RVP, Sales

SailPoint is seeking an experienced Regional Vice President (first-line sales manager) to lead a team of sales professionals. This role involves managing 6-8 sales executives, exceeding team revenue quotas monthly, quarterly, and yearly, and providing coaching and strategy support throughout the sales cycle. The RVP will also be responsible for continuously growing the sales team through recruiting, hiring, and training, and helping clients understand SailPoint's Identity Management solutions to develop tailored winning solutions.

Must Have

• Exceed team revenue quota goals on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis
• Manage 6-8 sales executives
• Provide coaching and strategy support throughout the sales cycle
• Conduct account reviews with sales team members
• Manage escalation, conduct weekly sales meetings, manage pipeline activity
• Hands-on management & execution for strategic opportunities
• Continuously grow the sales team, including recruiting, hiring and training
• 8+ years of Business to Business Sales Leadership experience
• 5 years in the Identity Management or Software Security Industry
• Proven results in a quota-oriented sales environment
• Understanding of technology and technological innovations

SailPoint is the leader in Identity Security. SailPoint customers represent half of the Fortune 500 and half of the ASX 50. This customer strength provides us with a great community of customers, partners and analysts who trust SailPoint and our team to solve complex challenges. SailPoint continues to grow globally and expanding our global presence creates opportunities for top salespeople to become a part of our awesome culture.

We are recognized by analysts such as Gartner, Forester and Kuppinger Cole as the leader in the market and we continue to push ourselves to define the market rather than follow what the analysts or competitors are marketing. Organizations struggle to understand who has access to what applications and data, and we help them answer these key questions. Identity security is the central control point for risk management for the enterprise.

We are proud of our team and the culture we have built which has led to our employees voting us “best places to work” – 15 years in a row.

The role:

We are seeking an experienced, highly motivated Regional Vice President (first-line sales manager) to be a part of our client-focused organization. This leadership position is responsible for managing a team of sales professionals who sell to and support both end users and channel partners, leveraging all routes to market selling our market leading Identity Management solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Exceed team revenue quota goals on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis
• Sets vision and strategy for the sales team; manage 6-8 sales executives
• Provide coaching and strategy support throughout the sales cycle
• Conduct account reviews with sales team members
• Manage escalation, conduct weekly sales meetings, manage pipeline activity
• Hands-on management & execution for strategic opportunities
• Continuously grow the sales team, including recruiting, hiring and training
• Help clients understand our products' capabilities to allow us to develop winning solutions that are tailored to the clients' specific business needs
• Participate in client prospecting events and trade shows when needed
• Enrich our team and organization with your leadership knowledge and experience

Skills:

• Customer Focus: Act in ways that demonstrate customer focus and satisfaction by building effective relationships with customers, identifying, meeting and exceeding customer expectations, and by treating customers with dignity and respect
• Partner Focus: Act in ways that demonstrate partner focus and satisfaction by building effective relationships with partners, identifying, meeting and exceeding partner expectations, and by treating partners with dignity and respect
• Effective Communication: Deliver oral and written communications that are impactful and persuasive with their intended audience
• Industry Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of given industry and relevant marketplace; can speak with authority, e.g., on industry trends, best practices, competitive practices, regulatory issues, etc.
• Effective Selling: Utilize solutions-oriented, systematic approach to selling, leverage mastery of sales best practices and SailPoint’s sales methodology
• Business Acumen: Understand key aspects of business, e.g., business models and competitive positioning; also understand how business operates, including role of structure, systems, and processes; can speak in business language when applying professional expertise
• Financial Acumen: Use financial analysis to make decisions, evaluate opportunities and choices; know how financial decisions impact business success

Experience Requirements:

• 8+ years of Business to Business Sales Leadership experience, with 5 years in the Identity Management or Software Security Industry
• Proven results in a quota-oriented sales environment and an understanding of technology and technological innovations

Education:

Bachelor's degree or global equivalent in an IT, business or sales related field.

Travel:

Business travel of approximately 50 percent yearly is expected for this position.

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SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome everyone to our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply to join our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.

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About Us

SailPoint is a leading provider of identity security for the modern enterprise. Enterprise security starts and ends with identities and their access, yet the ability to manage and secure identities today has moved well beyond human capacity. Using a foundation of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the SailPoint Identity Security Platform delivers the right level of access to the right identities and resources at the right time—matching the scale, velocity, and environmental needs of today’s cloud-oriented enterprise. Our intelligent, autonomous, and integrated solutions put identity security at the core of digital business operations, enabling even the most complex organizations across the globe to build a security foundation capable of defending against today’s most pressing threats.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

The employment policy of SailPoint is to provide equal opportunity to all persons, and it is SailPoint’s policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

It is SailPoint’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote qualified individuals in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, military and/or veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. SailPoint does not discriminate on the basis of national origin or citizenship status as provided under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities:

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• Assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of the affirmative action provisions of Section 503, VEVRAA, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or protected veterans;
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SailPoint will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.

SailPoint’s affirmative action program contains an audit and reporting system which enables us to measure the effectiveness of our program, indicate any need for remedial action, determine the degree to which our objectives have been attained, determine whether protected veterans and individuals with disabilities had had the opportunity to participate in company-sponsored activities, measure our compliance with the program’s specific obligations, and document actions taken to comply with these obligations.