management software utilization  
    • MS Office Suite and Copilot integration  
     


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