Regional Director, Enterprise Sales

Chainguard
Summary
Join Chainguard, a leader in secure open-source software, as their Director of Sales! In this role, you will manage a team of 5-7 Enterprise Account Executives, driving revenue and building a collaborative environment. You will be responsible for forecasting, territory management, and establishing performance metrics. This position requires 6+ years of technical sales experience, 3+ years managing high-performing teams, and a proven track record of exceeding targets. Experience with CSP marketplaces and Fortune 500 clients is essential. Chainguard offers a competitive benefits package including equity/stock options, unlimited PTO, remote work flexibility, and comprehensive health insurance.
Requirements
- 6+ years experience selling a technical product; open source, DevOps or security experience preferred
- 3+ years experience successfully managing high performing software sales teams
- Experience working with the CSP marketplaces
- Proven track record of meeting and exceeding performance objectives (revenue targets, pipeline targets, etc.)
- Experience selling to Fortune500 and a willingness to roll up your sleeves
- Experience using CRM and marketing automation systems
- Ability to exercise effective judgment, sensitivity and creativity to changing needs and situations; ability to handle a fast-paced environment and challenging workload
- Strong relationship building and negotiation skills
- Experience going through a growth or hyper-growth stage
- Ability to travel as needed
Responsibilities
- Report directly to the VP of International Sales and manage a team of 5-7 Enterprise Account Executives
- Drives, manages and executes the business and revenue of their sales team
- Build a collaborative environment where your team can thrive, learn and grow
- Build and improve processes for AE onboarding and ramping
- Prepares forecasts, territory/industry management and growth plans
- Establishes and reports on metrics to measure team performance
- Drive alignment with supporting teams across marketing, customer success, BDR, sales engineering and customer engineering
- Set the strategy for Chainguardβs largest accounts
Preferred Qualifications
Existing Enterprise customer relationships across APAC
Benefits
- Equity/stock options
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote work with flexible coworking and team meetup opportunities
- Home office and internet stipend
- 100% health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family
- Monthly Wellness budget