Sales Enablement Manager (Chicago)

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Sales at Aikido move fast; we hire 1-2 commercial people per week. We’re looking for our first Sales Enablement Manager to help us maintain exceptional win rates. You'll work closely with (product) marketing on generating materials (one-sliders, presentations,…), with HR for onboarding, and with sales leadership. Aikido is a very technical product. You ensure sales know what to sell, to whom, and how. Your job is to keep messaging consistent across the funnel.

Responsibilities

• Onboard new sales hires and cut ramp time

• Run ongoing training on product, ICP, personas, objections, and competitors

• Build role-specific enablement for BDR, AE, CS, and partners

• Create and maintain sales playbooks

• Own objection handling like ‘build vs buy.’

• Build competitive battlecards

• Turn customer wins into usable case studies