Sales Manager - Emerging Sales
Salary: $199.4K - $319.2K
Location Type: Remote
Employment Type: FullTime
About Zapier
We're humans who simply think computers should do more work. At Zapier, we’re not just making software—we’re building a platform to help millions of businesses globally scale with automation and AI. Our mission is to make automation work for everyone by delivering products that delight our customers. You’ll collaborate with brilliant people, use the latest tools, and leverage the flexibility of remote work. Your work will directly fuel our customers’ success, and as they grow, so will you.
Zapier is hiring a Sales Manager to join our Sales and Customer Success org. In this role, you’ll lead an Emerging Sales team responsible for selling Zapier’s AI Orchestration platform offerings to customers across the globe. The Emerging Sales team targets customers who have between 250-999 employees, and is responsible for net new logos and expansion. A successful Sales Manager has demonstrated success as both a seller and leader, and takes ownership for the outcomes of the sales program.
If you want to advance your career at a fast-growing, profitable, impact-driven company, read on…
Our Commitment to Applicants
- Culture and Values at Zapier
- Zapier Guide to Remote Work
- Zapier Code of Conduct
- Diversity and Inclusivity at Zapier
What You’ll Do
Lead and Develop a High-Performing Emerging AE Team
- Manage a team of Account Executives selling Zapier’s automation platform to customers in the 250–999 employee range.
- Guide the team to success across both inbound and outbound motions, ensuring consistent attainment of revenue goals.
Hire and Onboard Exceptional Talent
- Recruit, coach, and ramp quota-carrying AEs with strong product acumen, technical fluency, and a builder mindset.
- Instill a culture of ownership, experimentation, and continuous learning.
Coach for Full-Funnel Mastery
- Provide hands-on coaching across pipeline generation, discovery, multi-threading, and closing.
- Help AEs become fluent in selling to both executive-level decision-makers and technical end users.
Elevate Strategic Execution
- Oversee AE execution of strategic adoption plans with support from Solutions Engineers, Customer Success, Marketing, and Product.
- Drive increased adoption, retention, and expansion by aligning with buyer needs across IT, operations, and business functions.
Operational Excellence
- Drive rigor in pipeline inspection, forecasting, and activity hygiene using tools like HubSpot.
- Set clear expectations, run consistent deal reviews, and manage performance with clarity and empathy.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally
- Partner with Product Marketing, Demand Gen, RevOps, and Engineering to deliver effective go-to-market strategies.
- Represent the AE perspective in strategic planning and process design.
Act as a Customer Champion
- Maintain executive-level relationships with high-potential accounts and bring customer voice back to Product, influencing roadmap priorities that align with real-world use cases and needs.
Refine and Scale Playbooks
- Codify what works—sharpen our approach to horizontal use cases, improve qualification and objection handling frameworks, and build repeatable sales motions for Zapier’s emerging enterprise segment.
Who You Are
Experienced Sales Leader
- You’ve led quota-carrying AEs for at least 2 years and bring 5+ years of SaaS sales experience overall.
- You’re comfortable managing sellers who operate across inbound and outbound channels, selling $50K+ deals into complex orgs.
Fluent in Horizontal SaaS, AI and Automation
- You have a strong grasp of selling products like Zapier: flexible, horizontal platforms that require deep discovery and solution alignment across technical and non-technical buyers.
Technically Conversant & Business-Savvy
- You’re credible with both IT and business stakeholders—comfortable discussing APIs, integrations, AI, compliance, and platform extensibility.
- You help AEs navigate these conversations with confidence.
Builder Mentality
- You thrive in evolving environm