Sales Manager - Insurance Sales

Coleman Agency

Sales Manager - Insurance Sales

Houston, TX
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Cypress/Northwest Houston Coleman Agency is an independent insurance agency in Cypress/Northwest Houston, partnering with small businesses to provide employee benefits insurance programs under a trusted 85+ year A+ rated carrier serving 42 state governments. As an Insurance Sales Manager, you'll build and lead a team of insurance sales agents while earning override income on their production. This is a business-building sales leadership role—you recruit, train, and develop insurance sales professionals while earning on both your personal sales and your team's results. How we support your success: • Clear Path to Six Figures: Earn on two income streams: personal production commissions + override income on your team's sales. Sales managers at plan earn $120,000 Year 1 with upside potential to exceed based on team performance. • Proven Team-Building System: Structured recruiting process, 4-day intensive insurance sales boot camp for new agents, field training playbook for insurance sales, and weekly sales coaching framework. You're not figuring this out alone. • Start Earning Immediately: Produce personally while building your sales team. Leverage your professional network for initial insurance sales. Override income begins as soon as your first agent closes business. • Override Income Opportunity: Earn override income on team production plus new rep bonus matching. Build a team of productive insurance agents and earn from their results while they grow. • Lower Risk Entry: We provide pre-licensing materials, business leads for insurance sales, marketing materials, a complete technology stack (lead generation, CRM, enrollment tools), recruiting support, and office space. You cover licensing fees and transportation. • Operational Support: Our enrollment team handles employee meetings and account servicing for your team's insurance sales. You oversee divisional operations, ensure quality control, and manage exceptions—while your primary focus stays on recruiting, training, and coaching your sales team. • Licensed sales management professionals (3-5+ years sales management experience) with proven self-production and team-building track records qualify immediately. Responsibilities: Team Building & Recruiting: • Recruit 2 qualified insurance sales agents per quarter, minimum, through strategic sourcing and interviewing • Conduct first interviews and finalist interviews using proven selection criteria for sales talent • Manage recruiting pipeline and candidate flow for insurance sales positions • Build a sales team targeting 8-12+ agents within the first year Sales Training & Development: • Deliver or coordinate a 4-day intensive insurance sales boot camp for new agents • Conduct field sales training through joint sales calls and live coaching • Lead weekly one-on-one sales coaching sessions focused on activity metrics and skill development • Provide ongoing sales mentorship on prospecting, presentations, and closing techniques • Hold team accountable to weekly prospecting and production standards Sales Leadership: • Guide sales team performance through pipeline management and goal tracking • Lead team development sessions on insurance sales skills, objections, and market strategies • Maintain responsibility for the team's collective book of business • Average 2 deals monthly to achieve personal sales plan goals* during team-building phase Account Oversight: • Oversee client relationships for all team production • Ensure quarterly touchpoints occur across the team's book of business • Manage client retention and satisfaction for team accounts • Step in to maintain accounts if agents leave Qualifications: Required: • 3-5+ years B2B sales experience with a documented track record of consistently meeting or exceeding sales quotas • 2+ years recruiting, training, or managing sales teams with proven ability to develop high-performing insurance sales producers • Demonstrated sales leadership skills, including coaching, motivation, accountability management, and conflict resolution • Professional network or warm market to leverage for personal insurance sales duringthe team-building phase • Self-motivated with a business-building mindset, comfortable with commission-based sales compensation tied to team performance • Willingness to obtain Texas Life & Health insurance license within 2-4 weeks (pre-licensing training and support provided) • Reliable transportation for client meetings and field sales training in the Cypress/Northwest Houston area • Personal smartphone and laptop computer • Willingness to invest in recruiting tools (job board subscriptions, advertising, candidate sourcing) to accelerate team growth beyond agency-provided resources Preferred: • Active Texas Life & Health insurance license with sales management experience • Employee benefits insurance, insurance sales, or financial services sales background • Experience building sales teams from scratch or managing independent contractor sales organizations • Track record of recruiting and retaining top sales talent in insurance or B2B sales • Bilingual capabilities (Spanish/English) Compensation: $120,000 Year 1 - At Plan Earnings

    • Team Building & Recruiting: • Recruit 2 qualified insurance sales agents per quarter, minimum, through strategic sourcing and interviewing • Conduct first interviews and finalist interviews using proven selection criteria for sales talent • Manage recruiting pipeline and candidate flow for insurance sales positions • Build a sales team targeting 8-12+ agents within the first yearSales Training & Development: • Deliver or coordinate a 4-day intensive insurance sales boot camp for new agents • Conduct field sales training through joint sales calls and live coaching • Lead weekly one-on-one sales coaching sessions focused on activity metrics and skill development • Provide ongoing sales mentorship on prospecting, presentations, and closing techniques • Hold team accountable to weekly prospecting and production standardsSales Leadership: • Guide sales team performance through pipeline management and goal tracking • Lead team development sessions on insurance sales skills, objections, and market strategies • Maintain responsibility for the team's collective book of business • Average 2 deals monthly to achieve personal sales plan goals* during team-building phaseAccount Oversight: • Oversee client relationships for all team production • Ensure quarterly touchpoints occur across the team's book of business • Manage client retention and satisfaction for team accounts • Step in to maintain accounts if agents leave

  • Compensation
    $120,000-$180,000 per year