Sales Enablement Sr. Partner

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West Des Moines, IA, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Fintech • Insurance
The Role
Coordinates sales onboarding, training, and development programs, including recurring enablement programming and Wholesaler U. Maintains learning paths, calendars, materials, and job aids; partners with sales leaders and subject-matter experts; analyzes feedback and program data; and recommends improvements. Supports presentations, facilitation, product and sales-skills learning, and the use of AI-enabled tools to improve content development and program effectiveness.
Summary Generated by Built In

We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.

Purpose:

The Sales Enablement Sr. Partner helps turn learning into stronger Sales performance by coordinating high-impact training, onboarding, and development programs across Athene’s Sales organization. You’ll help bring programs such as monthly enablement programming and Wholesaler U to life while ensuring Sales professionals have relevant, engaging resources that help them succeed.
This is an opportunity to work across Sales leaders, subject-matter experts, and business partners while building a strong understanding of our products, workflows, and evolving distribution organization. At Athene, you’ll join a growing retirement services business whose partnership with Apollo provides scale, investment expertise, and opportunities to innovate. Our BEAM values—Believe in your co-workers, Engage actively, Act like owners, and Make it happen—shape how we collaborate, move with urgency, and deliver results.

Accountabilities:

  • Coordinate onboarding, training, and development programs across Sales roles and channels, including recurring enablement programming and Wholesaler U, ensuring an organized and engaging learner experience.

  • Support the rollout and continuous improvement of Sales curricula by coordinating pilots, schedules, learning materials, participant communications, feedback, and follow-up.

  • Maintain role-based learning paths, training calendars, presentations, job aids, videos, and other resources, identifying opportunities to make content more effective and easier for Sales professionals to use.

  • Partner with Sales leaders, subject-matter experts, and external partners to coordinate learning experiences and build a practical understanding of Sales activities, workflows, and foundational product knowledge.

  • Collect, organize, and analyze program data and participant feedback to identify insights, evaluate effectiveness, and recommend improvements.

  • Support emerging product, technology, and sales-skills learning needs while thoughtfully using AI-enabled learning and productivity tools to improve content development, summarize feedback, streamline routine work, and create more time for high-value enablement activities.


Qualifications and Experience:

  • 4+ years of experience in sales enablement, learning and development, training or program coordination, Sales support, or relevant professional experience, preferred.

  • Strong organizational and project-coordination skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, establish clear deadlines, adapt as needs change, and move work forward with sound judgment.

  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including the ability to build credibility, influence without direct authority, provide constructive feedback, and support presentations or small-group facilitation.

  • Critical thinking, creativity, and a continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to turn program data, participant feedback, and business needs into practical recommendations and solutions.

  • Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Word; familiarity with learning-management systems, CRM or video platforms, and the ability to thoughtfully use and learn AI-enabled productivity tools.

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, human resources, education, marketing, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

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Athene is committed to inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Skills Required

  • 4+ years of experience in sales enablement, learning and development, training, program coordination, sales support, or relevant professional experience
  • Strong organizational and project-coordination skills, including managing competing priorities and deadlines
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including influencing without direct authority and supporting presentations or small-group facilitation
  • Critical thinking, creativity, and a continuous-improvement mindset
  • Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Word
  • Familiarity with learning-management systems, CRM or video platforms, and AI-enabled productivity tools
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, human resources, education, marketing, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Athene Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Athene and has not been reviewed or approved by Athene.

  • Retirement Support Retirement savings support is highlighted through a strong employer match and structured retirement programs. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful long-term value to total compensation.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off policies span flexible or paid time off, a robust holiday schedule, volunteer time, and paid parental, family care, and military leave. Feedback suggests this breadth is a standout element across many roles.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Wellbeing resources include comprehensive health coverage, mental-health support, onsite fitness centers, and one‑on‑one coaching. HQ amenities and wellness perks are positioned as differentiators for on-site employees.

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The Company
HQ: West Des Moines, IA
1,254 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

Athene, through its subsidiaries, is a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. The products offered by Athene include: • Retail fixed, fixed indexed and registered index-linked annuity products; • Reinsurance arrangements with third-party annuity providers; and • Institutional products, such as funding agreements and group annuity contracts related to pension risk transfers. Athene's subsidiaries include Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company, a Delaware-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity and Life Company, an Iowa-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York, a New York-domiciled insurance company, Athene Securities, LLC, an Iowa-domiciled registered broker-dealer (member FINRA), and Athene Life Re Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer. -- The financial industry is ripe for change and Athene is leading the way. We’re determined to make retirement easier for you and other Americans by harnessing our passion, smarts and relentless spirit. Learn how to become an Athene financial professional at www.athene.com/contact. If you love a challenge and are driven to succeed, then Athene is your kind of company.

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