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YOUR EXPERIENCE?

• Solid technical sales history in large and enterprise accounts is essential.
• Extensive experience in solutions-oriented software sales
• Solid understanding of Secure Access technologies
• Understanding of channel sales (increased sales revenue, maintaining product ASP, and successful marketing campaigns)
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to penetrate accounts at the senior/executive level
• Ability to work as part of a team with Technical Consultants whilst maintaining a self-starter attitude.
• Highly organized to meet deadlines and follow up.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Position requires regional travel.
• The role can be home-based, although some travel will be required to customers, partners, and events.
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Reporting to the VP Sales EMEA, and working remotely, the Regional Sales Director is responsible for leveraging significant growth in SolarWinds revenues from the assigned region, ensuring direct coverage and driving sales of the full range of SolarWinds products into the assigned market territory.
We are looking for a Regional Sales Director who will be primarily responsible for hunting for new customers by selling new products and services, as well as working closely with our channel. Ideal candidates will have 10 years (minimum 5 years) of solution’s solution-oriented software sales, and will have a consistent track record of sales targets.
Primary responsibilities for this key management position include managing territory resources, developing channel partners, and exceeding aggressive revenue goals.
The position will also require the individual to drive and close business by a direct touch model. The candidate will therefore have a consistent track record of sales targets. The individual should be able to demonstrate experience in running complex, solution-based sales campaigns with large corporate and government organizations, ideally with desktop management software experience.
Because SolarWinds is channel-driven, the ideal candidate will have extensive experience working with value-added resellers (VARs) and a proven understanding of their business model, especially as it relates to complex software sales and services. The candidate will also have an excellent understanding of channel partner dynamics and partner development.
Experience dealing with strategic Global Systems Integrators and Hardware Manufacturers would also be an advantage.