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General Manager - Developer Tools

IDERA Software · Austin, TX · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteEducationFull-time

What You'll Own

  • Revenue Leadership & Sales Management

    • Lead and develop sales managers and individual contributors
    • Build a culture of accountability, execution, and continuous improvement
    • Drive rigorous pipeline management, deal inspection, and forecast accuracy
    • Establish operating discipline around:
      • Pipeline coverage
      • Pipeline quality
      • Opportunity progression
      • Conversion rates
      • Sales productivity
      • Forecasting and variance analysis
    • Personally participate in strategic opportunities and key customer relationships
    • Improve sales methodologies, qualification standards, and execution consistency
    • Own annual planning, territory design, quota setting, and capacity modeling
    • Drive predictable growth through both direct and partner-assisted sales motions
  • General Management & Business Ownership
    • Revenue growth
    • Profitability
    • Gross margin
    • Professional services performance
    • Customer retention and expansion
    • Forecast predictability
  • Product, Marketing & Strategy
    • Influence product roadmap priorities based on customer and market feedback
    • Improve product positioning and messaging
    • Evaluate market opportunities and growth initiatives
    • Optimize pricing, packaging, and monetization strategies
    • Identify new growth vectors across products, customer segments, and channels

What We're Looking For

  • Required Experience

    • 7+ years of B2B software leadership experience
    • Significant experience leading sales organizations and managing frontline sales leaders
    • Demonstrated success building predictable revenue growth through disciplined sales management
    • Strong forecasting, pipeline management, and deal execution skills
    • Proven ability to recruit, coach, and develop high-performing teams
    • Experience working closely with product, marketing, and customer-facing functions
    • Strong analytical and financial acumen
    • Comfort operating with full accountability for business outcomes
  • Preferred Experience

    • Prior Regional/Territory, General Manager, Business Unit, or P&L ownership experience
    • Developer Tools, DevOps, Infrastructure Software, or Technical Product experience
    • Experience in private-equity-backed or highly metrics-driven organizations
    • Experience managing professional services organizations
    • Multi-product software portfolio experience

Who Thrives Here

  • The strongest candidates are often:
    • VP Sales leaders ready for broader business ownership
    • CROs seeking their first GM role
    • Business Unit leaders with strong commercial instincts
    • Operators who aspire to become CEOs

Why This Role

  • Lead an established software business with meaningful scale
  • Own a full P&L and learn every aspect of operating a software company
  • Gain direct exposure to product, marketing, services, and strategy
  • Build the skills required to become a future CEO
  • Deliver measurable business impact with significant autonomy and accountability

Equal Opportunity Employer

  • An Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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