Senior Director, Sales

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San Jose, CA, USA
In-Office
200K-500K Annually
Senior level
Energy
The Role
Leads a team of approximately five Account Executives selling complex, multi-million-dollar energy projects to enterprise customers. Owns pipeline health, forecasting, account planning, deal strategy, and executive customer relationships. Coaches sellers, personally supports priority negotiations, coordinates cross-functional teams, and reallocates resources to maximize growth. Requires extensive power-generation sales experience, senior people leadership, strategic judgment, executive communication, and expertise in complex sales methodologies and transactions.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Senior Director, Enterprise Sales will lead a team of Account Executives and drive strategic growth across a portfolio of Commercial & Industrial enterprise customers. This role is responsible for owning the team’s pipeline, forecasting accuracy, and deal execution, while coaching Account Executives to originate, develop, and close complex, multi-million-dollar energy projects. The ideal candidate is a player-coach who can operate at both a strategic and execution level—personally engaging in priority deals while building a high-performing, disciplined sales organization. The role will ideally be based in Bloom’s HQ in the Bay Area. East coast-based candidates will also be considered.  Frequent travel to HQ and customers will be required.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a high-performing team of ~5 Account Executives, establishing clear expectations, accountability, and a culture of performance
  • Own team pipeline and forecasting, ensuring strong coverage, high-quality opportunities, and consistent target attainment
  • Drive deal strategy and execution, coaching AEs and stepping into critical negotiations to close complex, high-value transactions
  • Oversee account planning, ensuring strategies balance near-term bookings with long-term growth across key enterprise accounts
  • Engage directly with senior customer stakeholders, building trusted relationships at the VP and C-suite levels
  • Lead cross-functional execution, coordinating sales, engineering, finance, and commercial teams to advance opportunities
  • Identify and prioritize opportunities across the portfolio, reallocating resources to maximize conversion and impact
  • Deliver clear, structured executive communications, including pipeline reviews, forecasts, and strategic updates

 

Required Qualifications

  • 15+ years of enterprise sales experience that must include power generation industry
  • 6+ years team leadership and people management experience with a player-coach mindset
  • Exceptional communication skills and ability to operate in a fast-paced ambiguous environment
  • Strong judgment in balancing growth, profitability, risk, and long-term customer value
  • Ability to value-map complex customer environments and position solutions effectively across financial, operational, and strategic dimensions
  • AI & Technology leadership – demonstrated AI literacy with the ability to leverage best-in-class tools
  • Proven track record of closing complex, multi-million-dollar deals (>$10m+)
  • Strong executive presence with the ability to engage and influence senior customer stakeholders
  • Deep expertise in pipeline management, forecasting, and account strategy
  • Experience coaching teams on structured sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDPICC or similar)
  • Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate insights into actions
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex sales cycles

 

Education & Location

  • BA/BS required
  • MBA or equivalent experience strongly preferred; demonstrated ability to build business cases, value maps, and executive-level financial narrative required
  • Location: Bloom’s Bay Area Headquarters strongly preferred.  East Cost-based candidates may also be considered. Travel required based on customer and team needs

Base Salary: $200,100 - $287,900

Total Compensation (OTE): $500,000 - $735,000, including salary, target sales bonus, and equity.

Sales Incentive Upside: Eligible to earn up to 3x the target sales bonus based on performance.

Salary Ranges:$200,100.00 - $287,900.00

Skills Required

  • 15+ years of enterprise sales experience, including power generation industry experience
  • 6+ years of team leadership and people management experience
  • Exceptional communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
  • Strong judgment balancing growth, profitability, risk, and long-term customer value
  • Ability to value-map complex customer environments and position solutions across financial, operational, and strategic dimensions
  • AI literacy and ability to leverage best-in-class tools
  • Proven record closing complex, multi-million-dollar deals exceeding $10 million
  • Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior customer stakeholders
  • Deep expertise in pipeline management, forecasting, and account strategy
  • Experience coaching teams on structured sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC
  • Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing complex sales cycles
  • BA or BS degree
  • MBA or equivalent experience
  • Ability to build business cases, value maps, and executive-level financial narratives
  • Based in or willing to frequently travel to the Bay Area headquarters or customer locations

Bloom Energy Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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

  • Healthcare Strength — Current job postings describe comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with a large employer contribution, plus mental‑health support, fertility/family‑forming benefits, virtual physical therapy, and legal services. Company materials link to Collective Health and Kaiser, indicating established plan options.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan and equity awards are offered, providing accessible ownership opportunities that can enhance total compensation.
  • Retirement Support — Recent postings and filings indicate a 401(k) with company match has been added, marking a clear improvement over earlier periods without matching.

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The Company
HQ: San Jose, CA
1,716 Employees
Year Founded: 2001

What We Do

Bloom Energy empowers businesses and communities to responsibly take charge of their energy. The company’s leading solid-oxide platform for distributed generation of electricity and hydrogen is changing the future of energy. Fortune 100 companies around the world turn to Bloom Energy as a trusted partner to deliver lower carbon energy today and a net-zero future. For more information, visit www.bloomenergy.com. The Bloom Energy Server is a distributed electric power solution built for the digital age and capable of delivering highly reliable, uninterrupted, 24x7 constant power that is also clean and sustainable. Bloom’s unique on-site power generation systems are among the most efficient on the planet, providing significantly reduced operating costs and producing dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions. By generating power where it is consumed, Bloom Energy offers increased electrical reliability and improved energy security, providing a clear path to energy independence. Some of the largest companies in the world trust Bloom Energy to provide their businesses with clean, reliable and resilient energy. Bloom’s customers include many Fortune 100 companies and leaders in manufacturing, data centers, healthcare, retail, higher education, utilities, and other industries. The company, headquartered in San Jose, California, is growing quickly and looking to add to its dynamic team. Stay up to date with Bloom Energy through our social channels.

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