General Manager, Media

2 weeks, 5 days ago
Full-time
Lead
Sales and Business Development
Planar

Planar

Planar specializes in designing and providing advanced LED and LCD video walls and display solutions tailored for a variety of demanding environments, including retail, education, and commercial sectors, ensuring superior image performance and visual e...

Media
251-1K
Founded 1983

Description

  • Own the Media segment for North America, including revenue growth, pipeline health, and margin performance for broadcast and media customers.
  • Act as a player-coach by carrying a team quota while leading, mentoring, and developing a small sales team.
  • Refine and execute a segment-specific sales strategy to protect existing business and expand into new accounts, applications, and partnerships.
  • Participate in customer meetings, joint sales calls, product demos, proof-of-concepts, and key industry events and tradeshows.
  • Build and maintain executive-level relationships with end users, systems integrators, consultants, and channel partners.
  • Partner with Marketing to develop campaigns, content, case studies, and events that generate qualified pipeline.
  • Collaborate with Applications Engineering and Product Management on solutions, proposals, and product roadmaps.
  • Provide market intelligence and competitive insights to inform pricing, positioning, and long-term strategy.
  • Maintain accurate forecasts, pipeline visibility, and account plans in the CRM, and report performance to senior leadership.
  • Foster a culture of speed, agility, collaboration, and accountability within the team.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of technology sales experience.
  • 3–5 years of experience selling into broadcast, media, live production, or similar visual technology environments.
  • Experience with LED/LCD displays and visualization systems strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated success as both an individual contributor and a sales leader in a player-coach role.
  • Proven track record of meeting or exceeding quota while managing and developing a team.
  • Strong technical aptitude with display, video, and AV systems.
  • Ability to translate complex solutions into clear business value for customers.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills with technical stakeholders and executive decision-makers.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, modern CRM tools such as Salesforce or D365, and collaboration tools such as Teams.
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills.
  • Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% throughout North America.
  • Strong preference for candidates in the Northeastern US near a major airport.
  • Must have a valid driver’s license.

Benefits

  • Benefits begin on the first day of employment.
  • 75% employer-paid medical coverage for the employee, with family coverage included.
  • 100% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  • 100% employer-paid long-term disability, short-term disability, and life insurance.
  • 401(k) match of 4% when the employee contributes 5%, with immediate vesting.
  • 10 paid holidays.
  • Starting at 15 days of paid PTO annually, inclusive of sick and vacation time.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

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