The Director, SMB EMEA will lead, and develop a highly driven and enthusiastic team of Sales Managers and Account Executives. Our Sales teams are responsible for helping our existing customers leverage Zendesk as a key component to their CX Strategy and uncover New business through at scale and targeted prospecting programs.

　　We are looking for a positive, results orientated, and influential individual with deep SaaS experience. As a leader, you will possess outstanding quantitative, communications and sales leadership skills that will define, optimize and scale Zendesks SMB business. This experienced leader and people manager will build and expand their team and sales strategies to ensure a robust pipeline and sales execution. Engaging closely with internal partners, you will develop, deploy and maintain a velocity sales process. Our ideal candidate has proven experience in managing, building and encouraging a team to achieve weekly, monthly, and quarterly targets!

　　You will:

　　Direct a team of Sales Managers, who are responsible for geographically defined territories where strategic business planning leads to pipeline and bookings growthMeet regularly with key senior stakeholders, reporting on team results and leading conversations about business direction, what we need to do to ensure success and how we successfully deliverProvide feedback and recommendations on marketing efforts from real world interactions with prospects and customers.Retain a culture of agility and speed while growing the focus on metrics, measurement and building for scaleProvide ongoing mentoring and development of the team including Managers and Account Executives (AE). This includes recruiting, onboarding and training new Managers/AEs, team events and culture buildingWork with our enablement teams to ensure the appropriate trainings needs are flagged and executed onIdentify and execute ways to innovate our model and work cross-functionally across departments (Professional Service, Partners, Marketing, Ops, Product, IT) to push our initiativesEvolve & refine the sales strategy, process and tactics to improve performance

　　You have:

　　Youve been there and done it: scaling Sales functions in a high growth environmentStrong communication, people, and system building skillsExtensive experience in sales, and considerable software experience in SaaS/Customer Support/Sales/CRMYou are a leader of change who can inspire, coach and mentor teams to achieve new heightsAble to thrive in a startup environment- you move quickly, think strategically, and are superb at tactical executionYou understand regional nuances where we might need to flex our global strategyYou think globally and know how to align efforts with the direction and best interests of the organisationExcellent in organizational leadership and raising team to new heightsFluency in English and French is required.Flexibility to work across multiple geographies and timezones in EMEA and the USBachelors degree or equivalent work experience

　　The intelligent heart of customer experience

　　Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love. We advocate for digital first customer experiences-and we stick with it in our workplace. Over 5,000 employees worldwide are collaborating from kitchen tables, home offices, coworking spaces, and Zendesk workspaces to make one team.

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