Darktrace

Sales Director – Overlay, Americas

Darktrace

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York CityCaliforniaFloridaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $260,000 - $300,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Act as the Adaptive Human Defence specialist for field sales teams, supporting opportunity strategy, positioning, and execution.
  • Participate directly in priority customer and prospect engagements, including executive‑level meetings, workshops, and key deal milestones.
  • Help sellers articulate the business value, use cases, and differentiation of AHD, aligned to customer risk, outcomes, and buying motivations.
  • Support complex deal cycles by shaping account strategies, value narratives, and commercial approaches to maximize win rates and deal size.
  • Design and deliver sales enablement programs to ensure field teams are confident and effective in selling AHD.
  • Develop and maintain enablement assets such as pitch materials, playbooks, messaging frameworks, competitive guidance, and success stories.
  • Partner closely with Sales Enablement, Solutions Engineering, and Product Marketing to ensure consistent and compelling AHD messaging across the organization.
  • Support the definition and execution of the global go‑to‑market strategy for Adaptive Human Defence.
  • Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success to drive coordinated launches, campaigns, and pipeline acceleration initiatives.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in a senior sales, sales specialist, or revenue acceleration role within cybersecurity, SaaS, or enterprise technology.
  • Strong commercial acumen with a track record of influencing and supporting high‑value enterprise deals.
  • Ability to translate complex technology into clear business value for both technical and non‑technical audiences.
  • Experience working in highly cross‑functional environments and influencing without direct authority.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and helping scale new or emerging product offerings.
  • Strong presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Benefits
  • 100% medical, dental and vision insurance, plus dependents
  • Paid parental leave
  • Pet insurance
  • Discount
  • Life insurance
  • Commuter benefits
  • 401(k)
  • Employee Assistance Program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
sales enablementaccount strategyvalue narrativescommercial approachespitch materialsplaybooksmessaging frameworkscompetitive guidancesuccess storiesgo-to-market strategy
Soft Skills
commercial acumeninfluencingcommunicationpresentationstakeholder managementcollaborationoperating in ambiguitycross-functional teamworkarticulating business valuesupporting high-value deals