RVP, New Business
About The Position
Smartsheet is seeking a seasoned enterprise SaaS sales leader to spearhead and expand New Logo Acquisition in North America across its Enterprise and Commercial sales organization. The role involves refining sales strategies for acquiring new customers of all sizes, developing account strategies, enhancing sales plays, fostering executive relationships, integrating the customer journey, and selling high-value solutions. The objective is to create a unified strategy that accelerates growth in software and services bookings. The ideal candidate will have a proven history of exceeding sales goals, demonstrating strong leadership, a partnership-oriented approach, tenacity, accountability, high energy, integrity, and discipline. This position is crucial for establishing Smartsheet as the market leader in Collaborative Work Management in North America. The role is remote, supporting a US-based team, and candidates can be located in any US time zone, reporting to the VP of New Business & SMB.
Requirements
- Demonstrated track record of exceeding sales objectives leading enterprise SaaS sales teams by winning new business and driving substantial growth across multiples segments
- Proven ability to drive sales teams in executing land and expand sales strategies to predictably expand accounts, culminating in being chosen as an enterprise standard
- Demonstrated competence in effectively engaging and developing value based relationships with C-level executives
- Minimum of 7 years experience, including second line management, leading strategic software, preferably Strategic Account SaaS teams
- 10+ years of experience in the software industry with recent enterprise SaaS experience, preferably on the business applications side (selling to sales, marketing, HR, finance, manufacturing)
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to multitask, work cross-functionally within the organization, and thrive in a collaborative environment
- Demonstrated sales methodologies (e.g. MEDDICC)
- Experience working in a fast-paced, evolving, high growth company
- Bachelors (BA/BS) degree or MBA preferred
Responsibilities
- Recruit, hire and develop a high performing enterprise SaaS sales team, including Regional Directors and Account Executives
- Drive strategy and lead the team to consistently exceed quarterly and annual sales objectives
- Develop and lead the plan to significantly increase the number of Smartsheet senior executive relationships with C-level executives
- Develop trust-based relationships with leaders across the business, including Product & Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Operations, Sales Engineering and Customer Success
- Develop pricing/packaging and product competences in order to play a leadership role in structuring, pursuing and winning large, complex deals
- Successfully develop and execute across all disciplines of sales management, including Account/Territory/Opportunity planning, sales methodology execution, forecasting and professional development
- Be a coach to Regional Directors and Account Executives in the execution of a solution-based sales process encompassing multiple groups to acquire new logos
- Proactively identify and champion solutions to address issues that inhibit growth
- Actively use our core applications to manage business, including Smartsheet, Clari, Altify, Salesforce.com, Chorus, Tableau, LinkedIn, DiscoverOrg and others
- Help teams to execute on a large deal motion including account planning, executive alignment and value hypothesis
Benefits
- Employer subsidized medical/vision and dental coverage for full-time employees
- 401k Match to help you save for your future (50% of your contribution up to the first 6% of your eligible pay)
- Monthly stipend to support your work and productivity
- Flexible Time Away Program, plus Sick Time Off
- US employees are automatically covered under Smartsheet-sponsored life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability plans
- US employees receive 12 paid holidays per year
- Up to 24 weeks of Parental Leave
- Personal paid Volunteer Day to support our community
- Opportunities for professional growth and development including access to Udemy online courses
- Company Funded Perks, including a counseling membership, local retail discounts, and your own personal Smartsheet account
- Teleworking options from any registered location in the U.S. (role specific)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
