Professional Resume Template for
Vice President of Sales
Gregory S. Thorne
Atlanta, GA
(404) 555-0182
gregory.thorne@email.com
linkedin.com/in/gregory-thorne | thorne-sales.com
Professional Summary
Strategic Vice President of Sales with 6 years of leadership directing B2B enterprise sales pipelines and cross-functional team execution. Proven track record of expanding market share, managing $65M sales portfolios, and implementing structured sales coaching frameworks. Successfully increased annual recurring revenue by 28% and optimized outbound sales cycles to reduce client onboarding times by 19% using CRM automation. Proficient in Salesforce, HubSpot, ZoomInfo, and Outreach for database and performance analysis. Directs cross-departmental alignment to achieve corporate revenue objectives.
Work Experience
Vice President of Sales — Aegis Enterprise Solutions
Atlanta, GA | January 2024 – Present
- Orchestrated a sales restructuring initiative for a 15-person business development team, raising average quota attainment from 82% to 114% in 12 months.
- Spearheaded a multi-channel outbound campaign using ZoomInfo and Outreach, expanding the qualified enterprise pipeline by 34% and adding $2.1M in ARR.
- Redesigned CRM automated routing workflows within Salesforce, saving sales representatives 5 hours per week and boosting weekly outbound call volume by 26%.
- Negotiated contract terms for 8 major enterprise accounts, securing $850,000 in upfront licensing revenue and improving contract retention rate by 15%.
Director of Sales — Vertex Sales Systems
Birmingham, AL | August 2020 – December 2023
- Directed a regional account manager team of 8 senior members, executing targeted client expansion plays that boosted overall customer lifetime value by 22%.
- Built a standardized enterprise sales onboarding program using sales playbooks, reducing representative ramp time from 90 days to 45 days over a 6-month period.
- Collaborated closely with marketing to implement an automated lead scoring framework, raising conversion rates of marketing leads to opportunities by 18%.
- Leveraged HubSpot dashboard metrics to conduct weekly pipeline audits, identifying and correcting pipeline bottlenecks to shorten sales cycles by 12 days.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2020
Skills
Sales team leadership, Enterprise sales management, Pipeline forecasting, Contract negotiation, Sales coaching (BANT), Lead generation, Salesforce CRM, HubSpot, ZoomInfo, Outreach.io, Customer relationship management, Account management, Revenue operations, Market expansion, Business development, SQL, Tableau
Projects
CRM Migration and Lead Routing Automation
Role: Sales Operations Lead
Tools: Salesforce, HubSpot, Jira, Slack
Led the sales process migration to a unified Salesforce CRM, completing the project 3 weeks early and improving lead routing time by 45%.
Outbound Quota Optimization Strategy
Role: VP of Sales
Tools: Outreach.io, ZoomInfo, Excel
Designed a targeted cold outreach playbook, booking 68 new enterprise meetings in 90 days and increasing outbound sales pipeline value by 32%.
Certifications
- Certified Inside Sales Professional (CISP) (2022)
- Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant (2021)
Additional information
- Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
- Affiliations: Member, American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP)
- Availability: 2 weeks notice
Job Market Insights
Market data and opportunities for
Vice President of Sales
Job Market Insights
$165,000
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$245,000
Avg:
$205,000
Growth Outlook:
Employment of Sales Managers, including Vice Presidents of Sales, is projected to grow 5% from 2024 to 2034, which is about as fast as the average for all occupations. This growth is driven by business expansion and the need for new sales strategies to capture market share. As companies shift toward digital sales platforms and data-driven acquisition models, VPs of Sales are critical for structuring sales teams, defining compensation plans, and analyzing pipelines. Opportunities will be strongest in high-tech, healthcare, and software sectors.
5% growth over 10 years
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