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Sales Manager

Better.com

Sales Manager

Oakland, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    Better is redefining homeownership and making it simpler, faster—and most importantly—more accessible for everyone. We leverage technology and expertise to find ways that we can make the homebuying journey more approachable and understandable. 

    • Right now we’re funding over $1.5 billion in home loans per month
    • We’ve funded over $14 billion in loans and $3.5 billion in insurance 
    • We ranked #11 on Fortune’s Best Places to Work in Financial Services 2020
    • Our Founder and CEO was named in Comparably's Top 25 CEOs for Diversity
    • We were listed to Forbes’ FinTech 50 2020
    • And #13 on the 2020 CNBC Disruptor 50 
    • We’ve secured over $254 million from our investors to date

    Our company is made up of driven, passionate people who bring their unique backgrounds and perspectives to everything we do and we are committed to fostering diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. We see the perspectives that each person brings and a diverse workforce as essential for individual and collective success. We believe it’s important to foster a company culture that encourages curiosity and passion—from employee resource groups and learning opportunities to team outings and community outreach.

    A BETTER OPPORTUNITY:

    We’re building a world-class sales organization - one that combines highly effective sales processes and systems with a customer experience that people will rave about. Through our technology and efficiency optimizations, our non-commissioned sales representatives are on average 10x more productive than industry standard. 

    We are looking for a strong people leader to manage one of our teams of all star sales representatives. The right person for this role is an experienced Sales leader who is able to motivate their team to excellence. It is someone who knows what world-class sales and customer experience looks like, is itching to be the driving force behind an amazing sales team.   

    RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

    • Manage team of 10-15 sales representatives
    • Provide leadership and direction to high-performance sales team
    • Actively participate in fast paced hiring effort
    • Coach and uplevel sales representatives
    • Develop creative and innovative ways to improve team performance
    • Manage and monitor performance metrics
    • Mentor future sales leaders

    ABOUT YOU:

    • 3+ years of experience in inside/tech sales
    • 1+ years of management experience
    • High empathy and customer centric
    • A proven leader and mentor
    • Strong bias-to-action, as well as a strong sense of practicality and effectiveness
    • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
    • Highly adaptable, and able to thrive in ambiguous or uncertain environments

    BONUS POINTS FOR:

    • Experience at a high growth start up
    • Mortgage, consumer lending, financial services or B2C sales experience

    The Better mission is rooted in values that drive us.

    • We do what’s in the best interest of the consumer, not ourselves
    • We have growth mindsets, not fixed ones
    • We believe that success lies in execution, not credentials
    • We act like owners, not just employees
    • We work to find answers on our own, not wait for them to be given to us 
    • We optimize for mission, not ego

    Our mission speaks for itself—we continue to outpace the industry at every turn. We’ve recently joined forces in partnership with Ally Bank, and our backers have helped build some of the most transformative tech and finance companies in history. Kleiner Perkins, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Citigroup, Activant Capital, Ally Bank, and others have invested in our vision for what homeownership can be.

    Better is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or religious creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, family or parental status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. All employment decisions at Better are based on a person’s merit, business needs, and role requirements.