Senior Vice President, Enterprise Sales

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Due to our expansive growth, we are seeking an exceptional, growth-minded sales leader to join our team to lead the entire Enterprise sales division at Okta. This position reports to the GM of North America Sales. The Senior Vice President of Enterprise Sales will define market tactics to meet annual business goals. They will establish and lead a cross-functional team of experienced sales leaders and account executives in growing a productive and sustainable sales pipeline across complex territories. This person will help transform and integrate all GTM functions, evolving an already world-class field operation, while achieving significant revenue growth annually. In addition to requisite passion, skills, and experience, the successful candidate will have a measurable track record in building and managing large, high performing sales organizations. This individual will play a key role in driving a significant share of revenue for Okta.

The Senior Vice President of Enterprise Sales must have the ability to develop and implement an effective go-to-market plan aligned with Okta’s overall strategy, act as the Okta Enterprise spokesperson and be the executive sponsor for key customer and partner relationships. The successful candidate is an inspiring leader of people who can recruit and retain exceptional sales talent, support the team in delivering on the agreed metrics, and while leading from the front, work alongside the team to exceed the targets.

This is a unique career opportunity for an entrepreneurial and driven sales leader to spearhead the expansion of a global market leader leveraging the existing local customer references, partner base, and alliance relationships.

What We Are Looking For:

• Success hiring, leading, and developing high performing teams
• Success adapting and growing in fast-growing and changing environments
• Deep understanding of SaaS / Cloud Go-To-Market and the required roles for effective customer engagement
• Success effectively influencing key stakeholders at our customers and inside of Okta
• Success orchestrating and aligning decision makers around a common objective

As The Regional Vice President of Strategic Sales you will:

• Unearth customer insights, define the value proposition, determine appropriate sales and marketing strategy to maximize growth objectives.
• Lead by example, set expectations, follow through effectively and provide coaching and mentorship as needed and ensure that managers do the same for their team.
• Accurately forecast monthly, quarterly, and annual targets for assigned regions; establish and manage data and supporting metrics (pipeline coverage, ASP, etc.)
• Effectively develop, design, build, and execute all aspects of the Strategic business plan to predictably and consistently generate short-term results while holding a long-term perspective of overall results.
• Develop and maintain relevant senior level contacts within the Okta partner ecosystem (ISVs, resellers, and GSIs).
• Maintain market intelligence and develop strategies to maintain Okta’s leadership position.
• Ensure the best utilization of supporting resources jointly with the Sales management team
• Put into place sales force structure, process strategies, and strategic resource plans that will capture key opportunities in target markets, enterprise accounts/prospects, partners or industry verticals throughout the Region.
• Manage a team of Enterprise front-line leaders and partner closely with other functional teams (SEs, PS, Channel/Alliances team, Legal, Deal Desk etc.).
• Provide leadership and oversight to ensure the team leverages and deploys resources efficiently and for the highest impact. Collaborating with sales engineering, channels/alliances, customer success, renewals professional services, product, legal, marketing, and engineering teams to create a seamless customer experience.
• Analyze data and dynamics to maximize existing successes and to create new sales growth opportunities
• Be accountable for consistently delivering and overachieving against targets – ensuring Okta’s goals, and objectives are achieved consistently and sustainably.
• Exhibit a growth mindset with the ability to outline the long term vision and strategy.
• Attract, recruit, hire, and mentor the Enterprise sales leadership team.
• Create an open, inclusive team oriented environment, building a results-driven culture of accountability and transparency.
• Own the pipeline generation strategy and with internal stakeholders to execute against the strategy.

You will be a great fit for us if you have:

• 12+ years’ experience building and running Enterprise sales teams in the software industry
• Skills in business planning and diligence at measuring and communicating progress towards the plan, identifying roadblocks, and coming up with appropriate solutions
• 3+ years’ experience as a fourth line sales leader
• Technical aptitude and are experienced selling into CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CTOs and Lines of Business
• Excellent leadership and influencing skills; ability to build strong business partnerships both outside, and within the organization
• An innovative skillset with the courage to nourish “outside the box” thinking to surface and pursue new ideas
• A highly professional persona and polished demeanor. Strong verbal and written communication skills; effective at delivering executive level presentations
• Relevant software industry experience in any of the following: IT systems, cloud enterprise or infrastructure management, application development and management, security, business applications and/or analytics. Subscription, SaaS, or Cloud software experience
• Mastery of consultative/solution selling methodologies like MEDDPICC, Challenger, Solution Selling, and Sandler
• Strong Operational skills and are experienced in integrating process and rigor to his/her organization
• History of consistently meeting/exceeding targets and objectives personally and as a leader

Okta’s Top 5 Core Leadership Competencies are part of the deeply ingrained principles that guide all of our company’s actions. They also align strongly to our cultural cornerstones, our Okta values: love our customers, empower our people, never stop innovating, act with integrity, and maintain transparency. It’s our expectation that our managers and leaders embody these core competencies:

• Demonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

Below is the annual On Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual OTE, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation, will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.

The annual OTE range for this position for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:

$400—$600 USD

The OTE range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:

$400—$600 USD

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