Head of Sales
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About this job
We are looking for a passionate Head of Sales that is excited to bring Sleuth’s product to the world. You will play a significant part in realizing a vision where every development team can effortlessly harness the power of metrics to increase productivity and reduce stress in production environments. The Head of Sales will develop and expand our existing sales team with the purpose of driving our business over the course of the next few years. There will be a core focus on developing our outbound motion by targeting and landing key accounts as well as expanding existing relationships with high-potential customers. This leader will be able to achieve these results by understanding how to capitalize on Sleuth’s product led growth, expanding our footprint with a small client base, and most importantly continue developing a culture of success by recruiting and retaining amazing people. Sleuth is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, however, this position will be remote in the United States.
What we're looking for
- Success hiring, leading, and developing high performing teams
- Success adapting and growing in fast-growing and changing environments
- Success effectively influencing key stakeholders with our customers and inside of Sleuth
- Success orchestrating and aligning decision makers around a common objective
- Deep understanding of SaaS / Go-To-Market and the required roles for effective customer engagement
- Facilitate and develop ongoing internal partnerships with all functional areas
- We need a builder - assisting individual contributors with larger transactions, designing and implementing a repeatable motion, and building out a team of leaders across the US, EMEA and APAC
To be successful in this role
- The successful candidate is an inspiring leader of people who can recruit and retain exceptional sales talent, support the team in delivering on the agreed metrics, and while leading from the front, work alongside the team to exceed the targets
- Scale into managing a team of front-line leaders and partner closely with other functional teams (CSMs, Legal, Product Management, Engineering, etc)
- Ability to identify and recruit a team of top-notch Sales and Sales Development Representatives
- Create an open, inclusive team oriented environment, building a results-driven culture of accountability and transparency
- Lead by example, set expectations, follow through effectively and provide coaching and mentorship as needed and ensure that managers do the same for their teamBe accountable for consistently delivering and overachieving against targets ensuring Sleuth’s goals, and objectives are achieved consistently and sustainably
- Executive sales and communication skills - ability to drive compelling customer engagements with senior executives in Engineering and/or Technical Operations
- High integrity, transparent in internal communications
- Familiarity with key sales methodologies like MEDDICC or Solutions Based methodologies
- Systematic implementer of rigorous sales processes. You have proven that rigorous adherence to sales stages leads to better-quality execution and higher forecast accuracy
- Ability to provide situational coaching and advice and help guide deals to closure
- Background in selling SaaS products is required
- Technical aptitude, and ability to learn new concepts quickly
- You will be a great fit for us if you have : 7+ years experience building and running Enterprise sales teams in the software industry. At least 3+ years experience as a second line sales leader
About Sleuth
Sleuth helps engineering teams measure and improve their efficiency. Sleuth's Engineering Efficiency platform provides a complete and accurate view into DORA metrics, visibility into bottlenecks, and tools to automate workflows. Sleuth integrates with your entire toolchain - from issue tracker, source control, CI/CD, feature flag, incident tracker, to observability tools - to provide the baselines, context, and insights you need to improve efficiency.
Sleuth was founded in 2019 by three engineering and product experts who were involved in the fundamental growth of Atlassian’s global success. Since emerging from stealth, we are accelerating our product momentum and adoption. The team is built on a culture of openness, diversity, respect, and we think beyond what’s wanted and anticipate what’s needed from evolving engineering teams.
At Sleuth, we don't just accept differences, we look for them, celebrate them, support them and thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our customers. Sleuth is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know so that we can support your needs.
Sleuth was founded in 2019 by three engineering and product experts who were involved in the fundamental growth of Atlassian’s global success. Since emerging from stealth, we are accelerating our product momentum and adoption. The team is built on a culture of openness, diversity, respect, and we think beyond what’s wanted and anticipate what’s needed from evolving engineering teams.
At Sleuth, we don't just accept differences, we look for them, celebrate them, support them and thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our customers. Sleuth is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know so that we can support your needs.
We can’t wait to work with you!
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