San Francisco, CA30+ days ago
Lead and develop a West Coast Enterprise team with hands-on coaching that improves performance and career growth ⢠Drive deal strategy and execution across complex enterprise cycles, from discovery to close, including rigorous pipeline inspection and forecast reviews ⢠Elevate sales methodology adoption (MEDDIC/MEDDPICC), ensuring crisp qualification, mutual action plans, and disciplined inspection of technical + business wins ⢠Build a strategic selling culture that shifts the team from "running opportunities" to multi-threaded, value-led enterprise execution ⢠Orchestrate executive engagement across West Coast accounts - aligning economic buyers, champions, and technical evaluators to keep momentum and unblock deals ⢠Prioritize and run the West Coast enterprise territory with focus - balancing new logo pursuits with expansion plays where community signals are strong ⢠Run high-quality deal reviews and QBRs that sharpen strategy, elevate coaching moments, and improve win rates, cycle time, and forecast accuracy ⢠Hire, onboard, and scale the team over time, establishing operating rhythms that create leverage as we grow ⢠Collaborate cross-functionally (Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Marketing, RevOps, Product) to refine messaging for technical buyers, strengthen the enterprise playbook, and remove friction in the sales process. Must haves: ⢠Enterprise sales leadership: 5+ years in frontline sales management, leading ICs through complex, multi-threaded enterprise deals ⢠MEDDIC/MEDDPICC mastery: Deep, practical command of MEDDIC/MEDDPICC and a track record coaching teams to adopt it with real inspection ⢠Strategic deal management: You're fluent in qualification, mutual action plans, champion building, and executive alignment in longer-cycle deals ⢠Executive presence: You confidently engage senior stakeholders, run tight meetings, and set a high bar for clarity, urgency, and outcomes ⢠Coaching & talent development: You level up AEs through structured coaching, field observation, and actionable feedback ⢠Multi-stakeholder navigation: You're skilled at aligning technical and economic buyers, de-escalating conflict, and maintaining deal momentum ⢠West Coast location (Bay Area preferred): You're based on the West Coast and happy being on-site with customers-especially in the Bay Area ⢠Technical-buyer credibility: Experience selling into technical stakeholders and navigating evaluation-heavy sales motions.