Area Sales Director, Strategic ( Auth0)

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The Auth0 Sales Team

Auth0 supports Okta’s vision of freeing anyone to safely use any technology by providing a secure, highly available, enterprise-grade platform that secures billions of log-ins every year for Consumer and SaaS applications. As an Auth0 AE, you will drive territory growth through both net new logos and cultivating relationships to develop and grow existing Auth0 customers. With the support of your Okta ecosystem, your focus will be on consistent results and an unwavering commitment to our customers.

The Area Sales Director Opportunity, Strategic

The successful Auth0 Area Sales Director, Strategic will manage a team of Account Executives focused on providing value to Application Development teams (Engineering, Product, Security and Architecture and spearhead the expansion of a global market leader leveraging existing customer references, partner base, and alliance relationships. This leader will drive revenue growth through the both net new logo acquisition as well as by cross-selling and up-selling Auth0 to our current customer base.

What you’ll be doing

• Attract, recruit, hire, and mentor the Auth0 Account Executive sales team
• Build a results driven culture through leading by example, setting expectations, providing coaching and mentorship and holding teams accountable
• Consistently deliver and overachieve against targets, holding the AE team accountable for operationally sound delivery and results
• Accurately forecast monthly, quarterly, and annual targets for assigned regions and hold each team member accountable for doing the same
• Establish and manage data and supporting metrics (pipeline coverage, forecasting, ASP, etc.)
• Effectively develop, design, build, and execute all aspects of the Strategic business plan to predictably and consistently generate quarterly results while holding a long-term perspective of overall results
• Put into place sales structure, processes, and strategic resource plans that will capture key opportunities in target markets, accounts & prospects, partners or industry verticals throughout the Strategic segment
• Own the pipeline generation strategy and with internal stakeholders to execute against the strategy
• Maintain market intelligence and develop strategies to maintain Okta’s leadership position
• Exhibit a growth mindset with the ability to outline the long term vision and strategy
• Travel as necessary to build and cultivate customer and prospect relationships

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 10+ years experience building and running sales teams in a SaaS environment
• Deep understanding of and technical aptitude towards SaaS / Cloud Go-To-Market selling motion
• Strong technical aptitude with proven success selling into C-suite and building partnership and buy-in with multiple stakeholders
• Relevant software industry experience in any of the following: IT systems, cloud enterprise or infrastructure management, application development and management, security, business applications and/or analytics
• Ability to navigate the internal selling ecosystem in order to nurture, close, grow and retain customers
• History of consistently meeting/exceeding targets and objectives personally and as a leader
• Proven ability to hire and retain a high performing sales team with humility and confidence
• Excellent leadership and influencing skills with the ability to build strong business partnerships at all levels
• Expertise using a Sales Framework such as MEDDPICC, Challenger or Sandler (we use MEDDPICC)

Okta’s Top 5 Core Leadership Competencies are part of the deeply ingrained principles that guide all of our company’s actions. They also align strongly to our cultural cornerstones, our Okta values: love our customers, empower our people, never stop innovating, act with integrity, and maintain transparency. It’s our expectation that our managers and leaders embody these core competencies:

• Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

What you’ll be doing

• Attract, recruit, hire, and mentor the Auth0 Account Executive sales team
• Build a results driven culture through leading by example, setting expectations, providing coaching and mentorship and holding teams accountable
• Consistently deliver and overachieve against targets, holding the AE team accountable for operationally sound delivery and results
• Accurately forecast monthly, quarterly, and annual targets for assigned regions and hold each team member accountable for doing the same
• Establish and manage data and supporting metrics (pipeline coverage, forecasting, ASP, etc.)
• Effectively develop, design, build, and execute all aspects of the Strategic business plan to predictably and consistently generate quarterly results while holding a long-term perspective of overall results
• Put into place sales structure, processes, and strategic resource plans that will capture key opportunities in target markets, accounts & prospects, partners or industry verticals throughout the Strategic segment
• Own the pipeline generation strategy and with internal stakeholders to execute against the strategy
• Maintain market intelligence and develop strategies to maintain Okta’s leadership position
• Exhibit a growth mindset with the ability to outline the long term vision and strategy
• Travel as necessary to build and cultivate customer and prospect relationships

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 10+ years experience building and running sales teams in a SaaS environment
• Deep understanding of and technical aptitude towards SaaS / Cloud Go-To-Market selling motion
• Strong technical aptitude with proven success selling into C-suite and building partnership and buy-in with multiple stakeholders
• Relevant software industry experience in any of the following: IT systems, cloud enterprise or infrastructure management, application development and management, security, business applications and/or analytics
• Ability to navigate the internal selling ecosystem in order to nurture, close, grow and retain customers
• History of consistently meeting/exceeding targets and objectives personally and as a leader
• Proven ability to hire and retain a high performing sales team with humility and confidence
• Excellent leadership and influencing skills with the ability to build strong business partnerships at all levels
• Expertise using a Sales Framework such as MEDDPICC, Challenger or Sandler (we use MEDDPICC)

Okta’s Top 5 Core Leadership Competencies are part of the deeply ingrained principles that guide all of our company’s actions. They also align strongly to our cultural cornerstones, our Okta values: love our customers, empower our people, never stop innovating, act with integrity, and maintain transparency. It’s our expectation that our managers and leaders embody these core competencies:

• Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

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Below is the annual On Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual OTE, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation, will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: .

The annual OTE range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $376,000—$564,000 USD

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