Regional Vice President, Sales

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
 

At NAVEX, we’re making the world a better place. A safer place. A more ethical place. A place where anyone, anywhere can have a voice. That’s a serious impact.

Imagine a place where each day you are engaging with some of the best people in their field committed to innovation as much as they are fun; the type of place where you can grow your career, help others achieve their career goals and make a difference by what you do.
 

As the Regional Vice President of Sales, you will be responsible for demonstrating strong leadership skills, rigorous management of activities and accountability for plan achievement.  As a senior leader of the sales management team, you will lead a team of Account Executives selling our fully integrated platform of risk and compliance solutions and services.  You will also develop and implement a strategic business plan and direct sales forecasting activities. 

What you’ll get: 

• Career growth. With market-leading training and an unwavering commitment to owning your career plan, you can grow your career to new heights.

• Real rewards. We offer competitive and transparent pay practices, top-of-the-range wellbeing programs, and brilliant opt-in benefits. Because we believe companies should offer more than just a salary.

• Meaningful purpose. Our products and solutions have real-life impact on people and organizations across the globe. Our innovations make a difference.

• Life flexibility. We want you to bring your best self to work every day. We understand that you can only do that with quality time to care for yourself, your loved ones and your community.

• An inspiring culture. Find yourself surrounded by leaders that care, invested teammates, and like-minded groups where you’ll feel at home.

• Industry leadership. Play your part in a fast-growing organization known for excellence, profitability, and stability.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and implement strategic sales plans to continually achieve or exceed targeted business objectives

• Drive aggressive new sales / cross sell / up-sell revenue growth in the existing customer base and new logos across all vertical markets

• Travel to customer locations to support securing the business.

• Review market analysis with each vertical Account Executive to ensure an understanding of the customer’s needs particular to that vertical

• Provide accurate and timely territory plans and pipeline forecasts to senior sales management

• Represent customer, market and business issues back to senior sales management

• Monitor and evaluate the activities and products of the competition

• Analyse and control expenditures to conform to budgetary requirements

• Work closely with marketing management to help develop strategies that supply targeted vertical markets with appropriate programmes, materials and awareness tactics

Leading and Developing a High Performing Management Team:

• Continuously lead, build, coach and inspire diverse staff with the goal of ongoing individual improvement and retention, establishing a culture that encourages and motivates members to achieve their maximum potential

• Provide clear individual and team goals that ensure each team member understands their role in the success of NAVEX; make changes when necessary and proactively address performance issues

What you’ll need:

• Professional fluency in German

• A Bachelor’s degree and prior work-related experience or equivalent

• 8+ years of relevant sales experience in the software industry and 5+ years of leading people

• Strong business management skills and a track record of understanding a sales consulting methodology, such as strategic selling, Miller Heiman, Solution Selling, SPIN or Challenger

• Significant experience with one or more vertical industry markets and experience in positioning products and services to match customer needs

• The ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines simultaneously

• Proficiency with CRM usage (Salesforce.com a plus)

• Strong leadership and consensus building skills to influence others based on your credibility and shared respect and strategic planning experience

• Quantitative analytical skills, including pipeline management and forecasting

• A proven track record in developing and leading successful sales teams, including managing underperformance in any sales discipline and strong quantitative analytical skills for pipeline management and forecasting

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, presentations skills and a commitment to collaborate with people across a variety of levels with diverse backgrounds

• Ability to drive results through your job competencies of pipeline and forecast manager, product and market insight, and sales optimization

• Ability to drive results through NAVEX core competencies of accountability, customer focus, drives results and instills trust

Our side of the deal: 

We believe everyone deserves to see their path forward, and the steps in place to achieve their career and financial goals. 

• Every team member is required to have a career plan in place, to be reviewed with their manager after six months in our team.

• Pay progression based on your performance. 

We’re committed to helping you thrive in all aspects of your life. Our pay programs are just one element of this. Check out NAVEX’s career page to find out more information.

We’re an equal opportunity employer, including all disability and veteran status. 

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!