Vonage

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Director of Sales, New Business

Full TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2001H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

13 days ago

Salary

$16.3K - $214K / year

Bachelor DegreeEnglishGo

Job Description

• New Logo Acquisition & Pipeline Generation: Proactively source and qualify a robust pipeline of new business opportunities through cold-calling, networking, industry events, social selling, and leveraging existing professional networks. • Executive Engagement: Establish and cultivate relationships with C-level and senior decision-makers (IT, Product, Digital Transformation) within target enterprise organizations to understand their complex business challenges. • Complex Solution Selling: Articulate the nuanced value proposition of our CPaaS/SaaS solutions, demonstrating a deep understanding of how our technology integrates into and addresses complex, multi-faceted enterprise communication or business workflows. • Deal Ownership & Negotiation: Lead the entire new logo sales cycle, including detailed discovery, tailored solution presentation, negotiation, and contract closure, consistently meeting or exceeding quarterly and annual revenue quotas. • Strategic Go-to-Market: Collaborate closely with Marketing to refine account-based strategies and with Product Management to provide critical market feedback on competitor activity, product needs, and pricing to better position the company for wins. • Forecasting and Reporting: Maintain impeccable pipeline hygiene, accurate forecasting, and detailed reporting within the CRM (e.g., Salesforce) for all new business activities.

Job Requirements

  • Enterprise Hunting Experience: Strong and progressive experience in Enterprise Sales or Business Development, with a verifiable track record of personally winning and closing Net New Logos within the Fortune 500 space.
  • Domain Expertise: Extensive, successful selling experience in either CPaaS (e.g., APIs for SMS, Voice, Video, Messaging) or complex B2B Enterprise SaaS solutions (e.g., MarTech, FinTech, Contact Center).
  • Track Record: Proven ability to close complex, multi-year, multi-million dollar deals with large enterprise clients, navigating sales cycles of six months or longer.
  • Sales Mastery: Expert-level command of recognized enterprise sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDPICC, Challenger Sale, Solution Selling) and exceptional ability to create business justification and ROI models.
  • C-Suite Communication: Outstanding communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the gravitas and polish to influence stakeholders at the highest levels of large organizations.
  • People Leadership: Experience leading a small team of Business Development Managers, driving strong focus on outcomes and building the new logo business
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field; an MBA or relevant advanced degree is a plus.

Benefits

  • Company Bonus or Commission Structure (depending on the role)
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage Options
  • 401(k) Savings Plan
  • Company-Paid Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Short-Term Disability (STD)
  • Long-Term Disability (LTD)
  • Maternity/Parental Leave
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Employee Support Program (EAP)
  • Voluntary Supplemental Insurance
  • Lifestyle Benefits
  • Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
  • Tuition Reimbursement - available for select positions; full details will be shared during the interview process

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