Who We Are

Verkada is the largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform company in the world. Only 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 with more than $460M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 1,600+ full-time employees and 20,000+ customers across 70+ countries.

The Director of Sales, State is responsible for building, hiring, and managing a team of Enterprise level sales talent to meet and exceed their revenue goals within State. Our Account Executives are responsible for maintaining high activity standards; daily prospecting, pipeline growth, prospect qualification, and delivering on assigned monthly and quarterly sales revenue targets. 

Responsibilities

• Build a team of Enterprise Account Executives in achieving individual and team quota
• Ongoing mentoring and development of the team which includes recruiting, hiring and coaching new reps
• Consistently monitoring the sales activity of the team, and tracking results
• Reporting on sales activity and forecast to the Head of Enterprise Sales
• 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.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience selling into Public Sector
• 5-10 years of leadership experience in Public Sector
• Demonstrated success in directly building & leading a high-performing sales team within a sales environment
• Mastery of a variety of influencing styles as appropriate to a situation, with demonstrating a history of successfully building and maintaining trusting relationships with colleagues and customers
• Proven experience in working in an indirect sales model is mandatory
• Excellent presentation and listening skills
• Should be able to thrive in a very rapidly changing environment
• Proven ability to successfully hire and train new sales representatives and coach lower performers to success
• Successful history of closing business, and over-achieving quota
• Demonstrated ability to accurately forecast sales results
• Willingness to travel

US Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all employees and their families. 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 80% for family premiums

• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage

• Health Saving Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options

• Expanded mental health support

• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits

• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time

• Professional development stipend

• Wellness/fitness benefits

• Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As 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.