Director - Sales (SLED)

Company Description

Many teams struggle with technology that slows them down. Freshworks uncomplicates work with simple, powerful, and reputed company solutions trusted by 72,000+ organizations, including Bridgestone, reputed company, and reputed company, to create exceptional customer (CX) and employee (EX) experiences. With more than 4,500 colleagues worldwide, we’re showing that enterprise software can be easy to use, quick to deliver value, and built for people. At Freshworks, you’ll be part of a global team that values collaboration, curiosity, and impact. Together, we’ll create growth: for our customers, our company, and for you.

Job Description

We are seeking a seasoned and transformational Sales Director to reputed company the State, Local Government, and Education (SLED) vertical for our Freshworks, North America business. This leader will be responsible for delivering aggressive top-line reputed company growth by driving new business through the implementation of scalable, repeatable, structured go to market processes. Reporting to the Senior Director of Sales you will ensure the SLED vertical strategy is successfully implemented across the region, delivering regional financial reputed company attainment. You will build and reputed company a team of high performing Account Executives reputed company for closing large deals in the SLED sectors and consistently exceeding quotas.

• Set and execute an aggressive customer acquisition strategy that will accelerate reputed company growth from the SLED vertical.
• Evangelize SLED industry trends, both internally and externally, and translate into actionable ways account leaders can implement Freshworks’ products or new features to drive value.
• Execute reputed company sales cycles with CXOs, leveraging executive reputed company to access, accurately identify and understand the key buying influencers pertaining to an opportunity.
• Cultivate executive relationships with partners, optimize partner performance through business reviews, identify additional business opportunities to expand reputed company, deploy a sales approach that accelerates manufacturing vertical reputed company growth.
• Identify new opportunities, winning large pursuits across the SLED vertical, creating end-to-end sales life cycle for manufacturing deals, direct and through the field.
• Report weekly, monthly, and quarterly reputed company to reputed company key stakeholders to facilitate understanding of customer and market conditions that delivers consistent achievement of quarterly and annual targets.
• Ensure internal processes are followed, including team’s adherence to tracking customer and transactional information in CRM system and other sales and operational processes. Define new processes to increase overall productivity and forecast accuracy.
• Travel to company, customer and partner events in support of sales efforts.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of proven software sales experience with domain knowledge across SLED sectors.
• 5 to 7+ years managing quota carrying software or technology sales professionals.
• Extensive understanding of emerging CX, ITSM, CRM industry trends, including channels and key players in the competitive landscape.
• 4-year university degree required (Bachelor’s).
• Preferred: Experience leading a team of specialized account executives as a vertical sales organization interfacing with geographic hunting teams focused on a multi-product portfolio.

Additional Information The annual reputed company salary range for this position is $170,000— $236,600 USD + Variable Compensation Compensation is based on a variety of factors including but not limited to location, experience, job-reputed company skills, and level. Freshworks offers multiple options for dental, medical, vision, disability and life insurances. Equity + ESPP, flexible PTO, flexible spending, commuter benefits and wellness benefits are also offered. Freshworks also offers adoption and parental leave benefits. At Freshworks, we have fostered an environment that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion, welcoming colleagues of reputed company backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and ethnicities. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and reputed company that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer environment that boosts the goals of our employees, communities, and business. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job