Sales Director (Nordics & Eastern Europe) (Remote)

Ping Identity; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule

Parental Leave

Progressive Healthcare Options

Retirement Programs

Education Reimbursement

Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

Job summary

Ping Identity is seeking a Director of Sales (Nordics & Eastern Europe) to lead a high-impact SaaS sales team in a remote Norway setting. The role requires proven leadership, enterprise software expertise, and a track record of quota attainment within the Nordics and Eastern Europe regions.

The successful candidate will drive strategic planning, partner collaboration, and cross-functional teamwork across Ping Identity’s global organization, while mentoring the field team and delivering

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading sales teams in enterprise software/SaaS
• Track record of meeting or exceeding quotas
• Willingness to travel across Nordics & Eastern Europe
• Experience guiding teams through on-prem to SaaS transitions
• Comfortable in a fast-growing global organization
• Strong interpersonal skills and cross-functional collaboration
• Eligible to work in the Netherlands or Norway

Responsibilities

• Creates and reviews strategic/operational plans to achieve Ping strategy goals
• Uses territory planning, account plans, pipeline management, and forecast calls
• Coaches sales team on Ping Identity’s enterprise value proposition
• Identifies opportunities to expand business within regions
• Leverages partners to source, develop and progress business
• Controls area expenses and aligns with cost centers
• Establishes relationships with external parties to support goals
• Ensures use of Ping Identity systems and standard practices (SFDC)
• Communicates Ping Identity’s vision and aligns goals
• Provides direction, mentoring, and development for field team
• Drives teamwork and cross-functional collaboration
• Recruits and develops high-potential employees
• Approves people-related decisions and rewards
• Drives performance reviews and development plans
• Maintains multi-vertical C-level contacts in enterprise
• Maintains partner/SI networks
• Manages customer relationships and escalation handling
• Aims to improve customer satisfaction

Skills

Sales leadership

Enterprise software

SaaS

Quota attainment

Travel readiness

Onboarding to SaaS

Global organization

Interpersonal skills

Work eligibility (NL/NO)

SFDC / Salesforce.com

Tools

SFDC – Salesforce.com

Job description

Director, Sales (Nordics & Eastern Europe)

Location: Remote - Norway

Department: 6250 Sales Management

About Ping Identity:

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear.

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture.We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work.

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.

The Sales Director will be tasked with influencing and developing an energized, competitive, high impact sales team that is characterized by its ability to create differentiated value for our customer base.

We’re looking for a seasoned leader from within the SaaS enterprise marketplace, with proven software solution selling combined with success in a fast growth business. This leader will be a model to drive the team in building extraordinary customer relationships and experiences, leveraging a strong teamwork approach, and cross matrix collaboration across all Ping functions. This role will demonstrate a depth of understanding when working alongside a partner community and posess a well-established customer and partner network in the Nordics & Eastern Europe regions.

In order to acquire, develop and retain customer relationships and create a winning Ping business, this leader will be able to create and maintain a high-performance culture, that is grounded in data, transparency, accountability, and agility. The ideal candidate’s mindset should be customer-focused, people-oriented, open, passionate, and authentic.

Responsibilities:

• Creates, implements, measures and reviews a strategic or operational plan that drives achievement of business goals aligned to overall Ping strategy
• Uses mechanisms such as territory planning, account plans, opportunity inspection, pipeline management, account reviews, forecast calls, etc.
• Advises and coaches the sales team around how to position and articulate Ping Identity’s value proposition at enterprise customers, thus increasing the average deal size
• Identifies and pursues opportunities to expand business activities within areas of responsibility
• Leverages GSIs & other partners to help source, develop and progress business
• Plans and controls the expense associated with the area of responsibility even if not responsible for overall cost center
• Establishes working relationships with external parties which supports the achievement of business goals
• Is conversant with Ping Identity’s systems and procedures and ensures effective use of and conformance to standard business practices and tools (i.e. SFDC – SalesForce.com)
• Communicates Ping Identity’s vision and aligns team and personal goals to achieve business results
• Provides direction and guidance, mentoring and development of the field team
• Lives teamwork and promotes cross-functional collaboration
• Recruits, builds and develops the team to deliver business results; Identifies, develops and promotes high potential employees
• Recommends and/or approves people-related decisions – hiring, promotions, merit increases, rewards & recognition, training initiatives, etc.
• Drives performance review and development planning process with annual and quarterly review meetings
• Has established multi-vertical C level contacts in large enterprise customers
• Has an established partner/SI network and is used to working with partners on projects
• Builds relationships with customers (internal or external) as necessary providing customer escalation management as necessary for problem resolution
• Provides support for customer relationship management as necessary and drives initiatives which result in improvement in customer satisfaction
• Drives initiatives which result in improvement in customer satisfaction

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proven experience of successfully leading sales teams focused on the Nordics & Eastern Europe
• Expertise in enterprise software, SaaS, managed services and strategic account management
• Results-oriented with multiple years meeting or exceeding quota
• Flexibility to travel to across the regions
• Transitioned a team through on-prem to SaaS solutions
• Adept working in a fast-growing global organization
• Good interpersonal skills to align and foster positive working relationships across the organization
• Eligibility to work in the Netherlands or Norway

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day.

Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:

• A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
• Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
• Regular company and team bonding events.
• Competitive benefits and perks.
• Global volunteering and community initiatives

Our Benefits:

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
• Parental Leave
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education ReimbursementCommuter Offset (Specific locations)

Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, background and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.