Sales Director- Regional Enterprise Expansion

Lumen; Columbus (OH); À distance; USD 124 000 - 182 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Lumen is seeking a Director, Regional Enterprise Sales Expansion to lead a North America Enterprise Expansion Sales team, driving revenue growth within existing accounts through cross-selling and strategic account leadership.

You will partner with Customer Success, Product, Marketing and Solutions Engineering to accelerate outcomes, forecast accurately, and build a culture of customer success and measurable performance across diversified markets.

Qualifications

• This role requires 6+ years leading enterprise technology sales teams in a consultative, solution-selling environment.
• 1+ years of experience leading sales leaders and managing multi-layered sales organizations.
• Demonstrated success exceeding revenue targets and growing customer relationships.
• Experience with pipeline development, forecasting, and performance metrics.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and executive relationship management skills.

Responsabilités

• Lead and develop a team of enterprise sales professionals focused on expansion and cross-sell.
• Drive revenue, pipeline health, and forecast accuracy through disciplined sales management.
• Foster a digital-first sales environment leveraging modern tools.
• Partner with Customer Success, Product, Marketing, Solutions Engineering, and Sales Support.
• Recruit and develop top sales talent and build internal/external networks.
• Leverage insights and strategic relationships to identify growth opportunities.

Connaissances

Enterprise sales leadership

Consultative selling

Forecasting accuracy

Executive relationships

CRM expertise

Team coaching

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Outils

Salesforce.com

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

Lumen is the trusted network for the AI-powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through our expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. We enable secure, high-performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.

At Lumen, you'll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what’s next, where performance, security, and resilience matter.

This is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry. The work is challenging, expectations are clear, and trust is built into how we operate. If you're ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI-ready connectivity, join us today.

The Role

As Director, Regional Enterprise Sales Expansion, you will lead a high-performing North America Enterprise Expansion Sales team responsible for driving revenue growth within existing customer accounts. Through a consultative, solution-based sales approach, you will develop and execute strategies focused on cross-selling strategic products and services, expanding customer relationships, and increasing lifetime customer value. This role requires a proven sales leader who can inspire teams, drive accountability, forecast accurately, and create a culture focused on customer success, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.

The Main Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of enterprise sales professionals focused on expansion, cross-sell, and upgrade opportunities within existing accounts.
• Drive achievement of sales, revenue, and profitability objectives through execution of strategic growth initiatives and disciplined sales management practices.
• Maintain accountability for pipeline health, funnel creation, forecast accuracy, and improved conversion rates across the team.
• Foster a digital-first sales environment by promoting adoption of digital tools and capabilities among sellers and customers.
• Build a high-performance culture centered on collaboration, customer focus, integrity, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.
• Partner closely with Customer Success, Product, Marketing, Solutions Engineering, Sales Support, and Service Delivery teams to accelerate business outcomes and improve the customer experience.
• Recruit, retain, and develop top sales talent while building strong internal and external networks to strengthen organizational capability.
• Leverage customer insights, industry knowledge, and strategic relationships to identify opportunities, influence business decisions, and support long-term growth objectives

What We Look For in a Candidate

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 6+ years of experience leading enterprise technology sales teams in a consultative, solution-selling environment.
• 1+ years of experience leading sales leaders and/or managing multi-layered sales organizations.
• Demonstrated success exceeding revenue targets, growing customer relationships, and driving sales performance.
• Experience managing pipeline development, forecasting, sales execution, and performance metrics.
• Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and executive-level relationship management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Preferred

• Experience selling telecommunications, networking, cloud, security, managed services, or related enterprise technology solutions.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed sales teams across large enterprise markets.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise account planning, customer expansion strategies, and complex sales cycles.
• Experience utilizing CRM platforms such as Salesforce.com to drive pipeline visibility and forecasting accuracy.
• Demonstrated ability to lead transformational change and execute growth initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven track record developing sales talent, building leadership capability, and creating succession pipelines.
• Expertise in strategic account management and executive customer engagement.
• Experience driving adoption of digital sales tools and modern selling methodologies.

Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.

Location Based Pay Ranges:

$124,037 - $165,375 in these states: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WV, and WY.

$130,242 - $173,649 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.

$136,437 - $181,913 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.

Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.

Learn more about Lumen's:

• Benefits (https://jobs.lumen.com/global/en/benefits-statement)
• Bonus Structure

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Life at Lumen

Life at Lumen is human and connected, even in a fast moving, AI-focused organization. We set clear expectations and trust people to meet them. With real support and shared accountability, teams collaborate better, move faster, and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Our Lumen 8 behaviors guide how we interact, make decisions, and work together, shaping a culture built to perform and win.

To learn more about Life at Lumen and how we live the Lumen 8, please visit:

https://jobs.lumen.com/global/en/life-at-lumen

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Disclaimer

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