Director Sales, West
, CA, United States
Reporting to the Vice President of Sales, the Director of Sales is responsible for helping expand its sales organization. This position will focus on expanding Cofense’s market share in the region and will aggressively build pipeline and deliver revenue.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
Exceed quarterly and annual revenue goals to continue our explosive growth.
Primary focus will be on the development and closure of opportunities for the Cofense.com Software-as-a-Service solution
Secondary focus on developing and closing opportunities of additional product lines.
You must have relationships with key decision-makers in information security departments across a variety of industries.
The position will require regular travel, as well as the ability to represent our company at events.
You must have the ability to manage Account Executives, with a focus on promoting their pipeline growth, forecast accuracy, quota attainment and refining their messaging to potential customers.
Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
Expertise in managing sales opportunities from prospect to closure
Must be a self-starter with a proven track record of exceeding quota
Ability to provide live and web based demonstrations of the Cofense.com solutions, often without sales engineering support
Excellent negotiation, presentation and communication skills
Capability to present technical information to a variety of audiences
Demonstrated ability to forecast and manage information using SalesForce.com
Extensive contacts in the information security and/or security operations fields
Hands-on experience in providing information security services
General knowledge of security ecosystems (Endpoint, Data Protection, Risk & Compliance, Network Security & Incident Response)
Ability to manage multiple high priority tasks to successful completion
Ability to work in a fast paced, geographically dispersed organization
Ability to travel a minimum of 40%
Education and/or Experience:
Familiarity with Clari and MEDDIC Deal Management software
Have managed a team with 5 or more Senior Enterprise Sales people
Success in client engagement at the CISO and CIO level and managing those relationships
4 Year Bachelor of Arts or Science Degree preferred
4-6 years successful experience in sales of information security services and products
Experience developing opportunities from initial lead generation to product demonstrations and successful closure.
Hands-on experience in social engineering testing and analysis
Experience as a presenter on information security topics at conferences and events
- Disclaimer-
The above statements are neither intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be a listing of all of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job. This job description is not a contract of employment, either express or implied. Employment with Cofense will be voluntarily entered into and your employment is considered at will. Cofense reserves the right to alter the job description at any time without notice .
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