Team Lead, Strategic Sales
DoorDashAbout the role
About the Team
DoorDash is looking for top-talent to play a pivotal role in building our business in the Northeast or Central Region! As a leader within our team, you will play a key role in managing and coaching the Local DoorDash team members, while also carrying an individual quota.
We’re looking for someone with deep market knowledge and excellent working relationships in the Northeast who is inspired to bring their experience, passion and skills to make an impact in the community and build the Strategic Sales Team.
About the Role
By leading a local sales team while carrying an individual quota, the Team Lead is responsible for ensuring we maximize the efforts of our Outside Sales Team, coach and train our reps to grow selection with a merchant first mentality, and leverage local knowledge to build partnerships with top local businesses.. This is the ultimate player-coach.
As the Outside Sales Strategic Team Lead you will report to the Senior Strategic Sales Manager within our organization.
Responsibilities
- Training new strategic team members on company/org policies and procedures as needed.
- Facilitating trainings on quarterly key initiatives to promote new products at the Region/Super Region level
- Travel in field 2-3 times per month with reps to coach on field days and support in win initiatives
- Coaching team members on effective sales techniques and methods for increasing revenue
- Meeting with clients to identify their needs and recommend products or services that meet those needs
- Primary point of contact for rep administrative tasks via slack such as (quote approvals, deal desk submissions, salesforce tasks etc .)
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Be a great people leader - Assess the strengths and development areas of your team and manage them accordingly; you will also operate at the lowest level of detail in signing up new merchants on your own. You will play a supporting role to direct reports in many different ways- from prospecting the top new restaurant groups to sourcing the decision maker, to creating the sales deck and helping with the close.
- Be an Owner - You will be able to not only guide the team efforts, but also lead by example. Field days, pitch practice, and doing what it takes to help your team hit your targets is essential in this role.
- There is no task too small - Our Team Lead for Northeast or Central will set the team up for success and lead by example. The team lead will be the ultimate player coach who signs the top merchants to lead by example, and also coaches their team members to close deals as well.
- Collaborate - You will work closely with the Strategic Sales Manager to prioritize regions and cuisine types, train your team on new products and business updates, and will help your team approach lead lists, exceed effective targets, and directly contribute to the expansion into new markets and services.
We’re excited about you because…
- You meet the application requirements
- Tenure: At least 12 months in role
- Outreach Score: Need at least a 3.0 in Outreach Score over last 3 quarters
- Attainment: Average 100% to goal over last 3 quarters
- You are a top performer in your current IC role and have shown an aptitude for leadership. You excel in hitting your personal goals and helping those around you through participating in OKRs. You have found creative ways to motivate your team and grow their competencies.
- You have experience delivering results, and having a positive influence on those around you
Why You’ll Love Working at DoorDash
We are leaders – Leadership is not limited to our management team. It’s something everyone at DoorDash embraces and embodies.
We are operators – We believe the only way to predict the future is to build it. Creating solutions to lead our company and our industry is what we do on every project, every day.
We are learners – Everyone here is continually learning on the job, no matter if we’ve been in a role for one year or one minute. We are committed to learning and implementing what is best for our customers, merchants, and dashers.
We are one team – The magic of DoorDash is our people, together making our inspiring goals attainable and driving us to greater heights.
About DoorDash
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Das
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