Executive Assistant to Head of Sales: Hire the Highest Quality Virtual EAs
A great Head of Sales should focus on driving revenue, not managing operational tasks. Viva empowers sales leaders by providing elite remote executive assistants, trusted by 100+ tech executives. Reclaim 15+ hours weekly to focus on closing deals and scaling your team.
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 Head of Sales
A Head of Sales can reclaim 10+ hours weekly by offloading operational tasks to an EA. Imagine an assistant managing your calendar for pipeline-critical events and prepping account research for major calls. This frees you for high-level strategy. Modern leaders embrace remote EAs for this leverage, and Viva helps you master effective delegation. We turn administrative load into leadership capacity, ensuring you focus on closing deals and growing your team.
What Does an Executive Assistant to the Head of Sales Do?
An EA transforms a Head of Sales's operational load into a strategic advantage. By managing key workflows like sales enablement coordination and CRM data integrity, they directly fuel pipeline velocity. This strategic support ensures the sales leader can dedicate their full attention to coaching reps and closing enterprise deals.
A high-impact remote EA takes ownership of core responsibilities like these:
- Preparing onboarding schedules and training materials for new hires to accelerate their ramp-up.
- Cleansing and updating Salesforce data for consistently accurate forecasting and pipeline reporting.
- Coordinating with marketing to distribute new sales collateral and product updates to the team.
- Compiling weekly sales activity reports and leaderboard updates for team performance tracking.
Benefits of Having an EA for the Head of Sales
Enhanced Time Management and Efficiency
An EA lifts the operational load, freeing your Head of Sales to focus on driving revenue.
Improved Sales Strategy Execution
An EA empowers your Head of Sales to execute winning strategies by removing their operational load.
Greater Focus on Revenue Growth
An EA clears the path for your Head of Sales to drive revenue and build key relationships.
Streamlined Communication and Reporting
An EA handles the reporting and communication load, so you can focus on strategy and team leadership.
Increased Client Relationship Management
An EA removes the operational load, empowering your Head of Sales to focus on client relationships.
Optimized Team Performance and Leadership
Your EA handles the operational load, so you can focus on coaching your reps and driving revenue.
Skills & Qualifications Required for the Best Virtual EA to the Head of Sales
A top-performing EA for a Head of Sales moves beyond basic support, demonstrating proactiveness to anticipate needs, intuition to navigate complex sales cycles, and adaptability to pivot with market shifts. These essential traits, combined with stellar communication and organizational skills, empower them to manage calendars, streamline operations, and solve problems before they arise, allowing sales leaders to focus on driving revenue.
We find these high-caliber, college-educated professionals and immerse them in a four-week intensive business bootcamp. This training hones their business acumen, problem-solving abilities, and communication skills. Through continuous coaching and upskilling, we ensure your EA not only meets these high standards but also evolves with your needs, ready to lighten your administrative load from day one.
Tips & Best Practices for Hiring Virtual Executive Assistants for the Head of Sales
Finding the right EA for your Head of Sales can be a significant operational load, often involving lengthy recruitment cycles and the risk of a poor fit. Viva transforms this entire experience, eliminating the hiring friction so you can get support immediately.
- We fast-track the entire process, matching you with pre-vetted, high-caliber EA talent so you can start delegating within a week.
- Viva handles all employment logistics, including providing the necessary equipment and benefits for your EA, from payroll to PTO.
- Our EAs receive continuous coaching and upskilling, ensuring they are always prepared to tackle new challenges and integrate seamlessly with your sales leadership's evolving needs.
Hiring top Executive Assistants for Head of Saless made simple
Frequently Asked Questions
To delegate effectively, use a simple framework to offload repeatable tasks by clearly defining the outcome and providing context, empowering your EA to handle the details. Viva guides Heads of Sales through this entire process, matching you with a trained EA ready to manage everything from pipeline-critical events to sales meeting research, instantly lightening your operational load.
While a virtual assistant might handle basic administrative tasks, a Viva executive assistant is a proactive, highly-trained partner who actively manages your pipeline-critical activities. They take ownership of revenue-driving admin like calendar management and meeting prep, freeing you from the operational load so you can focus entirely on leading your team and closing deals.
Instead of spending months on a hiring search, you get a world-class, fully-managed EA from the top 0.2% of talent ready to start in under a week. This lets you skip the entire administrative load of recruiting and ongoing management, so you can immediately focus on driving revenue and leading your sales team.
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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