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Area Sales Manager-Enterprise
Company | GitLab |
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Location | Washington, USA |
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Salary | $117000 – $207000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Demonstrated progressive experience in field sales, operations and leadership in open source software or software DevOps environment
- Experience selling to Fortune 500; willingness to “roll up your sleeves” and sell
- Proven track record of meeting or exceeding performance objectives (revenue targets, pipeline targets, etc.)
- Experience utilizing CRM systems and marketing automation systems (such as Salesforce, Clari, Marketo, etc).
- 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
- Strong presentation skills; Executive level communication skills (both written and verbal) and the ability to mentor others
- Ability to use GitLab
- Ability to travel if needed and comply with the company’s travel policy
Responsibilities
- Manages software sales, bookings and revenue of a sales team
- Analyzes market dynamics in an effort to maximize existing successes and to create new sales growth opportunities
- Prepares forecasts, territory/industry management, and growth plans
- Educates team on significant industry factors including competitive products, regulations, trends, customer needs, and pricing
- Establishes and reports on metrics to measure team performance; correct deficiencies where necessary
- Ensures that the sales plan is aligned with and supports the corporate revenue goal
- Recruits and hires top talent onto your team
- Invests time weekly to build and engage a pipeline of top talent for potential future hires
- Manages a team of 5-8 Strategic Account Leaders; fosters a successful and positive team environment
Preferred Qualifications
- 7-10 years in management and a positive record of Enterprise Sales Management selling to Enterprise clients
- Experience managing teams, selling similar types of software and SaaS solutions
- Truly passionate about open source software
- Proven track record or performance