Regional Sales Director - Canada

Cyera Cyera · Vertical AI · Calgary, AB · Sales

Regional Sales Director for Cyera, a company providing AI trust infrastructure for enterprises. The role involves leading a sales team in Canada to meet and exceed quotas, focusing on sales methodology, mentorship, and territory growth. Requires experience in cloud environments, security, data risk, and consultative selling.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the Sales Team in following sales methodology and best practices, as well as ensuring proper use of CRM system.
  2. Provides ongoing mentorship to Account Executives to teach appropriate prospecting techniques for securing new clients, key account management, and general account maintenance.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Identify areas where your team needs assistance/where your territory needs growth and participate in the recruiting/interviewing activities.

Skills

Required

  • Sales leadership
  • Team management
  • Sales methodology
  • CRM management
  • Consultative selling
  • Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Cloud security
  • Data risk
  • Data security frameworks
  • Compliance frameworks
  • Executive communication
  • Recruiting
  • Coaching

Nice to have

  • AI sales background

What the JD emphasized

  • 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, projects, and responsibilities simultaneously and within given timelines
  • Knowledge of managing CRM and opportunity management systems
  • Familiar with a variety of sales support field concepts, practices, and procedures
  • Must be able to lead a team and meet monthly, quarterly, and annual quota requirements
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with the ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances