Job Description
WEBSITE: https://canoeintelligence.com/
TITLE: Commercial Enablement Director
LOCATION: New York City (hybrid)
SALARY: $140000 - $155000 + Bonus & Equity
The Role:
As the founding senior hire for Commercial Enablement you will design and lead the overarching strategy and execution for Learning and Development across Canoe's Go-To-Market (GTM) organization. This is a high-impact leadership role focused on institutionalizing alternative investment domain expertise and driving measurable revenue growth through sophisticated process enablement. You won't just be managing a Learning Management system; you will be building a world-class engine that empowers our Sales and Client Success teams to excel in their roles.
What You'll Do:
- Strategic Enablement Roadmap: Move beyond tactical module creation to design a long-term enablement strategy that aligns with Canoe's rapid scaling organization and revenue targets.
- Enablement Content Development & Execution: Own all programming and execution required to successfully build and launch enablement initiatives.
- LMS Management: Finalize launch of our Learning Management System (LMS) establishing a rigorous formal certification framework to verify that every team member is a subject matter expert.
- Advanced Sales & CS Playbooks: Create high-level playbooks for objection handling market positioning and competitive differentiators specifically tailored by client segment region and size.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with Product Sales Engineering Marketing and other functional leaders to build robust enablement programming.
- Data-Driven Optimization: Establish KPIs to measure the direct impact of enablement programs on sales cycle compression win rates and client retention.
- Onboarding Ownership: revamp onboarding process within our Learning Management System and uplevel existing onboarding to reduce ramp time amongst Commercial hires.
What We're Looking For:
- Deep Industry Expertise: Extensive knowledge of the alternative investments industry is required. You must understand the pain points of investment firms in managing their alternative investments.
- Senior Leadership Experience: Proven track record of building enablement or instructional design programs from the ground up in a high-growth environment.
- Instructional Design Mastery: Expert-level skills in creating sophisticated engaging training content for a highly technical audience.
- Executive Presence: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and build strong cross-functional relationships.
- Ownership Mindset: A proactive problem solver who thrives in "0 to 1" situations and sets the highest standard for excellence.
- Tech Stack Proficiency: Experience with enterprise-grade LMS platforms (specifically Highspot) and CRM tools
What You'll Get:
- Medical dental vision benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- 401(k)
- Flexible work from home policy
- Home office stipend + wifi reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Gym reimbursement
- Education assistance
- Parental Leave
- Commuter benefits
What's The Process?
- Our candidate discovery process generally constitutes the following key milestones: A Phone Interview and three rounds of video interviews. We also complete background checks and references prior to employment.
Our Values:
- Client First -> Listen and deliver client-centric solutions
- Be An Owner -> Take initiative improve situations drive positive outcomes
- Excellence -> Always set the highest standard for yourself and others
- Win Together -> 1 + 1 = 3
Who We Are:
Canoe is reimagining alternative investment data processes for hundreds of leading institutional investors capital allocators asset servicing firms and wealth managers. By combining industry expertise with the most sophisticated data capture technologies Canoe's technology automates the highly-frustrating time-consuming and costly manual workflows related to alternative investment document and data management extraction and delivery. With Canoe clients can refocus capital and human resources on business performance and growth increase efficiency and gain deeper access to their data. Canoe's AI-driven platform was developed in 2013 for Portage Partners LLC a private investment firm.
Canoe is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire promote discipline or discharge will be based on merit competence performance and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion marital status age national origin ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy genetic information gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other status protected under federal state or local law.
Skills Required
- Deep knowledge of the alternative investments industry
- Experience in building enablement or instructional design programs in high-growth environments
- Expert-level skills in instructional design for technical audiences
- Exceptional communication and influence skills with senior stakeholders
- Proactive mindset in problem-solving and maintaining high standards
- Proficiency with enterprise-grade LMS platforms and CRM tools
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Canoe Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Healthcare Strength—Employer materials list U.S. medical dental and vision coverage with FSA/HSA options indicating a solid core health package. Public benefits details also reference employer-verified coverage to support this foundation.
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—Flexible PTO and paid holidays are advertised with many roles structured as hybrid or fully remote to support flexibility. This breadth suggests time-off policies intended to accommodate varying schedules and needs.
- Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits—Work-from-home and wellness support includes a one-time remote office stipend and up to a monthly wellness/Wi‑Fi reimbursement. These perks complement remote/hybrid roles and encourage ergonomic and wellbeing investments.
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What We Do
Canoe offers first-of-its kind AI technology powering the future of alternative investments. Canoe has reimagined the future of alternative investments with cloud-based machine-learning technology for document collection data extraction and data science initiatives. We transform complex documents into actionable intelligence within seconds and empower allocators with tools to unlock new efficiencies for their business. Since the beginning we’ve maintained a focused client-first approach to building and enhancing our technology and will continue to do so. By introducing automation to alternatives document collection and data management workflows institutional investors wealth managers and general partners are seeing dramatic improvements in data accuracy and access team efficiency and client satisfaction.
Why Work With Us
At Canoe we look for people who are open-minded willing to roll up their sleeves and constantly ask questions. We believe that diverse backgrounds and perspectives foster conversation and innovation and collaborate to make each other better. Canoe's success is intertwined with each individual's success which is why we focus on the team.
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