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Founding Sales Manager, Emerging Enterprise

Dandy - New York, NY, United States - In-office - posted 2026-09-17

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Dandy is transforming the dental industry (worth over $400B) through technology, building an operating system for dental practices globally. The company is backed by leading venture capital firms and is on a mission to modernize every function of dental practices. You will lead the newly formed Emerging Enterprise (EEnt) sales team, responsible for winning multi-location dental groups and emerging DSOs in the 4–9 location range. Reporting to the Head of Emerging Enterprise, you'll manage a team of experienced, quota-carrying Account Executives running complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles. This is the newest team within Dandy's fastest-growing business segment, offering real latitude to create processes, enablement, and talent development from the ground up. Key Responsibilities: - Own strategy, structure, and quota performance of the EEnt team, including territory design, account prioritization, and outbound motion into multi-location groups - Sell alongside, coach, and develop senior Account Executives; build ramp, career path, and performance standards that scale - Build the team playbook from scratch: discovery frameworks for multi-location decision committees, ROI models, mutual action plans, pilot-to-rollout expansion paths, and competitive positioning - Coach to deal strategy through pipeline reviews, deal inspection, forecast accuracy, and multi-threading discipline - Lead by example: engage directly in strategic opportunities, running executive-level conversations and helping navigate to close - Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, Enterprise Onboarding/CS, Clinical, and Lab Operations to land and expand accounts - Drive pipeline hygiene, forecasting, and performance visibility using Salesforce and the broader sales stack - Work with senior sales leadership on KPIs, capacity planning, and revenue targets Requirements: - 5+ years of sales experience in a high-growth environment, with at least 3 years managing teams of 7+ individual reps (SaaS or B2B experience highly preferred) - Track record of carrying and exceeding quota personally before moving into management through exceptional performance - Demonstrated experience selling into or managing teams that sell to multi-location, multi-stakeholder accounts with longer, consultative sales cycles - Experience building enablement and process from scratch—playbooks, deal frameworks, training programs, career ladders - Strong commercial instincts: comfortable with pricing conversations, contract structure, and building business cases for group-wide decisions - Data-driven approach to forecasting, pipeline management, and rep performance - Ability to punch through ambiguity and ramp quickly with limited resources - Overall track record of professional and academic success Bonus: - Experience selling into DSOs, dental groups, healthcare, or other multi-site provider organizations - Experience standing up a new team or scaling one through a transition from transactional to strategic, enterprise motion - Experience with marketplace models - Part of a startup acquisition or IPO - Outstanding professional references - Relentlessly positive attitude, strong sense of humor, and ability to have fun at work

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