Xello Looking for Strategic Territory Manager at Ontario Full Time

Xello is looking for a Strategic Territory Manager __ Who are you?

Yo u are a natural relationship builder. You’re a Strategic Territory Manager with a proven track record of results, preferably in SaaS. You are a strategic thinker who sees the bigger picture and can use this vision to reduce churn, build relationships, and identify growth opportunities. Your empathy and service-oriented mindset help make clients feel like they’ve found a trusted advisor – someone who values their success as much as they do. (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/dash-and-em-dash) Above all, you identify with our mission of empowering educators with the tools they need to help students plan their successful futures.

Leading a cross-functional team, as a Strategic Territory Manager, you’re responsible for overseeing the growth and success of high priority states. Able to see the big picture, you establish the territory strategy and plan that will win new clients, retain existing accounts, and grow business. With an intimate understanding of territory needs, you deliver value to clients with each interaction. In your enthusiasm and eagerness to help, you uncover creative approaches to move the business forward and develop the strategies needed to increase Xello’s foothold. As an expert multitasker, you’re able to manage renewals, drive incremental revenue, and identify and pursue new business opportunities. Never satisfied with the status quo, you’re passionate about finding new ways to support Xello in our own quest for continual improvement by analysing our processes, finding efficiencies, and shaping consistently high-quality interactions for every client. 

Sound exciting to you? Read on!

What you’ll do…

• Coordinate the efforts of our success and sales team members in key territories to ensure the achievement of business goals

• Build and maintain relationships with state, provincial and district administrators to deepen Xello’s presence in key territories and solidify its position as a strategic partner. 

• Understand how Xello supports education policy and share this information with staff and clients to help them improve the quality of territory specific interactions. 

• Identify barriers to the achievement of business goals in assigned territories and develop sales and success action plans to overcome these barriers

• Develop, maintain and oversee the implementation of territory strategic plans

• Share best practices with our clients for successful implementation of Xello and create achievable action plans that fit the clients’ resources

• Nurture account retention by proactively engaging with clients to gain insights, communicate new and improved product functionality, undertake analysis, identify opportunities for increasing usage, and foster add-ons and upselling

• Clearly and compellingly articulate the Xello value proposition through update sessions, phone calls, webinars, and other client communication venues

• Coordinate, schedule, and facilitate web-based training sessions and in-person product demonstrations

• Bring forward opportunities for territory specific campaigns, and collaborate with key stakeholders on execution. 

• Monitor client health across assigned territories, diagnose problems and implement corrective actions collaboratively with team members

• Identify product and service improvement opportunities that solve technical and/or business issues of varying complexity

• Support quarterly account reviews (QBR’s) between the client and key Xello staff, including contract status, product visioning, account usage statistics and issue reviews

• Identify and pursue expansion opportunities with existing clients and new business opportunities in conjunction with our Sales team

• Document all client interactions in Salesforce (CRM) 

• Assess and report product bugs

• Attend client and industry-related events, such as conferences, throughout the year

• S hare insights, experiences, and lessons learned with your team

  What we’re looking for… 

• Minimum 4 years of demonstrated experience managing accounts with high levels of satisfaction, retention and growth, preferably in a SaaS environment

• Proven track record of success establishing new relationships in addition to having a strong client service orientation

• Strong problem solving, decision making, and analytical skills, with the ability to think creatively and be resourceful when assisting clients

• Demonstrated experience managing client expectations and having difficult conversations, with a focus on reaching positive outcomes

• Persuasive presentation skills with excellent written and verbal communication skills

• A keen attention to detail, passion for user insights and customer value, and astute business judgment

• Comfortable speaking to groups of people and to those in positions of top-level authority

• Proven ability to develop materials and presentations that drive client engagement, adoption, and success

• Experience using Salesforce or a similar customer relationship management (CRM) system

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite 

• Willingness to travel (25-35% of the time)

  We’re Xello – Join us!

  We are Xello (CASCAID in the UK), formerly Career Cruising, the leading developer of future readiness programs in North America and the UK and soon the world! Our mission is to help anyone, anywhere in the world to create a successful future through self-knowledge, exploration, and planning.

  We believe that by bringing our best selves to our work and collaborating with one another, we can change the world. We are a very diverse group of individuals who work hard, laugh often and share in each other’s lives. We are an inclusive, equal opportunity employer.

  Embracing agile practices, an innovative mindset, and keeping our users at the heart of what we do, are just a few of the keys to our success.

  In addition to working with leading technologies, we are committed to continuous learning and growth through internal/external training and mentoring, which includes a PD budget for every employee.

  For our Canadian based staff, we also offer:

• Flexible work arrangements including hybrid and remote

• 4 weeks of vacation

• Employer-paid health and dental benefits

• 4-month top-up for parental leave

• Group RRSP with 3% matching

  For our US based staff, we also offer:

• Remote work environment

• 4 weeks of vacation

• 80% employer-paid health benefits

• 4-month top-up for parental leave

  For our UK based staff, we also offer:

• flexible work arrangements that include work from home

• 28 days annual leave (inc. 3 days at Christmas) + bank holidays. With additional annual leave days added to reward long service

  Like what you hear? Apply Now!

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