Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.
Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.
Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 30,000+ customers across 70+ countries.
Verkada is building a world-class sales organisation and is looking for an entrepreneurial and results-driven Country Manager to lead expansion into the UAE. This hands-on role is perfect for a senior sales leader who is ready to set the strategy, hire a small team, and drive sales in a start-up environment.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the team of Account Executives in achieving individual and team quota
- Ongoing mentoring and development of sales team which includes recruiting, hiring and mentoring new reps
- Conduct weekly forecast meetings
- Report on sales activity and forecast to the head of EMEA
- Consistently monitor the sales activity of the team, and track the results
- Quote, negotiate, and assist sales reps in closing highly complex transactions through the development of executive-level relationships with key prospects
- Manage daily and weekly activities, pipelines, forecasts and closed deals to ensure above-quota results based on successful pipeline management
- Coordinate 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 UAE
Required Skills
Demonstrated success in directly leading a high-performing sales team within a sales environmentDemonstrate 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 skillsAbility 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 resultsWillingness to travelAs an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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