Director of Sales

2014

15+ countries

60+ specialists

Director of Sales

What You Will Own

• Own global enterprise revenue, with primary focus on the US
• Build and maintain a predictable pipeline across inbound and outbound motions
• Drive forecasting accuracy, deal reviews, and revenue governance
• Improve win rates, strengthen qualification frameworks, and optimize sales velocity
  

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing sales team (pods, SDRs, AEs)
• Build a culture of accountability, high performance, and continuous learning
• Coach the team on enterprise selling, negotiation, and multi-stakeholder engagements
• Set and enforce clear KPIs, performance standards, and operating rhythms
  

• Partner with Marketing to align top-of-funnel quality, campaigns, and messaging
• Work with Product & Engineering to channel customer insights into roadmap decisions
• Build and refine sales playbooks, messaging guides, qualification models (MEDDIC/BANT), competitive frameworks, and objection handling
• Strengthen sales enablement - onboarding, continuous training, competitive intelligence, content readiness, and deal support
• Collaborate with SalesOps on Hubspot CRM hygiene, reporting accuracy, forecasting discipline, and tooling
• Ensure seamless alignment across Sales, CS, Product, and Marketing
  

• Implement best-in-class sales processes and governance
• Improve sales efficiency across the funnel through data, insights, and process optimization
• Introduce mechanisms to increase accountability, speed of execution, and deal quality
• Establish a predictable, repeatable, and scalable sales engine
  

What We're Looking For

• 8 - 10 years in B2B SaaS or enterprise tech sales
• Minimum 2 - 3 years leading and scaling sales teams
• Demonstrated ability to drive $5M+ annual enterprise revenue (preferably $10M+)
• Experience managing both inbound and outbound sales motions
• Strong exposure to US enterprise sales cycles - mandatory
  

• Deep experience in enterprise sales - mandatory
• Background in cybersecurity, deep tech, or complex technical products is preferred
• Experience with VAR, multi-product, or consultative enterprise sales is a plus
  

• Must be based in Bangalore (or willing to relocate)
• Comfortable leading revenue across global regions, with US as primary focus
  

Who You Are

• A strategic operator with strong bias for execution
• Exceptional coach and people leader
• Data-driven, structured, and strong on process
• Skilled communicator with executive presence
• Thrives in high-growth, high-accountability environments
• Comfortable influencing cross-functionally and navigating enterprise complexity
  

Compensation

• As per Industry Standards
  

Why Join Us

• Freedom & Responsibility: If you are a person who enjoys challenging work & pushing your boundaries, then this is the right place for you. We appreciate new ideas & ownership as well as flexibility with working hours.
• Great Salary & Equity: We keep up with the market standards & provide pay packages considering updated standards. Also as Appknox continues to grow, you’ll have a great opportunity to earn more & grow with us. Moreover, we also provide equity options for our top performers.
• Holistic Growth: We foster a culture of continuous learning and take a much more holistic approach to training and developing our assets: the employees. We shall also support you all on that journey of yours.
• Transparency: Being a part of a start-up is an amazing experience one of the reasons being the open communication & transparency at multiple levels. Working with Appknox will give you the opportunity to experience it all first hand.
• Health insurance: We offer health insurance coverage upto 5 Lacs for you and your family including parents.