Director Sales, UK & Ireland New Business

Diligent Corporation; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading governance SaaS firm is seeking a Director of Sales in Greater London, responsible for overseeing SMB and MidMarket strategies in the UK & Ireland. You will lead a team of Account Executives, drive revenue growth, and streamline sales processes. The ideal candidate has extensive SaaS sales experience, strong leadership skills, and proficiency with modern sales tools. This position offers a hybrid work model, allowing at least 50% onsite engagement to enhance collaboration and innovation.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Comprehensive health benefits

Generous time off policy

Global days of service

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years leading successful SaaS sales teams.
• 8+ years of direct sales experience with proven track record.
• Expertise in sales methodologies like MEDDPICC, Challenger Sales.

Responsibilities

• Lead sales prospecting, pipeline creation and execution.
• Deliver clear executive updates and deal reviews.
• Own forecasting and maintain market intelligence.

Skills

Leading successful new business sales teams

Direct sales experience

Coaching and leadership skills

Managing sales funnel end-to-end

Forecasting accuracy

Proficiency with modern sales tooling

Strategic planning

Excellent communication skills

Education

Experience in SaaS/Software environments

Tools

Salesforce

Gong

Outreach

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Job description

About Us

Diligent is the AI leader in governance risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions helping more than 1 million users and 700000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk build greater resilience and make better decisions faster.

At Diligent were building the future with people who think boldly and move fast. Whether youre designing systems that leverage large language models or part of a team reimaging workflows with AI youll help us unlock entirely new ways of working and thinking. Curiosity is in our DNA we look for individuals willing to ask the big questions and experiment fearlessly - those who embrace change not as a challenge but as an opportunity. The future belongs to those who keep learning and we are building it together. At Diligent youre not just building the future - youre an agent of positive change joining a global community on a mission to make an impact.

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Position Overview

The Director of Sales reporting to the RVP Commercial Sales will be responsible for overseeing the new business strategy for SMB and MidMarket in the UK & Ireland managing a team of Account Executives for Diligent in the region. The Director of Sales is responsible for driving increased revenue from a new customer base. They will establish the operating rhythm for prospecting pipeline creation deal execution and forecast rigor ensuring predictable attainment and clear accountability as well as consistency across the team.

Were looking for an entrepreneurial sales leader who can set the tone for excellence build a highperforming team and execute a crisp gotomarket for their relevant segment. Youll develop and coach talent bring discipline to forecasting and partner crossfunctionally including Product Marketing Sales Development Marketing - to generate and convert highquality pipeline. You thrive on building repeatable processes upleveling deal strategy and winning new logos at pace.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish the operating rhythm for sales outbound prospecting multi-channel pipeline creation deal execution and forecast accuracy to ensure predictable pipeline and bookings attainment.
• Deliver clear concise written and verbal communications including executive updates deal reviews and cross-functional alignment across the region.
• Lead complex negotiations to close strategic deals while setting a high bar for deal strategy execution discipline and team leadership.
• Own forecast accuracy and cadence providing precise weekly and monthly projections risk / opportunity reviews and action plans to close gaps.
• Own territory and market intelligence for the segment you are overseeing tracking progress on market share capture emerging opportunities and competitor intelligence.
• Recruit hire onboard train and retain high-performing sales account executives; set clear expectations and coach for continuous improvement and accountability; and lead from the front by role-modeling sales excellence to the team
• Define and execute the regional sales strategy in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders including territory design commercial plays and team enablement to achieve growth targets.
• Drive pipeline generation and inspection rhythms; partner with Marketing Sales Development and Revenue Operations to improve pipeline creation in target segments shorten sales cycles and increase win rates.

Required Experience / Skills

• Minimum 3 years of leading successful new business sales teams in SaaS / Software environments
• Minimum 8 years of successful direct sales experience in SaaS / Software environments
• Proven track record of achieving sales targets and driving revenue growth in the UK & Irish midmarket and SMB segments both as a leader and as an individual contributor; regular Presidents Club achievement for you and your teams. Excellent coaching leadership and management skills with the ability to motivate and inspire a team
• Proven experience managing the sales funnel endtoend leveraging data and metrics to inform strategy and systematically identify and resolve performance gaps with a datadriven focus on pipeline hygiene activity quality and rigorous deal inspection.
• Dedicated focus on forecasting accurate and achievable results
• Expertise in sales methodologies including MEDDPICC Force Management Challenger Sales
• Proficiency with modern sales tooling (e.g. Salesforce Gong Outreach LinkedIn Sales Navigator) coupled with a deep curiosity about AI and demonstrable examples of leveraging AI to raise efficiency and outcomes for yourself and your team.
• Deep understanding of value drivers in recurring revenue business models
• Strategic planning and implementation skills ability to think ahead
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

What Diligent Offers You

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients
• We care about our people. Diligent offers a flexible work environment global days of service comprehensive health benefits meeting free days generous time off policy and wellness programsto name a few
• We have teams all over the world . We may be headquartered in New York City but we have office hubs in Washington D.C. Vancouver London Galway Budapest Munich Bengaluru Singapore and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team facilitate dialogue and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate smart and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future but who want to make the world a more sustainable equitable and better place.

Headquartered in New York Diligent has offices in Washington D.C. London Galway Budapest Vancouver Bengaluru Munich Singapore and Sydney. To foster strong collaboration and connection this role will follow a hybrid work model. If you are within a commuting distance to one of our Diligent office locations you will be expected to work onsite at least 50% of the time. We believe that in-person engagement helps drive innovation teamwork and a strong sense of community.

We are a drug free workplace. Diligent is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race color religious creed sex national origin ancestry citizenship status pregnancy childbirth physical disability mental disability age military status protected veteran status marital status registered domestic partner or civil union status gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression) medical condition (including but not limited to cancer related or HIV / AIDS related) genetic information or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal state and local also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements. See alsoDiligents EEO Policy and Know Your are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at .

To all recruitment agencies : Diligent does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias Diligent employees or any other organization location. Diligent is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Key Skills

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Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1