Regional Sales Director - West

Cyera Cyera · Vertical AI · San Francisco, CA · Sales

Regional Sales Director responsible for leading a sales team, ensuring they meet and exceed quotas in a hyper-growth startup environment. The role involves mentoring Account Executives, assessing skill sets, providing coaching, and managing sales activity. Requires a strong understanding of cloud environments, security, and data risk, with a preference for candidates with a cloud security, data, or AI sales background. The company is a data security platform provider.

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 methodology
  • CRM management
  • Consultative selling
  • Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Cloud security
  • Data risk assessment
  • Communication skills
  • Team leadership
  • Quota attainment

Nice to have

  • AI sales background
  • Data security frameworks
  • Compliance frameworks

What the JD emphasized

  • 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.
  • Must be able to lead a team and meet monthly, quarterly, and annual quota requirements.