Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.
Title: Regional Sales Manager
Based: Remote UK
Cyber Security Products business line
Our solutions bring security, trust and resilience to key industries including finance, healthcare, retail and manufacturing, as well as vital sectors in critical infrastructure. Thales is at the heart of digital networks worldwide, protecting applications, data and identities and enabling organisations to deliver trusted digital services to billions of consumers every day.
Position Summary
As a Regional Sales Manager (RSM) for the UK & Ireland Sales team, you will plan and manage all Thales sales related activities focused on the Data Protection products and solutions specifically with medium-large sized enterprise customers within the UK&I market. You will build and develop new key business relationships, managing all aspects of the sales process with the end customer, focusing on new name opportunities and developing existing business contacts. This is a predominantly a net-net, new business hunter role. You will work in conjunction with channel partners to deliver sales and business objectives.
Essential Functions / Key Areas of Responsibility
Manages, develops and grows strategic prospects and existing customer relationships.
Identifies, qualifies and quantifies all opportunities within an assigned region and leads sales effort.
Develops and delivers accurate and technically correct sales presentations to potential customers.
Develop a high profile presence within the targeted accounts and be seen as a trusted advisor
Manages all aspects of the sales cycle including prospecting, development of the customer relationship at all levels and the implementation of the account plans.
Establish and develop key relationships with Systems Integrators / channel partner sales teams to ensure the effective and efficient closing of sales opportunities.
Delivers on set objectives to achieve revenue and growth targets.
Works with sales support staff, pre and post sales staff to further customer relationships forecast, track territory opportunities, and close the deal.
Minimum Requirements:
Prior experience selling in cyber security industry, with experience selling data security products a firm requirement. Experience selling app sec products desirable but not essential.
Prior experience selling software products and/or subscription selling working directly with medium-large Enterprise accounts.
Proven experience in Sales preferably within IT industry, but not essential
Experience in managing all aspects of the sales cycle, including prospecting, developing the customer relationship at all levels and the implementation of the account plans.
Experience working with multi-element revenue models, which include both one time and recurring revenue streams, which may include multiple products.
Capable of closing complicated deals from discovering sales opportunities to contract completion.
Able to up-sell existing accounts as well as proactively identify and acquire new customers.
Comfortable being an active participant (not necessarily leader) in highly technical discussions.
Able to collaboratively work with Sales Engineer to ensure that commercial goals are achieved within territory.
Sales driven with strong track record of closing business on their own.
Excellent communications and presentation skills.
Strong marketing sense and vision.
Ability to thrive under pressure.
Knowledge of Salesforce.com.
Highly Organized.
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At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and much more depending on the role. Read more about our benefits here.
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Skills Required
- Experience selling in the cyber security industry, with experience selling data security products
- Experience selling application security products
- Experience selling software products and/or subscription models to medium-large enterprise accounts
- Proven experience in sales
- Experience managing all aspects of the sales cycle and implementing account plans
- Experience with multi-element revenue models (one-time and recurring revenue)
- Ability to close complex deals from discovery to contract completion
- Ability to upsell existing accounts and proactively acquire new customers
- Comfortable participating in highly technical discussions
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Sales Engineers
- Strong track record of independently closing business
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong marketing sense and vision
- Ability to thrive under pressure
- Knowledge of Salesforce.com
- Highly organized
- Experience within the IT industry
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thales and has not been reviewed or approved by Thales.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
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What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
