The Hartford

Director, Sales Enablement

The Hartford

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Hartford • Connecticut, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $128,480 - $192,720 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Own and evolve the New Hire, Professional Mastery, and Leadership learning pillars to ensure consistent development across all career stages.
  • Lead and inspire a team of learning professionals including Instructional Designers and Content Curators to deliver high-impact sales education.
  • Collaborate with senior sales leaders to understand strategic initiatives, identify capability gaps and deliver learning solutions that accelerate sales effectiveness and business growth.
  • Integrate AI tools and Copilot into learning design and delivery, enabling smarter workflows, personalized learning, and data-driven insights.
  • Represent Sales Enablement University in enterprise forums, sharing insights on sales trends, learning innovation, and AI adoption.
  • Deliver compelling executive updates that showcase progress, ROI, and strategic alignment of learning programs.
  • Drive a community of best practice with a focus on cost efficiency and scalability that is rooted in empowerment, innovation, customer-centricity and continuous improvement.
  • Manage competing priorities and education maturity levels across 5 major business units, maximizing common themes, designs, and approaches to meet demand.
  • Coach and mentor team members to grow their sales acumen, leadership capabilities, and AI fluency.
  • Lead complex learning initiatives, managing budgets, timelines, and risks to ensure successful execution.
  • Ensure learning solutions are strategic, dynamic, interactive, and grounded in adult learning principles and real-world application.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends in sales enablement, adult learning, and AI by engaging with external networks and thought leaders.

Requirements

  • 10+ years’ progressive experience in learning and development within large corporate environments; insurance or financial services preferred
  • 5+ years’ leadership experience, including enterprise-level sales enablement initiatives focused on continuous improvement, customer centricity, and change management
  • Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate business impact to senior stakeholders
  • Expertise in adult learning theory, instructional design, and content creation; sales enablement experience a plus
  • Proven success driving adoption of new sales methodologies, tools, and training programs across cross-functional teams
  • Experience with AI tools (e.g., Copilot) and enthusiasm for educating others
  • Excellent judgment, decision-making, strategic planning, and project management skills
  • Skilled in delivering clear, data-driven reports to assess learning impact and support strategic decisions
  • Willingness to travel 25–30%
  • Bachelor’s degree in Learning & Development, Human Resources, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred)
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Bonuses

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
adult learning theoryinstructional designcontent creationsales enablementproject managementstrategic planningdata-driven reportingsales methodologieschange managementAI tools
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationexecutive presencejudgmentdecision-makingstrategic thinkingcoachingmentoringcollaborationcustomer-centricity
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Learning & DevelopmentBachelor’s degree in Human ResourcesBachelor’s degree in BusinessMaster’s degree in Learning & DevelopmentMaster’s degree in Human ResourcesMaster’s degree in Business
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