Manager, Commercial Sales (apj)

New Relic New Relic · Enterprise · Australia · Remote · Enterprise

Manager, Commercial Sales (APJ) at New Relic, a company focused on observability and empowering businesses in an AI-first world. This role involves leading and scaling a distributed sales team, owning quotas for renewal and expansion revenue, and operating as a player-coach to drive full-cycle customer engagement within the install base. The position requires experience in commercial SaaS sales leadership, building and scaling teams in ambiguous environments, and strong operational and cross-functional collaboration skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead and scale a distributed Commercial Sales team across Australia, Singapore, and India
  2. Own a team quota across renewal and expansion revenue
  3. Operate as a player-coach, stepping into deals and setting execution standards
  4. Drive full-cycle ownership across the install base, including renewals and expansion
  5. Establish operating rigor across pipeline management, forecasting, and deal inspection

Skills

Required

  • leading commercial or mid-market SaaS sales teams
  • full-cycle sales environments
  • renewals and expansion ownership
  • high-velocity sales motions
  • pipeline discipline
  • build and scale teams in ambiguous or early-stage environments
  • leading distributed teams across multiple geographies
  • operator mindset
  • build structure and drive execution
  • balance hands-on deal involvement with team leadership
  • cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice to have

  • Builder-first mindset
  • Bias for action
  • create structure where it doesn’t exist
  • operate across both high-velocity and complex deal environments
  • High standards for accountability and performance
  • Comfort owning a number across both retention and growth

What the JD emphasized

  • builder-first leadership role
  • scaling it based on performance
  • defining how we operate across a distributed region
  • fully owns the customer lifecycle
  • high-velocity environment
  • supporting more complex opportunities
  • build and refine the commercial playbook
  • Balance high-velocity execution with support for complex, multi-threaded deals
  • Experience leading commercial or mid-market SaaS sales teams
  • Proven success in full-cycle sales environments
  • Experience operating in high-velocity sales motions
  • strong pipeline discipline
  • Demonstrated ability to build and scale teams in ambiguous or early-stage environments
  • Experience leading distributed teams across multiple geographies
  • Strong operator mindset
  • ability to build structure and drive execution
  • Ability to balance hands-on deal involvement with team leadership
  • Builder-first mindset
  • Bias for action and ability to create structure where it doesn’t exist
  • Ability to operate across both high-velocity and complex deal environments
  • High standards for accountability and performance
  • Comfort owning a number across both retention and growth