Overview
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Position Summary
The Associate Director, Global Enterprise Sales, leads a global sales team with an expanding book of business. From strategy development to execution, this sales leader has a drive for results and strong commitment to developing people with a focus on meeting or exceeding performance goals.
Responsibilities
Develop and execute the B2B sales strategy that is aligned to organizational strategic goals and with key internal functions such as Marketing and Product.
Create a customized go to market strategy for markets and verticals within the specified region.
Create and develop market segmentation and Ideal Customer Profiles for each market.
Develop robust onboarding and training practices, performance metrics and culture of accountability.
Build customer engagement strategies that support enterprise sales lifecycle.
Deliver accurate, meaningful performance reporting and business and competitive insights on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis as defined.
Ensure accurate, timely (daily) capture of data and performance in Salesforce by all team members; deliver weekly forecasts to sales leadership; and monthly sales and revenue forecast in financial ERP system.
Coach on a consultative sales approach (value based sales) that aligns solutions with prospect business objectives/needs, successfully manage and overcome prospect objections
Proactively develop industry and ISC2 product expertise for yourself and your team to ensure you are a trusted resource to prospects and customers
Collaborate with marketing to develop sales marketing strategy, custom GTM approaches for priority markets and supply of appropriate sales collateral.
Collaborate with Professional Development on launch plans for new products to help sales position these in the market.
Direct complex contract negotiations. Work closely with the ISC2 leadership to ensure sales contracts are properly vetted and approved, working with legal counsel as required. Enlist support of global markets, marketing, communications, finance, professional development and customer experience teams as needed.
Develop regional industry events strategy in collaboration with global markets, communications and marketing teams.
Foster strategic relationships across public and private enterprises, including, Fortune 500 companies, government and military organizations, and others.
Motivate and lead a diverse, high-performing team, utilizing effective talent management practices to attract and retain team members. Ensure high levels of employee engagement, operations performance excellence, commitment to continuous learning and appropriate succession planning.
Build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates diversity; serve as a role model to promote DEI best practices.
Miscellaneous duties, as assigned.
Behavorial Competencies
• Ability to demonstrate and support organization’s values.
• Professionalism with a high degree of business savvy and strong demonstration of intellect, executive presence, and sales acumen
• Superior organizational and planning skills with excellent written and oral/presentation skills
• Drive for results: Meets sales and revenue goals while maintaining the highest standards of honesty, integrity and business ethics
• Passion for seeking and securing new relationships with senior enterprise stakeholders to secure new customers and sales
• Strong interpersonal skills that exhibiting focus and drive for business building and working collaboratively with employees on both individual and organization growth
• Continually deliver satisfaction to customers through teamwork, innovation and continuous improvement Self-starter who provides creative and pragmatic solutions to business issues and problems
Management Responsibility
• Motivate and lead a diverse, high-performing team, utilizing effective talent management practices to attract and retain team members. Ensure high levels of employee engagement, operations performance excellence, commitment to continuous learning and appropriate succession planning.
Qualifications
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding annual sales goals in excess of $10 million • Skilled at leveraging Salesforce CRM, including developing dashboards and customer reports • Intermediate to advanced level knowledge using Microsoft Office
• Formal enterprise consultative sales training experience
• Strong internal reporting skills, analytical and data-driven approach to sales.
• Consultative sales expertise with ability to coach team members in best practices, full lifecycle sales process and sales discipline (familiar with formal approaches such as MEDDICC, Value-Based Sales).
Education and Work Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Minimum of 10+ years of sales experience, preferably within the information security training and certification industry, with annual quotas above $1M, selling professional services, solution sales or training/education portfolios.
• At least 7 years direct people management of global sales team of 7 or more quota-carrying sales executives
Physical and Mental Demands
• Up to 25% travel to meet with team members and clients, attend company meetings and participate in trade and marketing events
• Work normal business hours and extended hours when necessary
• Remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting, for prolonged periods
• Regular use of office equipment such as a computer/laptop and monitor computer screens
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic as protected by applicable law.
Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.
Job LocationsUS-Remote
Posted Date5 days ago(1/22/2024 2:02 PM)
Job ID 2024-1793
of Openings 1Category Sales