Account Director - Puppet

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Position Summary: Our VP of Sales for our Puppet brand is looking for an Account Director to join the team to drive business growth in the UK & I territory and become part of a rapidly growing region. At Puppet we are committed to our work, customer-obsessed, live by our values and are passionate about our product. The Account Director creates, identifies and closes sales for Puppet Enterprise and accompanying services within the UK & I region. As the individual who represents Puppet and drives the revenue, this person must be a closer who can create a large pipeline of business within a short period of time and work with existing clients as well as new logo opportunities.

Meaningful work you’ll contribute:

• Create and drive revenue in UK & I and own the sales cycle - from lead generation to closure
• Actively prospect to develop opportunities in assigned accounts and prospects
• Ensure the successful roll-out and adoption of Puppet Enterprise (PE) through strong account management activities and coordination with pre and post-sales engineering and support resources
• Generate business opportunities through professional networking and cold-calling, working closely with the SDR and BDR teams
• Travel within the UK & I region in order to develop account relationships and close large opportunities. Occasional travel to the US for meetings, training etc.
• Drive brand awareness, campaigns, and lead generation via networking, associations, etc.
• Own the sales cycle - from lead generation to closure, and develop strategic territory business plan
• Maintain account and opportunity forecasting within Salesforce

You are:

• Able to work independently & as part of a team in a fast-paced, rapid change environment
• Customer-focused. Entrepreneurial mind-set. Passionate about sales and technology.
• A Team Player - effectively partnering with sales engineering counterparts, utilizing their technical expertise.
• A skilled negotiator.
• Self-directed and skilled at autonomously driving projects in a startup environment with minimal guidance and limited resources.
• Drive execution and results.

Valuable experiences and skills you’ll bring to Puppet:

• 8+ years of experience selling enterprise software or solution selling to Fortune 500 accounts or equivalent
• Strong grasp of DevOps and enterprise automation best practices and business acumen with the ability to have a presence with top executives in customer accounts.
• Extensive platform selling experience in complex sales with multiple buying centers.
• Experience selling (DevSecOps, CloudOps) solutions is highly preferred.
• Established trusted relationships with CIOs and CISOs with the ability to influence and drive strategic conversations
• Driving demand for newer products.
• Experience operating in a continuous adoption, expansion, and upsell sales motion within a matrixed sales organization is preferred, /Infrastructure/cloud sales experience is desirable.

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