Sales Director, Mid-Market, Central

Airlock Digital•Chicago, IL

1d•$200,000 - $250,000•Remote

About The Position

Airlock Digital is a global leader in application control and allowlisting, seeking to empower organizations to run only what they trust and operate free from malware and ransomware. With rapid growth across Australia, North America, and EMEA, Airlock Digital is committed to its core values of respect, determination, and integrity, supporting a diverse and expanding global customer base. The company prides itself on being a team of humble, collaborative, and driven professionals who support one another and share a passion for cybersecurity. This role is for a results-driven Sales Director, Mid-Market to accelerate growth in organizations with approximately 1,000–5,000 employees. It is an individual contributor role focused on new logo acquisition and selective expansion, requiring ownership of the full sales cycle in a complex, consultative cybersecurity environment. The role involves partnering with security, IT, and business leaders to solve customer problems and drive adoption of Airlock’s application control platform. It is ideal for a seller who thrives in a high-growth, build-as-you-go environment and enjoys shaping sales strategies.

Requirements

3 + years in B2B technology sales, with recent experience in an expansion-stage or high-growth SaaS environment — comfortable with pace, ambiguity, and building process as you go.
Strong understanding of the cybersecurity industry, including buyer personas, decision-making processes, market trends, and the competitive landscape.
Proven ability to engage and build rapport across multiple stakeholder levels — security, IT, and business leaders — with strong networking instincts in relevant markets.
Must live within and have an established sales history/network in the North Central.
Experience executing go-to-market strategies and managing full sales cycles across channels, with a solution-selling approach.
Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, discovery, and negotiation skills.
Proactive, results-oriented, and self-directed — energized by building pipeline, closing net-new business, and consistently exceeding targets.
Strong understanding of SaaS business models and solution selling, with the ability to translate technical value into business outcomes.

Responsibilities

Drive Revenue & New Logo Growth: Consistently achieve and exceed quarterly revenue targets across the Mid-Market segment. Primary focus on new logo acquisition, with selective expansion where there is clear product fit.
Own the Full Sales Cycle: Manage deals end-to-end: prospecting, discovery, demo, technical alignment, negotiation, and close. Excel at managing complex, consultative sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders across technical and business teams.
Pipeline Generation & Account Planning: Build and maintain a healthy pipeline through outbound prospecting, partner collaboration, and inbound opportunities. Develop thoughtful account plans aligned to customer security priorities and business outcomes.
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with security, IT, and business leaders and execute thoughtful account plans. Navigate multi-stakeholder buying groups and guide prospects through technical, security, and commercial evaluations.
Deal Execution: Negotiate mid-market and upper mid-market agreements, including multi-year contracts where appropriate. Partner with Solutions Architecture, Customer Success, Marketing, and Leadership to progress deals and remove friction.
Operational Excellence: Maintain accurate pipeline hygiene, forecasting, and deal documentation in HubSpot. Represent Airlock Digital in customer meetings and select industry forums as appropriate.