CoStar

Director, Sales Training - Homes.com

Job Description

COMPANY INTRO

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives. 

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings for our customers. We’ve continually refined, transformed, and perfected our approach to our business, creating platforms that have become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

HOMES.COM

Homes.com is already one of the fastest growing real estate portals in the industry, we are driven to be #1. Just ask Brad Bellflower, Chief Change Officer at Apartments.com. After its acquisition in 2014, Apartments.com quickly turned into the most popular place to find a place. Proven success at the highest level – and we’re doing it again with the new Homes.com. Homes.com is a CoStar Group company with 20+ years' experience in leading and growing digital marketplaces. We pride ourselves on continually improving, innovating, and setting the standard for property search and marketing experiences. With Homes.com we’re building a brand on the cusp of defining the industry. We’re looking for big thinkers, brave leaders, and creative advertising wizards ready to influence a new age of homebuying within a tried-and-true, award-winning company. 

Learn more about Homes.com. 

ROLE DESCRIPTION

As a Director, Sales Training for Homes.com you will own the delivery and support the onboarding and ongoing training of the entire Homes.com Sales team. In this role you will be responsible for ensuring that all sales professionals and managers have the tools, skills, and knowledge to be successful in their current roles and to develop their careers. You will work closely with senior sales leadership to analyze the training and development needs of the sales organization and work closely with a variety of resources to design, develop, and deliver relevant, high impact programs and tools and measure their effectiveness.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for training and development of new and early-tenure sales reps, including training plan development, timely completion of certification process, and on-going coaching across their first few months in the role.
• Responsible for the creation, preparation and enhancement of training outlines, agendas, presentations, and materials.
• Supervise and report on the progress of trainees during the training period.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to lead the design and ongoing development of curriculum and job aids.
• Monitor, analyze, and communicate performance data to assess training effectiveness and identify new training needs.
• Coach and communicate with sales leaders to ensure ongoing support and promotion of the training curriculum.
• Identify skill development trends across new and existing sales talent and assist with ongoing skills curriculum design and implementation of training, including training days and other initiatives focused on sales skill growth and revenue generation.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited, not-for-profit university.
• Certification or advanced degree in learning and development or equivalent experience.
• Experience in instructional design, curriculum development and delivery.
• 8+ years of experience in a sales/sales management role, preferably in residential real estate, software as a service (SaaS) technology or financial sales.
• 5+ years of leadership experience, managing teams of individual contributors.
• Understanding of the sales process and its value to a selling organization.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Ability to motivate, coach and manage new talent.
• Strong leadership presence and professionalism.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously to meet defined plans.
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing situations at a high growth company.
• Previous sales management experience.
• Exposure to common sales methodologies (i.e. Solution Selling, Miller Heiman, etc.).

What’s in it for you?

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed. 

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program. 

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to): 

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug 
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance 
• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family 
• Commuter and parking benefits 
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions 
• Employee stock purchase plan 
• Paid time off 
• Tuition reimbursement 
• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes
• Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups 
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks 

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position. 

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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing