- Publicly traded Global Technology Principal
- Opportunity to build selected discipline from scratch
About Our Client
Our client is a global technology company operating within the cloud software ecosystem, helping organizations address challenges associated with operating modern technology environments at scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the full new-business sales lifecycle, from territory mapping and target-account identification through prospecting, qualification, solution development, negotiation and close.
- Build a high-quality pipeline through proactive, self-generated business development, rather than relying predominantly on inbound opportunities.
- Identify and penetrate high-potential cloud-first businesses and develop relationships across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Establish credibility with senior technology, engineering and business decision-makers.
- Develop a deep understanding of each prospect's business model, technology environment, priorities and commercial drivers.
- Translate complex technology challenges into compelling business cases based on measurable value and ROI.
- Multi-thread opportunities by developing relationship maps across technical users, champions, economic buyers and executive stakeholders.
- Navigate complex enterprise buying processes and maintain momentum throughout longer, multi-stakeholder sales cycles.
- Lead commercial negotiations and build the internal and customer alignment required to close strategic opportunities.
- Maintain rigorous pipeline management and forecasting discipline.
The Ideal Candidate
- You are a builder and hunter at heart.
- You are comfortable starting with a blank sheet: determining which organizations matter, finding a credible entry point, developing champions and turning an initially cold account into a strategically qualified opportunity.
- You combine persistence with commercial judgment. Rather than simply presenting technology, you seek to understand why a customer needs to act, why the issue matters commercially and what will create sufficient organizational momentum to make a decision.
- You are equally comfortable engaging technical stakeholders and senior decision-makers and can coordinate multiple relationships without losing sight of the commercial outcome.
- Above all, you take personal ownership for building your territory and closing business.
Must-Have Requirements
- Demonstrated strength in end-to-end business development / hunting, including originating opportunities and progressing them through to close.
- Track record of winning new-logo business.
- Experience selling to or developing business within cloud-first companies.
- Ability to independently prospect, create pipeline and develop opportunities rather than relying primarily on an inherited customer base.
Good-to-Have Qualifications
- Experience selling SaaS, cloud infrastructure, observability, developer tooling or adjacent enterprise technology.
- Experience navigating complex technology organizations and engaging multiple technical and commercial stakeholders.
- Strong value-based or solution-selling capability.
- Experience selling into organizations undergoing cloud adoption, modernization or operating cloud environments at scale.
- Familiarity with structured enterprise qualification and sales methodologies.
- Evidence of consistently delivering against demanding individual sales targets.
Why This Role Is Attractive
- True hunting mandate: An opportunity centered on creating and winning new enterprise business.
- End-to-end ownership: Lead the complete commercial journey from target identification through close.
- Cloud-first customer focus: Build relationships with organizations operating at the forefront of modern cloud technology.
- Complex strategic selling: Engage customers on material technology and business challenges rather than transactional purchases.
- Opportunity to build: Particularly relevant for sales professionals motivated by opening accounts and developing a market rather than primarily servicing an established portfolio.
Quote job ref: JN-082026-7086074