Executive Assistant to Director of Sales: Hire the Highest Quality Virtual EAs
For a Director of Sales, time directly translates to revenue. Offload operational tasks to a world-class remote executive assistant from Viva, trusted by leaders at fast-growing startups. Reclaim your focus for high-stakes deals and team strategy, letting your expert EA manage the details.
Trained
Through a 4-week training program that covers everything from resume screening to calendar tetris
Confidential
All our Recruiting Coordinators follow strict confidentiality agreements and protocols
Experienced
Proven previous experience in the same or similar roles to minimize ramp time
SUPPORTING Executives at Fast-Growing Companies Get Things Done Faster
Why Hire an EA to the Director of Sales
An EA lifts the administrative load off your Director of Sales, freeing them for high-impact work. Imagine them spending hours less on scheduling and reporting, and more time coaching reps and closing deals. This shift is why modern leaders use remote EAs for leverage. Viva helps leaders master effective task delegation, turning repeatable tasks like pipeline admin and pre-call research into fuel for growth and a faster sales cycle.
What Does an Executive Assistant to the Director of Sales Do?
A skilled EA serves as a strategic force multiplier for your Director of Sales. They manage the operational cadence of the sales organization, ensuring seamless execution of key initiatives. This dedicated support allows your sales leader to invest their energy in mentoring top performers and steering high-value deals, directly impacting revenue.
Here are some of the core responsibilities a remote EA to a Director of Sales handles:
- Curating and updating the sales playbook and one-pagers for the entire team.
- Preparing onboarding materials and scheduling initial training for new account executives.
- Processing team expense reports and tracking them against the quarterly travel and entertainment budget.
- Acting as the key liaison with marketing to align on new lead-gen campaigns.
Benefits of Having an EA for the Director of Sales
Enhanced Strategic Decision-Making Capacity
An EA lifts the operational weight, freeing your Director to make the sharper, strategic decisions that drive growth.
Increased Revenue Through Optimized Operations
An EA lightens the operational load, freeing your Director to focus solely on driving revenue growth.
Improved Sales Forecasting Accuracy
An EA lifts the operational load, empowering your sales director to deliver sharper, more accurate forecasts.
Boosted Executive Productivity and Focus
An EA lifts the operational load, empowering your Director of Sales to focus solely on driving revenue.
Streamlined Communication with Stakeholders
An EA orchestrates seamless communication with stakeholders, amplifying your influence and accelerating the sales cycle.
Accelerated Sales Cycle Management
We handle the operational load, so you can dedicate your energy to coaching your team and accelerating deals.
Skills & Qualifications Required for the Best Virtual EA to the Director of Sales
A top-tier EA for a Director of Sales moves beyond simple task management. They operate with proactiveness, intuition, and adaptability—the three essential skills needed to thrive in a fast-paced sales environment. This means anticipating the needs of the sales cycle, intelligently managing complex calendars, and seamlessly adjusting to shifting priorities, ensuring your sales leader can focus on driving revenue instead of managing administrative load.
We find these high-caliber professionals, who are college-educated and bring relevant experience, through our focused sourcing in Latin America. Every candidate undergoes a rigorous vetting process before entering our intensive 4-week business bootcamp. This training hones their business acumen, problem-solving, and communication skills, preparing them to make an immediate impact and support your sales team from day one.
Tips & Best Practices for Hiring Virtual Executive Assistants for the Director of Sales
Finding an executive assistant who can match the pace of a Director of Sales is a significant hurdle, and the lengthy hiring process often pulls focus from critical revenue-generating activities. Viva eliminates these recruitment hassles by managing the entire process, connecting you with a perfectly matched EA ready to make an impact.
- Bypass the traditional hiring load with our rapid matching process, connecting you with your ideal, pre-vetted EA in under 24 hours.
- Gain a strategic partner who has completed an intensive business bootcamp and receives ongoing coaching, ensuring they are equipped to handle dynamic sales support needs from day one.
- We handle all EA employment logistics, including providing equipment, salary, and comprehensive benefits, so you can focus purely on delegation and growth.
Hiring top Executive Assistants for Director of Saless made simple
Frequently Asked Questions
The key is to offload repeatable, low-risk tasks by clearly defining the outcome and providing context, empowering your EA to manage the process independently. Viva helps Directors of Sales master this by providing our proven framework and a trained EA to take the administrative load of pipeline management and meeting prep off your plate.
While a virtual assistant can handle tasks, a Viva executive assistant is a proactive, strategic partner, rigorously trained to anticipate your needs and manage everything from pipeline-critical scheduling to team operations. They are selected from the top 0.2% of talent to lighten your operational load, freeing you to focus entirely on leading your team and crushing your revenue goals.
Skip the months-long, risky process of hiring on your own and get a world-class, pre-vetted EA in under 24 hours, ready to manage your pipeline-critical admin from day one. We handle all the training, payroll, and ongoing coaching, taking the entire administrative load off your plate so you can focus on leading your team and hitting your numbers.
What our customers are saying
It has been so great having Maryfer’s [Viva Recruiting Coordinator] support with all recruitment & people ops stuff. It’s awesome that with all the automations she’s building, we now have a clear tracking system. It has been such a relief for me.
Having Silvi [Viva Recruiting Coordinator] has reduced my stress levels. Not only did she learn what I shared with her very quickly, but she is learning new things to share with me to make the process run so much smoother.
We lost candidates because communication was slow, and the scheduling process took too long. Since Kat [Viva Recruiting Coordinator] joined, we’ve had faster follow-ups have reduced candidate drop-off and improved their overall perception of the process.
May [Viva Recruiting Coordinator] created a custom ChatGPT model for recruitment coordination. I’ve been quite impressed. He’s clearly trying to master the role, understand it fully, and be autonomous.
Andrea [Viva Recruiting Coordinator] has been wonderful. She's sharp, responsive and has picked up my complex recruiting processes really fast. I literally don't know how I would have survived the last 3 weeks without her help.
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