Regional Sales Director, UK

Who We AreVerkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries. About the RoleThe Regional Sales Director, UK is responsible for hiring, managing and mentoring a team of Enterprise level talent to meet and exceed their sales revenue goals. The Enterprise team focuses on corporate accounts with full-time employee counts of 5,000+. Our Account Executives are responsible for maintaining high activity standards; daily prospecting, pipeline growth, prospect qualification, and delivering assigned monthly and quarterly sales revenue targets. What You'll DoLead the team of Enterprise Account Executives in achieving individual and team quotaOngoing mentoring and development of sales team which includes recruiting, hiring and mentoring new repsConduct weekly forecast meetingsYou will be reporting on sales activity and forecast to the VP of EMEA Consistently monitoring the sales activity of the team, and tracking the resultsQuote, negotiate, and assist sales reps in closing highly complex transactions through the development of executive-level relationships with key prospectsManage daily and weekly activities, pipelines, forecasts and closed deals to ensure above-quota results based on successful pipeline managementCoordinate and lead weekly and monthly one-on-one and team-wide pipeline reviews, meetings and training sessions to ensure ongoing improvement.Work closely with channel partners to generate pipeline within the UK What You BringDemonstrated success in directly leading a high-performing sales team within a sales environmentYou must demonstrate different influencing styles as appropriate to a situation, whilst demonstrating a history of successfully building and maintaining trusting relationships with colleagues and customersProven experience in working in an indirect sales model is mandatoryExperience of leading, coaching, and developing account executivesSuccessful track record in a high-volume transaction sales environmentExcellent presentation and listening skillsShould be able to thrive in a very rapidly changing environmentProven ability to successfully hire and train new sales representatives and coach lower performers through to successSuccessful history of closing business, and over-achieving quotaDemonstrated ability to accurately forecast sales resultsThis role requires regular travel, estimated to be more than 50% of the time, including both domestic and international destinations as needed. The successful candidate must be comfortable with frequent travel to support business operations, customer and partner engagements and team collaborationUK Employee BenefitsVerkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under most plans and 100% for family premiumsPrivate medical and dental coveragePaid parental leave policy & fertility benefitsRetirement saving optionsTime off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick timeWellness/fitness benefitsProfessional development stipendHealthy lunches provided dailyCommuter BenefitsVerkada Is An Equal Opportunity EmployerAs an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. 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