Regional Director

Smartsheet is seeking an experienced Regional Director for the DACH Region to lead a team of field based Account Executives across the region. The ideal candidate will have a history of leading a team to over performance in quota attainment and developing customer accounts. We are looking for a talented individual who has experience of building and making markets in the region, both direct and through partners and channels.

You will report to our Regional Vice President, EMEA Sales, in this high profile role.

You Will:

• Lead the DACH Sales team to exceed quarterly and annual sales quotas
• Serve as player/coach in the execution of a complex, solution­-based sales process encompassing multiple groups within DACH region accounts
• Play leadership role in developing new business opportunities by coaching account executives to build and execute account strategies
• Drive Smartsheet senior executive engagement in target accounts
• Successfully execute across all disciplines of sales management, including Account/Opportunity/Relationship planning and sales methodology execution
• Partner with Sales Engineering, Consulting, Customer Success and Marketing management to identify and close software and professional services solutions in Global 2000 accounts
• Proactively identify and address issues that will increase growth velocity in the EMEA sales region
• Effectively predict and deliver sales results through accurate sales forecasting
• Actively use company’s core applications to manage business, including Smartsheet
• Salesforce.com, Tableau, LinkedIn, DiscoverOrg and others 
• Perform other duties as assigned

You Have:

• Demonstrated track record in leading Strategic SaaS sales teams to exceed quotas by winning new business and driving substantial growth in Global 2000 accounts
• Fluency in English and German is required
• Extensive experience of building sustainable and effective relationships with partners and selling through channel
• Proven ability to drive Strategic sales teams in executing land­-and-­expand sales strategies to predictably drive aggressive growth in Global 2000 accounts
• Minimum of 5 years experience in sales management of enterprise software, preferably Enterprise SaaS teams
• 10+ years of experience in the software industry with current SaaS experience preferably on the business applications side (selling to sales, marketing, HR, finance, manufacturing)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to multitask, work cross-­functionally within the organisation, and thrive in a collaborative environment
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), interpersonal and presentation skills
• Motivate and lead; embody Smartsheet’s core values; operate with grit and a sense of urgency
• Demonstrated ability to execute sales methodologies (e.g. The Challenger Sale)
• Experience working in a fast-­paced, high growth software company where change is a constant
• Smartsheet, Salesforce.com, Google Apps, Tableau skills
• Bachelors (BA/BS) degree required, MBA preferred
• Legally eligible to work in Germany on an ongoing basis