Director, Commercial Sales

Posted 5 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in Austin, TX, USA
In-Office or Remote
332K-415K Annually
Expert/Leader
Database
The Role
Lead and build an enterprise sales organization across a whitespace territory: define territory strategy, recruit and develop sales managers and teams, coordinate cross-functional resources, negotiate large seven-figure deals, and maintain customer-facing activity. Role requires heavy travel and quota ownership.
Summary Generated by Built In

We strongly prefer candidates who are currently located in or near the designated job location. Candidates outside the area should apply only if they are committed to relocating prior to their start date and have the legal right to work in the job location.


Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.
We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design.
Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry.


Are you driven, high-reaching, and thrive in a collaborative environment? If so, Cohesity is looking for you! We are seeking a District Manager, who will have the unique opportunity to build and be responsible for an experienced sales team in a whitespace patch. This role will be responsible for developing and implementing Cohesity's sophisticated territory strategy, ensuring goals, objectives, and quotas are met by the sales teams. We are looking for someone with outstanding leadership skills, to be pivotal in recruiting and leading the direct sales management team, who will, in turn, optimize the recruitment, hiring, development, and performance of the sales team.
HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:

  • Build and handle an expert sales team

  • Craft Cohesity's territory strategy to ensure both short and long term goals, objectives and quotas for the sales managers and their teams

  • Recruit the direct sales management team and ensure, in turn, that these managers successfully recruit, hire, develop, and run a tiered sales team

  • Maintain good balance between leading a team and customer interfacing calls

  • Work closely with the extended sales team (including SE Manager, PSO Manager, Inside Sales Manager, Channel Manager, Recruiting, etc.) to generate new business opportunities

WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

  • 10 plus years experience of 6 or more direct sales manager reports in a fast paced, highly competitive, ever-changing sales environment

  • Minimum years of experience: Please review levelling guidelines s in leading team quota with validated achievement

  • Confirmed ability to lead a horizontal, extended resource team to support the direct sales team

  • Extensive experience directly and indirectly through a management team negotiating large 7 figure deals with very sophisticated terms, conditions, price pressures and considerations

  • Shown record working directly and indirectly through a management team with OEMs to build strategic and concerted sales campaigns together

  • History of direct and indirect coordination with an internal set of multifunctional teams such as Systems Engineers, Inside Reps, Field Marketing, Professional Services, and Channel Management to ensure target quotas as achieved and exceeded Core Proficiencies

  • Self-starter who takes initiative and works with limited direction

  • Highly trusted individual who maintains and expects high standards for self and team

  • BA/BS degree or higher

  • Ability to travel 50%+ of the time

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Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

Pay Range :

$332,120.00-$415,150.00

The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.

Current pay transparency shows the OTE (On-Target Earnings) for commission-based roles.

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Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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In-Office Expectations
Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.

Skills Required

  • 10+ years experience leading sales with 6+ direct sales manager reports
  • Proven ability to recruit, hire, develop, and run tiered sales teams
  • Experience negotiating large seven-figure enterprise deals with complex terms
  • Track record coordinating strategic campaigns with OEM partners
  • Experience leading and aligning cross-functional teams (SE, PSO, Inside Sales, Channel, Field Marketing)
  • Demonstrated ability to craft territory strategy and achieve quota
  • BA/BS degree or higher
  • Ability to travel 50%+ of the time
  • Self-starter who works with limited direction and maintains high standards

Cohesity Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cohesity and has not been reviewed or approved by Cohesity.

  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Leave and wellness programs appear broad, including flexible time off, company-wide refresh days, meeting-free focus blocks, an EAP, and learning/wellness perks such as MindGym sessions and Scribd access.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental and family benefits are positioned as a notable strength, with paid parental leave and additional family supports such as fertility benefits via Progyny.
  • Healthcare Strength Core coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision offerings for employees and families alongside related support resources.

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The Company
HQ: San Jose, CA
1,529 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

We believe that simplicity is the foundation of modern data management. Our mission is to radically simplify how organizations manage their data and unlock limitless value.

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