National Sales Manager – Bilingual
Location: Remote – Ontario or Quebec
Travel: Up to 60% across Canada
The Opportunity Our client, a growing organization within the medical and healthcare space, is seeking a Bilingual National Sales Manager to lead its Canadian sales team.
This is a hands-on national leadership role for an experienced sales professional who enjoys coaching and developing people, driving performance, and spending time in the field with their team. The National Sales Manager will oversee a team of sales professionals across Canada and play a key role in executing the organization's commercial strategy and supporting continued growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop a national sales team across Canada
- Drive sales performance and accountability against individual and team objectives
- Partner with sales representatives in the field to support customer relationships and business development
- Establish priorities, territories and sales plans to support national growth objectives
- Monitor sales activity, pipeline, market trends and performance metrics
- Identify opportunities to improve sales effectiveness and execution
- Support the recruitment, onboarding and development of sales team members
- Build strong relationships with key customers and industry stakeholders
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams to support commercial initiatives
- Provide regular sales forecasts, reporting and market insights to senior leadership
- Travel nationally to support the team, customers and key business initiatives
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience leading and developing a high-performing sales team
- Strong track record within medical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical device or a related industry
- Experience managing a geographically dispersed or national sales team
- Strong coaching, communication and relationship-building skills
- Commercially minded with the ability to translate strategy into execution
- Comfortable operating in a hands-on, entrepreneurial and growth-oriented environment
- Bilingual in French and English
- Based in Ontario or Quebec
- Ability to travel up to 60% across Canada
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced sales leader who wants to take ownership of a national team while remaining close to the field, customers and day-to-day business.
To support a fair and efficient hiring process, we may use AI-assisted tools for tasks such as scheduling, note-taking, candidate communications, and assisting our team with aspects of candidate evaluation. These tools are used to support our recruiters and hiring managers, not replace them. All hiring decisions are made by people, who review and assess candidates using their professional judgment. If you have any questions about how we use AI in our hiring process, we’re happy to discuss.
IQ PARTNERS is committed to operating an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process, and we encourage candidates of every race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience to apply for this position. We’d be happy to provide accommodation for any candidate that requires assistance due to a disability or medical need. Please contact us at 416-599-4700 or by email at [email protected] to discuss specific accommodations.