Regional Sales Director US SLED - West

Abnormal Security; United States; Remote; USD 189,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a dynamic Sales Leader with extensive SLED Sales experience to drive new business growth. This role involves recruiting a top-tier sales team, developing strategic account strategies, and fostering strong relationships with executive-level clients. You will play a crucial role in achieving ambitious sales targets while ensuring customer satisfaction and retention. If you're passionate about leading a high-performing team in a fast-paced environment and have a proven track record in sales, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a growing organization.

Benefits

Bonus eligibility

Restricted stock units (RSUs)

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• 5+ years of SLED Sales experience with a track record of success.
• Strong hunter mentality with experience in managing sales teams.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and hire a world-class team of SLED sellers.
• Develop account strategies and manage sales productivity metrics.
• Cultivate new business at executive levels in enterprise accounts.

Skills

SLED Sales experience

Sales team leadership

New customer acquisition

Complex sales closing

Strong presentation skills

Consultative sales methodologies

Relationship building

Account strategy development

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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At Abnormal AI, certain roles are eligible for a bonus, restricted stock units (RSUs), and benefits. Individual compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including their skills, experience, qualifications and other job-related reasons. We know that benefits are also an important piece of your total compensation package. Learn more about our Compensation and Equity Philosophy on our Benefits & Perks page.

Base salary range: $189,100 — $222,500 USD