Senior Inside Sales Manager - Automotive (Remote)
The Senior Inside Sales Manager is responsible for building, leading, and scaling Experian's newly formed Inside Sales organization. You will own team revenue performance, pipeline generation, sales execution discipline, and operational infrastructure across a high-velocity, quota-carrying AE team.
You will establish the operating cadence, coaching model, performance standards, and reporting rigor required to drive predictable revenue in a 2–4 month sales cycle environment. You will report to VP Sales, Automotive.
Build & Lead the Inside Sales Team
- Recruit, hire, and onboard high-performing Inside Sales AEs
- Establish territory design, account segmentation, and capacity planning
- Create clear career paths, performance standards, and succession plans
Drive Revenue & Forecast Predictability
- Own team new business ACV targets and quota attainment
- Lead pipeline reviews and forecast calls to ensure deal accuracy
- Identify performance gaps and implement corrective action plans
Coach for Sales Excellence
- Deliver consistent coaching through call reviews, deal strategy, and demos
- Reinforce strong qualification and sales discipline
- Improve win rates, shorten sales cycles, and strengthen competitive positioning
Sales Process & Operational Discipline
- Standardize sales stages, exit criteria, and CRM hygiene
- Partner with Revenue Operations on dashboards, KPIs, and reporting
- Optimize compensation levers and sales processes to drive results
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Marketing to improve lead quality and campaign ROI
- Align with Account Management and Customer Success for smooth handoffs
- Share customer and competitive insights with Product teams
Scale & Optimize
- Analyze performance data to improve productivity and ramp time
- Build scalable onboarding and training programs
- Evaluate tools and automation to increase efficiency
Qualifications
- 8+ years of B2B sales experience, with 3–5+ years leading quota‑carrying inside sales teams
- Proven experience managing transactional or mid‑market sales cycles (30–90 days)
- Demonstrated success leading teams with individual quotas of $500K+ and $5K–$25K ACV solutions
- Strong forecasting, pipeline management, and sales execution discipline
- Experience hiring, developing, and scaling high‑performing sales teams, including building an inside sales function from inception
- Familiarity with structured sales qualification methodologies (e.g., MEDDIC, BANT)
- Industry experience in automotive, data, SaaS, and/or financial services
Additional Information
Benefits/Perks:
- Great compensation package and bonus plan
- Core benefits including full medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K
- Fully remote environment
- Flexible time off including volunteer time off, vacation, sick and 12-paid holidays
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets. We have listed the base pay range for this position above. Within this range, we determine pay based on factors like work location, job-related experience, and education. You will be also eligible for a variable pay opportunity.
Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is an important part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, color, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.
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