Area Vice President - Enterprise, Mid Market & Public Sector Sales (m/f/d)

Splunk; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading company is seeking an Area Vice President to drive sales growth in the Enterprise, Mid-Market & Public Sector segments across Germany. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in leading high-performing sales teams and a deep understanding of SaaS and cloud go-to-market strategies. This role requires strong leadership skills, effective stakeholder management, and the ability to work dynamically in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years experience in building and running B2B/B2G sales teams.
• 5+ years of second line management experience.
• Fluent in German & English (both written and spoken)

Aufgaben

• Develop a team of first line leaders and partner closely with other functional teams.
• Lead by example, set expectations, and follow through effectively.
• Consistently deliver against targets – ensuring company goals are achieved.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Coaching

Sales Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Jobbeschreibung

Area Vice President - Enterprise, Mid Market & Public Sector Sales (m/f/d)

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Role

Due to our expansive growth we are seeking an extraordinary sales leader to join our team as “Area Vice President, Enterprise, Mid-Market & Public Sector Sales (m/f/d)” in Germany.

In addition to requisite passion, skills, and experience, you will have a consistent track record in building and leading high performing teams that exceed revenue targets and associated company priorities. Your role will have a material impact on Splunk’s overall performance, are you up for the challenge?

This role is responsible for the top line growth and drives sales for top Enterprise, Mid-Market & Public Sector accounts in Germany.

What We're Looking For

• Demonstrated success in hiring, leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams
• Proven ability to adapt and thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments
• Proven success in effectively influencing key stakeholders both within customer organizations and internally at Splunk/Cisco
• Proven ability to align and influence decision-makers toward a shared objective
• Deep understanding of SaaS / Cloud Go-To-Market and the required roles for effective customer engagement
  
  

Responsibilities

• Develop a team of first line leaders and partner closely with other functional teams.
• Lead by example, set expectations, and follow through effectively.
• Provide coaching and mentorship as needed and ensure that managers do the same for their team.
• Consistently deliver against targets – ensuring company goals, and objectives are achieved consistently and sustainably.
• Accurately forecast monthly, quarterly, and annual targets for assigned region.
• Effectively manage your region by considering each and all accounts collectively; establish accurate plans and forecasts; prioritize efforts; generate short-term results while holding a long-term perspective to achieve overall results.
• Put into place sales force structure, process strategies, and strategic resource plans that will bring together key opportunities in target markets throughout the Region.
• Unearth customer insights, define value proposition, determine appropriate sales and marketing strategy to maximize growth objectives.
• Provide leadership and oversight to ensure the team demonstrates and deploys resources expertly and for the highest impact.
• Collaborating with sales engineering, channels/alliances, customer success, renewals professional services, product, legal, marketing, and engineering teams to create a flawless customer experience.
  
  

Requirements

• 10+ years experience building and running sales teams B2B and/or B2G
• 5+ years second line management experience
• Relevant consultative Platform selling experience within the software industry in any of the following IT systems, enterprise or infrastructure management, application development and management, security, business applications and/or analytics.
• Subscription, SaaS, or Cloud software experience is mandatory.
• History of consistently meeting/exceeding targets and objectives personally and as a leader.
• Excellent conceptual thought leadership and influencing skills; ability to build strong business partnerships both outside, and within the organization, leader to leader concept.
• Skilled at business planning and diligent at measuring and communicating progress towards the plan, identifying roadblocks, and coming up with appropriate solutions.
• Highly professional persona and polished demeanour.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; effective at delivering executive level presentations.
• Bachelor's degree; MBA a plus
• Ability to travel ~20%
• Fluent in German & English (both written and spoken) is mandatory
• References of ability to build up strategic C-Level customer relation in strategic segments or vectors
• Experience of hosting customer events, promoting companies solutions and strengthens customers relation to similar customer groups
  
  

Splunk, a Cisco company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development and Sales

• Industries

  Software Development, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet

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