Regional Sales Director - Seattle

About the role

Come join the company at the center of how the world adopts AI securely. Cyera’s mission is to give enterprises the confidence to embrace AI safely — deciding exactly what it can see and do as it reaches deeper into the business. We started by solving the hardest problem in data security: finding and securing data faster and more precisely than anyone thought possible. That foundation is now the essential AI trust infrastructure for the Fortune 1000. We’re hiring mission-driven talent to put those leaders at the center of our story. We are in search of a Regional Sales Director who is responsible for leading a prosperous Sales Team, ensuring they are using best practices and appropriate prospecting techniques to increase and add to the overall success of Cyera. As a Regional Sales Director at Cyera, you will be in charge of a given region and your goal will be to build out the territory with your Sales Team, guaranteeing that you and your team meet and/or exceed your given quota. Location: PacNW - Seattle, Portland, Mountain States - Denver, Phoenix.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Sales Team in following sales methodology and best practices, as well as ensuring proper use of CRM system.
• Provides ongoing mentorship to Account Executives to teach appropriate prospecting techniques for securing new clients, key account management, and general account maintenance.
• Conducts periodic reviews of business, which includes sales call activity, lead follow up, and prospecting and performance for each individual Account Executives, while helping with personal issues, competitive losses/wins, and personal/professional developmental opportunities.
• Assess skill sets and provide ongoing coaching and feedback to team members in order to meet objectives, reinforce sales methodologies, and provide guidance on career path direction.
• Identify areas where your team needs assistance/where your territory needs growth and participate in the recruiting/interviewing activities.
• Guide Sales Team members on how to manage key relationships with principals and select Customers and Channel Partners.
• Implement processes that will keep the Sales Leadership Team current on the status of all sales activity on ongoing progress while acting as a point of escalation for Customers and Channel Partners.
• Ability to assess customer information, identify and address problem areas, formulate relevant solutions, and present solutions effectively.

Qualifications

• Results-oriented mindset and history of overachievement when leading teams selling large deals in a hyper growth startup environment.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively in presentations via telephone and computer with executive level customers, direct reports, and the Cyera Leadership Team.
• Proven understanding of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP), security in the cloud, and data risk. Strong preference for candidates with a cloud security, data, or AI sales background.
• Basic understanding of various data security and compliance frameworks and how this impacts business value.
• Ability to teach ways to identify new and existing opportunities through basic consultative selling methodology.
• Proven self-starter with a motivated attitude to be able to manage multiple tasks