Director of Sales & Marketing at Talnt in Walnut, California, United States
- Company: Talnt
- Location: Walnut, California, United States
- Posted: Sep 18, 2026
- Type: Full-Time
- Salary: $80,000 + commission based on revenue
- Experience: 5+ years
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Director of Sales & Marketing to lead and scale the sales and marketing organization for a rapidly growing California homebuilder specializing in single-family homes, multifamily developments, and innovative residential construction. While the company initially establis…
Job description
- We are seeking an experienced Director of Sales & Marketing to lead and scale the sales and marketing organization for a rapidly growing California homebuilder specializing in single-family homes, multifamily developments, and innovative residential construction. While the company initially established its reputation through accessory dwelling units (ADUs), its primary focus today is delivering high-quality housing communities and multifamily projects throughout California.
- This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who understands new home sales, residential construction, and how to build a high-performing sales organization. You will recruit, develop, and coach a growing sales team while personally engaging with prospective buyers through presentations, product demonstrations, and strategic customer interactions.
- The ideal candidate has experience with a production homebuilder or residential developer, understands construction timelines and the homebuying process, and is excited to leverage technology, AI-powered CRM tools, and data-driven marketing strategies to accelerate growth.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute sales and marketing strategies that drive revenue growth across new home and multifamily residential communities.
- Recruit, hire, onboard, mentor, and develop a high-performing sales organization.
- Personally lead customer consultations, model home presentations, and product demonstrations alongside the sales team.
- Build scalable sales processes, coaching programs, and performance metrics that support continued organizational growth.
- Develop and oversee digital marketing, lead generation, branding, referral, and event marketing initiatives.
- Partner with design, estimating, permitting, and construction teams to ensure accurate communication regarding products, pricing, timelines, and customer expectations.
- Utilize AI-enabled CRM platforms, lead scoring, marketing automation, and sales enablement tools to improve team productivity and customer engagement.
- Monitor pipeline performance, sales forecasting, KPIs, and marketing ROI while providing regular reporting to executive leadership.
- Build strategic relationships with developers, brokers, real estate professionals, referral partners, and industry organizations.
- Analyze market trends, competitive activity, and customer insights to identify growth opportunities.
- Travel throughout California to support communities, customer meetings, sales events, and project sites.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in residential homebuilding, new home sales, or construction sales leadership.
- Strong understanding of residential construction, permitting, development timelines, and the homebuyer journey.
- Proven success building, managing, and scaling sales teams.
- Experience leading both sales and marketing functions.
- Hands-on experience conducting product demonstrations and coaching sales professionals.
- Experience with CRM systems, pipeline management, forecasting, and marketing analytics.
- Comfortable leveraging AI-powered CRM, sales enablement, and marketing automation tools.
- Strong leadership, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Willingness to travel throughout California.
- Valid California driver's license.
- Experience with production homebuilders, residential developers, or modular construction.
- Experience selling single-family homes, multifamily communities, or master-planned developments.
- Knowledge of digital marketing, SEO, paid media, and customer acquisition strategies.
- Established network within California's residential construction or real estate market.
- Experience growing organizations through scalable sales processes and data-driven decision making.
Skills
Required
- Sales leadership
- Marketing strategy
- Team building and coaching
- CRM systems
- Pipeline management
- Forecasting
- Marketing analytics
- AI-powered CRM tools
- Sales enablement tools
- Marketing automation
- Leadership
- Presentation
Preferred
- Experience with production homebuilders
- Experience with residential developers
- Experience with modular construction
- Selling single-family homes
- Selling multifamily communities
- Selling master-planned developments
- Digital marketing
- SEO
Benefits
- Base Salary: $80,000 + commission based on revenue