Sales

Senior Staff SMB Sales Rep / Senior Manager, SMB Sales

L5 · Sales · SMB

DRS

Senior Staff SMB Sales Rep / Senior Manager, SMB Sales

Sales SMB

Accomplishments

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Competencies

Mission

Set the standard for SMB sales excellence

Tour of Duty

Set a company record for SMB deals closed

About This Job Family

People in this job family find prospects, build relationships, and close deals. Whether hunting new logos or expanding existing accounts, they translate product value into customer commitments. Great salespeople don't just sell—they solve problems and build trust.

What You'll Do

SMB Sales professionals close high-volume deals with small businesses. Speed and efficiency are paramount—deal cycles are days or weeks, not months. They often handle inbound leads, product demos, and closing all in one role. Success requires energy, resilience, and the ability to handle rejection while maintaining enthusiasm.

• Set company records for SMB deals closed
• Define best practices for SMB sales excellence
• Drive efficiency improvements across the team
• Mentor multiple reps to achieve their potential
• Influence process and tool decisions for SMB
• Build customer stories that support marketing

Every responsibility is an accomplishment waiting to happen. The question is: will you own the outcome, or just do the task?

Manage a Team?

Great managers are practitioners first. The IC responsibilities above are your foundation—the craft you model for your team. Your management responsibilities are additive:

• Hire for coachability—skills can be taught, attitude can't
• Coach by connecting personal goals to business outcomes—make quota personal
• Lead with results, not activity metrics—manage outcomes, not keystrokes
• Run 1:1s that develop skills—not just pipeline reviews
• Remove blockers—clear the path so reps can close

Your team's accomplishments are your accomplishments. Help them craft S.M.A.R.T wins—specific, measurable, and ready to stand on their own.

AI as an Accelerator

AI isn't a skill we call out. It's invisible in the accomplishment but easily visible in the velocity and scale of your outcomes. Here's how people in this role are accelerating their work with AI:

→ Building best practice guides
→ Analyzing team patterns
→ Creating coaching materials

Your Career Record

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The Competencies That Matter

Skills fill your toolbox. Competencies are how you wield them. Three matter most at this level:

1. SALES (3) Strong Sales skills required at this level.

2. CUSTOMER SUCCESS (2) Strong Customer Success skills required at this level.

3. REVENUE OPERATIONS (2) Strong Revenue Operations skills required at this level.

The radar shows the full picture. These three are where you need to be undeniable.

Your Journey From Here

Going up? Your next Tour of Duty:

→ Director, SMB Sales - SMB (L6) "Build a team that consistently exceeds targets"

The L5 → L6 gap is about SCALE and INFLUENCE: • From owning a project → shaping how projects get built • From leading work → leading people who lead work • From shipping features → building systems that outlast you

These are your stretch accomplishments. Start doing L6 work now. When you can prove it with accomplishments, you're ready.

Going sideways? That's valid too.

Up isn't the only direction. It's your career. You own it.

Competency Requirements

Sales

Customer Success

Revenue Operations

Account Management

Marketing

Competency Shape

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About Reference DRS

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Effective Date

July 2025

Other Levels

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