Regional Sales Director US SLED - West

Freddie Mac; United States; Remote; USD 189,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the tech industry is seeking a Sales Team Leader to drive new business and manage a high-performing sales team. This role involves recruiting talent, developing strategies, and ensuring customer retention through strong relationships and effective sales processes. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in sales leadership and a strong understanding of consultative sales methodologies.

Benefits

Bonus eligibility

Restricted stock units (RSUs)

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• 5+ years of SLED Sales experience with a track record of success.
• 3+ years leading a sales team focused on new business.
• Strong hunter mentality with experience in complex sales.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and hire a world-class team of SLED sellers.
• Develop account strategy resulting in strong execution.
• Facilitate Quarterly Business Reviews to measure sales productivity.

Skills

Sales experience

Team leadership

Presentation skills

Consultative sales methodologies

Relationship building

Job description

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of SLED Sales experience with a demonstrated track record of success exceeding sales quotas selling security, networking and/or software solutions.
• 3+ years leading a sales team focused on growing new business and new logos.
• Strong hunter mentality: direct experience managing teams responsible for creating new demand, new customer acquisition, and sourcing new pipeline.
• A winner, someone who holds themselves accountable to consistent over-achievement.
• Successful experience closing complex sales with multiple buying influences in new or emerging solution categories.
• Experience establishing and fostering strong relationships with potential partners and customers at executive levels.
• Strong presentation and communications skills, competent translating technical features into business value.
• Familiarity and experience using consultative, value-based sales methodologies (Force Management, Challenger Sale, MEDDIC, etc.)
• Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Comfortable working in a highly fast-paced environment.

What You Will Do:

• Recruit and hire a world class team of SLED sellers, on time and on budget
• Clearly articulate, manage and enable sellers to hit all key productivity metrics and milestones of growth
• Instill a disciplined approach to pipeline generation leveraging all available resources including field sales, marketing, channel partners, and sales development to accelerate new business.
• Develop an overall account strategy for the region resulting in strong execution and collaborative team selling.
• Partner closely with Sales Engineering to deliver outstanding product demonstrations and a repeatable technology validation / proof-of-concept program.
• Build a strong partnership with existing customers that focuses on value realization and customer retention delivered through high renewal rates, rapid upsell expansion, and customer referrals.
• Effectively forecast monthly/ quarterly revenue to executive leadership through disciplined deal inspection and forecast methodology.
• Develop strategic relationships with existing channel partners and the development of new channel partners.
• Facilitate Quarterly Business Reviews to measure sales productivity, plan execution, and progress against strategic objectives.
• Identify, cultivate, and close new business at executive levels (CISO/CIO/CTO) in enterprise accounts within the designated territory.

Role Responsibilities and Deliverables:

• Own responsibility for the sales team in your defined territory with the goal to overachieve new annual recurring revenue quota for the region.
• Work with your team to focus on selling to SLED accounts from initial conversations through signing a contract and up-selling once they're a customer.
• Recruit and hire a team that meets the projected productive capacity of the region while staying within budget. Build and maintain a bench of future candidate relationships to stay ahead of team changes.
• Lead a data-driven business that develops each Account Executive in the most critical areas to advance their skillset and NARR results.
• Maintain relationships with key region customers to ensure timely renewal and upsell opportunities
• Be a voice for the customer/prospect with internal teams including Sales Engineering/POV team, Product and Marketing to ensure appropriate prioritization to close more revenue.

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Base salary range:

$189,100-$222,500 USD