AE Manager, Chicago (SaaS Sales)

Location: Chicago, Illinois; hybrid workplace

Salary: Competitive base salary plus uncapped commission.

Company

hirify.global provides an enterprise SEO and content performance platform with data and AI-driven insights for planning, optimizing, and measuring digital marketing campaigns.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and develop four Enterprise and Upper Mid-Market Account Executives while maintaining an active selling role.
• Personally drive and close high-value enterprise deals through strategic selling, executive engagement, and negotiation.
• Manage pipeline, forecast accuracy, deal accountability, and sales performance in Salesforce.
• Conduct 1:1s and team sessions focused on prospecting, skill development, discovery, business-case development, and value-based selling.
• Analyze performance and market opportunities to execute targeted sales strategies.
• Lead platform demonstrations and align solutions with prospective customers' business needs.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of SaaS sales experience, including at least 1 year in frontline management or team leadership.
• Proven success leading Account Executives through Enterprise and Mid-Market deals and achieving sales targets.
• Strong understanding of complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles in digital marketing, analytics, SaaS, or MarTech.
• Ability to lead by example, personally drive deals, deliver platform demonstrations, and coach representatives.
• Excellent communication, forecasting, pipeline management, and operational execution skills.
• Proficiency with Salesforce and sales productivity tools such as Gong, Outreach, and Clari.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, curious, and supportive environment with ongoing sales enablement and defined career paths.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with multiple package options.
• 15–23 days of paid time off depending on tenure, plus 10 paid holidays.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits and company contributions toward parking or public transit.
• Therapy and professional coaching sessions through Spring Health.
• Four to six weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus pet wellness and insurance plans.