Senior Director, Growth

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New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
203K-270K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Information Technology • Payments • Productivity • Software • Travel • Automation
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The Role
Leads and scales high-velocity Scaled Sales and Account Management teams across customer acquisition, handoffs, retention, portfolio optimization, upselling, and revenue growth. Owns funnel velocity, capacity planning, compensation design, performance metrics, and talent development while aligning sales and account management around long-term customer adoption and recurring revenue.
Summary Generated by Built In

We are seeking an operational, strategy-driven Senior Director, Growth to lead and scale our high-velocity Scaled Sales and Account Management (AM) teams. You will oversee the end-to-end customer journey—from initial sign-up and velocity-driven sales activation to portfolio optimization, retention, and long-term revenue growth.

The ideal candidate thrives in data-dense environments, excels at solving operational friction points across the sales funnel, and knows how to align incentive structures so that "hunting" transitions seamlessly into long-term commercial commitment.

What You'll Do:

  • Funnel & Velocity Optimization: Oversee the Scaled Sales team to drive monthly account growth. Implement operational interventions, sequence changes, and in-app triggers to accelerate conversion velocity.
  • Portfolio & Capacity Planning: Develop data-driven frameworks for account segmentation, portfolio sizing, and density to optimize AM capacity and maximize net revenue retention.
  • Handoff & Process Engineering: Redefining success criteria, establishing clear commercial intent indicators, and setting exact thresholds for handing off accounts from Sales (hunting) to AM (farming).
  • Compensation & Incentive Design: Structure balanced sales compensation plans (including retention bonuses, clawbacks, or split commissions) that incentivize high-value, sustainable account acquisition over quick-churn sign-ups.
  • Leadership & Talent Coaching: Manage, coach, and scale team leaders and individual contributors across Sales and Account Management. Instill a culture of true customer habituation and proactive growth rather than passive account maintenance.
  • Performance Metrics: Establish and monitor leading indicators and KPIs that measure product adoption, booking consistency, and recurring revenue growth.
  • Upselling and Maturing Companies: Expand existing accounts through structured upsell strategies and support company growth maturity over time.

What We're Looking For:

  • 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in Sales Leadership, or Customer Success Management within a high-velocity SaaS or transactional B2B platform.
  • Proven track record of managing sales funnels and optimizing the transition from trial/activation to recurring retention.
  • Strong capability in capacity modeling, portfolio segmentation (determining account-to-AM ratios), and pipeline management.
  • Experience structuring specialized sales teams (Hunter vs. Farmer models) and designing cross-functional alignment mechanisms.
  • Demonstrated ability to coach top performers through operational friction, holding reps accountable to long-term adoption metrics rather than surface-level activity.

The posted pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the compensation for this position and is subject to change based on business need. To determine a successful candidate’s starting pay, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.
For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter.
Pay Range
$202,500—$270,000 USD

Navan uses AI-assisted Automated Employment Decision Tool (Metaview) to assist with evaluating resumes against job qualifications for this role. All final decisions are made by human recruiters and hiring managers. 

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Skills Required

  • 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in Sales Leadership or Customer Success Management within a high-velocity SaaS or transactional B2B platform
  • Proven track record managing sales funnels and optimizing the transition from trial or activation to recurring retention
  • Strong capability in capacity modeling, portfolio segmentation, account-to-AM ratio determination, and pipeline management
  • Experience structuring specialized sales teams using Hunter and Farmer models
  • Experience designing cross-functional alignment mechanisms
  • Demonstrated ability to coach top performers through operational friction
  • Ability to hold representatives accountable to long-term adoption metrics rather than surface-level activity

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Navan Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families are explicitly offered, and healthcare is often characterized as a strong part of the package with mental‑health resources included. This breadth of core health benefits is consistently highlighted alongside lifestyle supports.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Policies emphasize flexible/unlimited vacation in the U.S., with region‑specific structures such as five weeks of paid annual leave in the UK. This scope of time‑off options is presented as a clear advantage.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is structured at 16 weeks for birthing parents and 10 weeks for non‑birthing parents. This level of support is positioned as a meaningful benefit for families.

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The Company
HQ: Palo Alto, CA
3,300 Employees
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Navan (Nasdaq: NAVN) is the leading all-in-one business travel, payments, and expense management platform that makes travel easy for frequent travelers. From finding flights and hotels to automating expense reconciliation, with 24/7 support along the way, Navan delivers an intuitive experience travelers love and finance teams rely on. See how Navan customers benefit and learn more at navan.com.

Why Work With Us

At Navan, we’re never satisfied with the status quo, and we know breakthrough ideas come from diverse perspectives. We are committed to cultivating a workplace that reflects the diversity of the customers we serve while fostering leadership and innovation.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

In-person connections is the foundation of Navan, the connections forged through face-to-face interactions improve company culture and what we can achieve together. We operate on a hybrid working model, which we define as four days a week in-office.

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