Senior Inside Sales Manager, Tekion
$78.4-130.5k
+ Stock options
End-to-end cloud native automotive platform
Be an early applicant
End-to-end cloud native automotive platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$78.4-130.5k
+ Stock options
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build the world's best business applications in the cloud.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a seasoned sales leader with expertise in sales development, operations, and cross-functional collaboration to drive scalable growth
- 8–10 years of experience in inside sales, business development, or sales leadership, with 4+ years in a managerial capacity
- Proven success scaling inside sales teams and delivering on pipeline and conversion goals
- Strong background in sales process design, enablement, and CRM best practices (Salesforce expertise required)
- Exceptional leadership, coaching, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, or a related field; advanced degree or certifications preferred
What the job involves
- The Senior Manager, Inside Sales leads the strategic direction, execution, and performance of Tekion’s inside sales organization
- This role is responsible for scaling outbound and inbound sales functions, optimizing pipeline generation, and building a high-performing team aligned with revenue goals
- Define and lead the strategy for Tekion’s inside sales team across inbound, outbound, and lead qualification functions
- Manage, coach, and develop inside sales managers and representatives to achieve pipeline generation and conversion targets
- Collaborate with Marketing, Field Sales, and RevOps to align lead generation strategy, campaign execution, and territory planning
- Establish scalable processes, outreach playbooks, and enablement programs that improve efficiency and outcomes
- Monitor key performance metrics and drive continuous improvement through data, feedback, and coaching
- Partner with Sales Leadership to contribute to forecasting, territory design, headcount planning, and budget decisions
- Drive hiring, onboarding, and development plans to build a strong inside sales talent pipeline
Our take
Car dealerships suffer from an inefficiency problem. The paperwork and administration required to complete a sale requires dealers to manage a disjointed set of various software applications. Tekion is offering an enticing remedy - a cloud-based automotive retail system that integrates the various software applications in a single infrastructure.
Competition has been strong, with rivals CDK Global and Reynolds & Reynolds offering a competitive raft of features, and benefiting from strong prior relationships with dealerships. Tekion, however, has nevertheless secured customers for the software in 28 states - likely in part due to the efficiency of partnering with a single growing service as opposed to a disparate spread.
This momentum shows no signs of slowing either, as Tekion has attracted attention from major players like CMC, Chrysler, and Chevrolet. By streamlining dealership operations into a single platform, the company is proving that even in a crowded market, innovation and simplicity can win over both dealers and industry partners.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2021
$250m
SERIES D
Total funding: $635.1m
Company benefits
- Silicon Valley Startup Environment
- Stock Options
- Focus on Work/Life Balance
- Recognition Culture
- Health and Wellness
- Unparalleled Career Development
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Jay Vijayan
(Co-Founder & CEO)They started their career at Oracle, where they spent over 7 years in Management before spending 4 at VMware. They then worked at Tesla for 4 years, leaving their position as CIO to found Tekion in February 2016.
Guru Sankararaman
(Co-Founder & COO)After working as a Chief Architect at Cisco, they joined Tesla for 4 years. Initially they served as Director of Information Technology and then later became VP of Information Technology. Left this role to co-found Tekion in 2016.
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