Manager Development Lead

The Global Field Readiness team at Asana is building the foundation for how our revenue organization learns, grows, and performs. We are looking for a strategic, detail-oriented leader to own the end-to-end strategy for how frontline sales managers develop their leadership capabilities and how individual contributors chart clear, motivating career paths within Asana's sales organization. This is a high-impact, senior individual contributor role—you won't manage a team, but you will influence hundreds of people across the globe. You'll partner closely with Sales Leadership, HR Business Partners, and Learning & Development to design and deliver programs that are grounded in data, loved by participants, and measurably tied to business outcomes.

This role is based in our Chicago office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements.

What you’ll achieve

• Program Ownership: Design and own Asana's global sales manager development program—from new manager onboarding through ongoing leadership coaching and cohort-based learning.

• Career Architecture: Build and maintain a clear, transparent career framework for all sales roles, including leveling rubrics, competency models, and progression criteria.

• Strategic Collaboration: Partner with Sales Leadership to identify skill gaps, prioritize development needs, and build scalable solutions that work across regions and time zones.

• Content Innovation: Create and curate content—workshops, e-learning modules, manager guides, and 1:1 toolkits—that drive real behavior change rather than just knowledge transfer.

• Measurement Strategy: Define leading and lagging indicators for every program you own (from participant satisfaction and skill assessment scores to downstream metrics like promotion rates, manager effectiveness survey results, and rep ramp time).

• Feedback Loops: Build lightweight feedback mechanisms (pulse surveys, cohort check-ins, stakeholder interviews) and partner with People Analytics and Sales Operations to connect development program data to business performance data.

• Community Enablement: Run manager community programs (forums, peer coaching circles, brown bags) that build connection and shared practices across the global sales management community.

• Strategic Retrospectives: Establish a regular cadence of program reviews and communicate insights to senior leadership transparently, maintaining a living program roadmap that reflects what's working and what's being iterated on.

About you

• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.

• 6+ years of experience in sales enablement, learning & development, talent management, or a related field—with meaningful exposure to sales environments.

• Demonstrated success designing management development or leadership programs at scale, ideally in a global SaaS or technology company.

• Strong familiarity with career framework design, competency mapping, and job architecture principles.

• A systems thinker who can hold the big picture (what does a world-class sales management bench look like?) while executing the programmatic details.

• Exceptional facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to build trust and alignment with senior revenue stakeholders.

• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to move from design to live execution quickly, iterating based on real-time feedback and metrics.

• A data-informed approach with experience working cross-functionally with HR, People Analytics, and senior business leaders.

• Bonus points: Experience with coaching certification frameworks (ICF, Co-Active, etc.), formal facilitation training, or familiarity with sales methodologies (MEDDPICC, Challenger, SPIN, etc.).

At Asana, we're committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, as this is critical to helping us achieve our mission. If you're interested in this role and don't meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

What we’ll offer

Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit.

For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $194,000 - $220,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified.

In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity and and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include:

• Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits

• Career coaching & support

• Inclusive family building benefits

• Long-term savings or retirement plans

• In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences

These are just some of the benefits we offer, and benefits may vary based on role, country, and local regulations. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

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About us

Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces for 7+ years and recognized by Fast Company, Forbes, and Gartner for excellence in workplace culture and innovation. We offer an exceptional office-centric culture while adopting the best elements of hybrid models to ensure that every one of our global team members can work together effortlessly. With 13+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong.

We believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive. Our goal is to ensure that Asana upholds an environment where all people feel that they are respected and valued, whether they are applying for an open position or working at the company. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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