Director of Asia Pacific Sales, Media and Entertainment (SaaS)
Location: APAC (Singapore & Australia)
Join world-class specialists building an unmatched product for the modern cloud ecosystem.
We are storage and networking experts building the Cloud NAS. Remote cloud collaboration is now a requirement, and we are transforming the $40B NAS market. Our unique cloud-native file system addresses many distributed storage and security problems inherent when working remotely over the Internet. With a focus on simplicity, security, and performance, we've reached a new milestone in our journey, and we're looking to expand our team with more talented members.
Cloud technology startup - Headquartered in the US with R&D based in Sofia, Bulgaria
Product Innovation - Cloud NAS, built as SaaS, cloud-native file system
Team - A dream team of 55+ dedicated individuals
Mission - To make data universally, securely, and seamlessly accessible to everyone, everywhere
The company experienced over 14X growth in ARR in 2020 and raised our series A round of financing to fuel this growth.
Director of Asia Pacific Sales, Media and Entertainment (SaaS)
We are seeking a highly motivated entrepreneurial SaaS Sales Director with Media and Entertainment experience, based in Australia or Singapore, who will be responsible for executing the sales strategy against our initial go to market vertical. This is a rare ground floor opportunity in a leading technology startup in an exciting and growing market with green fields untouched sales opportunities.
What you’ll do:
Identify, prospect, develop, and close strategic accounts in the Media and Entertainment industry, with a special focus on TV/Cable/Sports; Streaming/OTT, Advertising Agencies, and Film Production.
Contact inbound leads generated via events, marketing lists, and content-based marketing to ensure they have the information and tools to evaluate our solution
Assist in lead generation through an active social media presence, local industry groups, networking events, and tradeshows
Demonstrate the product to prospective customers face to face or via Zoom online meetings
Provide customer feedback and requests to the other stakeholders in the organization
Keep an accurate pipeline and forecast via our CRM
Your skills and qualifications:
A strong communicator and a great listener, enabling you to understand the customer’s primary points of pain
The ability to understand how our solution addresses the pain, articulate this to the customer, and get them excited about the product
Data driven, analytical and creative thinker who can identify the best path with least resistance for a general-purpose technology with broad applications.
Appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to gain acceptance of a product, service, or idea from prospects and clients
Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed
The expertise to solve problems, drawing on your past experience and using existing resources
A desire to take the initiative, seizing opportunities when you see them, emptying the trash can when it is full
The finesse to close a customer without them even realizing it
Thrive in the loosely structured, chaotic nature of a startup culture
Your responsibilities:
Must have a proven track record in selling Enterprise SAAS or on-premises software solutions into mid to large size corporate organizations in the Media and Entertainment space
Must have the ability to qualify opportunities, define the sequence of events to close deals, and articulate that strategy to your sales management and the executive team
5+ years of individual quota carrying, direct sales experience
Strong business acumen for uncovering, evaluating, growing and closing sales opportunities within a dynamic and extremely time sensitive environment
Ability to manage a large number of active leads while simultaneously uncovering and closing new sales opportunities
Documented, consistent success exceedingly quarterly and annual sales targets through thorough account planning and weekly forecasting sessions
Experience developing and expanding upon existing customer relationships at multiple levels and across multiple functions within each organization
Please Note: This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills and due to the changing nature of the job is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice. Remember, this is a startup!
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