Director, Sales - Pursuit South

Director, Sales - Pursuit South

The Sumo Logic Enterprise Sales team is seeking an outstanding leader with a track record of building and growing revenues in the enterprise space.   This is a key role within the organization, with a charter of growing revenues through mentoring and guiding a seasoned group of enterprise sales professionals within an assigned geography.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage the sales team (6 - 10 AEs)
• Work closely with assigned technical resources (SEs) and Inside Sales
• Capitalizing on your management & coaching skills, you bring strategy, planning and experience as you join your team in their sales efforts
• Manage region’s day-to-day operations, including recruitment, retention, and performance management, employee development, and enablement
• Work with Finance on sales team P&L and Operations forecasting

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 5+ years of experience building, training and leading top-notch enterprise sales teams within the SaaS vertical
• 10+ years of experience primarily in direct sales but also channel sales to enterprise accounts
• Deep experience selling a complex SaaS offering to IT Ops and/or DevOps leaders.
• Relevant software industry experience in IT systems, enterprise or infrastructure management
• A sales track record of leading teams to exceed quota objectives
• Strong communication skills and a polished approach to management and sales
• Ability to forecast sales accurately and a commitment to achieve those figures
• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA is a plus

About Us

Sumo Logic, Inc. empowers the people who power modern, digital business. Sumo Logic enables customers to deliver reliable and secure cloud-native applications through its Sumo Logic SaaS Analytics Log Platform, which helps practitioners and developers ensure application reliability, secure and protect against modern security threats, and gain insights into their cloud infrastructures. Customers worldwide rely on Sumo Logic to get powerful real-time analytics and insights across observability and security solutions for their cloud-native applications. For more information, visit www.sumologic.com.

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The expected annual base salary range for this position is $170,000- $220,000. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors which include (but aren’t limited to) role level, skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, location, and experience. In addition to base pay, certain roles are eligible to participate in our bonus or commission plans, as well as our benefits offerings. 

Must be authorized to work in the United States at time of hire and for duration of employment. At this time, we are not able to offer nonimmigrant visa sponsorship for this position.