About the Role:
Reporting into the CRO, we’re seeking a Global Director, Commercial Sales to lead and scale Redpanda's global enterprise sales organization. This is a critical leadership role that requires deep experience in building and managing high-performing sales teams in technical enterprise software, preferably in cloud-native or data infrastructure sectors.
As Global Director, Commercial Sales, you will be responsible for defining strategy, developing go-to-market execution, driving predictable revenue growth, and ensuring exceptional customer outcomes.
Scope of Responsibilities
- Lead and expand Redpanda’s Commercial sales team across regions and verticals
- Own and exceed quarterly and annual revenue targets for enterprise accounts
- Develop and implement scalable sales processes, KPIs, and forecasting methodologies
- Work closely with Marketing, Product, Customer Success, and Engineering to align enterprise GTM strategy
- Cultivate relationships with C-level executives and technical decision-makers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Establish a metrics-driven sales culture with clear accountability and transparency
- Drive strategic deals from inception to close, especially in key target verticals like finance, media, and security
- Hire, mentor, and retain world-class sales talent to support aggressive growth targets
Position Requirements:
- 5+ years of Commercial SaaS sales leadership experience, with a track record of exceeding quotas and scaling teams
- Proven experience selling complex, technical products to buyers (e.g., CIOs, VPs of Engineering, Architects)
- Strong analytical, communication, and strategic planning skills
- Experience in both early-stage startups and scaling post-Series B+ organizations is preferred
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and influence product roadmap and GTM initiatives - Willingness to travel as needed
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Nice to Have:
- Background in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms
- Familiarity with open-source business models and developer-first sales motions
- Experience expanding into international markets
- Force management or challenger training
U.S. base salary range for this role is $200,000, not including bonus and/or commission. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. As a remote-first company, we strive to consider each candidate's job-related skills, location, experience, relevant education or training to determine individual base salary. Your talent partner will share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Redpanda is used by Fortune 1000 enterprises pushing hundreds of terabytes a day, as well as by the solo dev prototyping a React application on her laptop. Think of it as a streaming data API platform that scales with you from the smallest projects to petabytes of data distributed across the globe.
Join Redpanda if you’d enjoy being part of a fast-moving, 100% remote organization with team members around the globe and a culture based on trust, transparency, communication, and kindness.
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What We Do
Redpanda is the event-driven platform that simplifies building real-time AI applications. It’s a simple, fast, and secure solution that lets modern engineering teams ship streaming, analytics, and agentic AI apps without the complexity or cost of traditional Kafka-based systems. It comes with 300+ built-in connectors, Kafka-API compatibility and industry-leading data and AI governance with a Bring-Your-Own-Cloud (BYOC) deployment option.
Why Work With Us
We are a fully remote, diverse and inclusive team of doers, seasoned engineers, hackers, and builders, working on the future of streaming data.
We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment where every team member can grow, thrive, and make a real impact.
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