Sr. Regional Sales Director, Strategic Accounts (remote)

CrowdStrike CrowdStrike · Enterprise · CA +2 · Remote

This role is for a Sr. Regional Sales Director at CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company that uses an AI-native platform. The role focuses on selling cybersecurity solutions to strategic accounts, managing a sales team, developing pipeline, and achieving revenue targets. It requires strong sales leadership, cybersecurity knowledge, and executive relationship building.

What you'd actually do

  1. Sales and management experience leading a team of senior sales people
  2. Day to day personnel management, pipeline development, territory planning, account planning, forecasting, quota attainment, sales presentations, and short term, mid-term, long-term opportunity management.
  3. Have a deep network of VAR resellers to drive all pertinent issues related to CrowdStrike sales strategy and goal attainment.
  4. Identify, develop and execute account strategy to close new business opportunities and expanding revenue with customers across the assigned region; independently and cooperatively.
  5. Scope, negotiate and bring to closure agreements to exceed booking and revenue quota targets.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of successful solution sales experience leading a sales team selling cyber security software and/or infrastructure products
  • Strong understanding of Cybersecurity, Cloud and SaaS technologies and competitive offerings in the marketplace.
  • Demonstrated history of exceeding booking and revenue targets. Successful experience with target account selling, solution selling, and/or consultative sales techniques.
  • Must be aggressive, a self-starter with an ability to build executive relationships, articulate CrowdStrike’s product and business strategies, and create the demand that makes deals happen.
  • Must have an aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems and an ability to explain complicated concepts to a variety of audiences and skill levels.
  • Strong problem solving skills, ability to analyze complex multivariate problems and use a systematic approach to gain swift resolution.
  • Recognized experience developing and maintaining relationships with senior executives.
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills; both internally and externally.
  • Strong time management, organizational and decision-making skills.
  • Ability to work remotely and be able and willing to travel on short notice.
  • Self-motivated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Possess the drive to succeed and to participate in the growth of an exciting, fast-paced startup.
  • BA/BS or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice to have

  • MEDDPICC sales methodology experience strongly preferred, not required.

What the JD emphasized

  • successful solution sales experience leading a sales team selling cyber security software and/or infrastructure products
  • Demonstrated history of exceeding booking and revenue targets
  • Must be aggressive, a self-starter with an ability to build executive relationships, articulate CrowdStrike’s product and business strategies, and create the demand that makes deals happen.
  • Must have an aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems and an ability to explain complicated concepts to a variety of audiences and skill levels.