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Optro

Area Director – EMEA

Optro

Area Director leading a team of sales professionals for a leading audit and risk software firm in EMEA.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Drive portfolio business of high velocity new “lands,” as well as the expansion of strategic accounts
  • Recruit top talent at scale who possess high intelligence, strong character and coach-ability
  • Lead Strategic AEs in achieving individual, team, and organizational quotas
  • Drive strategic deals and accounts to six-figure and seven-figure deal victories
  • Drive and monitor account planning and execution to deliver maximum revenue potential
  • Provide strategic executive leadership for sales forecasting, territory assignments, sales mentorship, and commission planning
  • Coach sales teams by helping structure sales opportunities and deals
  • Build out a predictable business focused on the end-to-end sales process
  • Lead pricing and contract negotiations
  • Listen and comprehend customer pain points and goals and objectives to tailor products and services
  • Present a compelling solution to clients using the information found in the discovery phase
  • Engage with C-level prospects to position strategic value proposition and drive the deal to closure
  • Leverage a values-based sales process to work with multiple client personas to close new business
  • Use a MEDDICC-based sales qualification methodology to manage sales resources and to report sales forecasts
  • Stay ahead of industry trends, competitive activity, and client opportunities
  • Attend trade shows, industry events, client meetings, and conferences – up to 30% travel
  • Engage and build relationships to help drive new pipeline growth and close new business
  • Evangelize the organizational need for a strong audit, risk, and control environment to drive new pipeline and win new business.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 10+ years of related experience including 3+ direct full sales cycle experience selling enterprise B2B software
  • Experience leading sales in an early stage, high-growth enterprise B2B SaaS environment preferred
  • Experience in scaling a team across EMEA
  • Proven line-of-business selling experience and able to engage at a C-Suite level within enterprise accounts
  • Ability to build and lead a sales organization, including quota-carrying and forecasting experience
  • Experience selling with and through alliances / partners.
  • Excellent cross-organization partnership and interpersonal skills
  • Experience devising sales strategy and contributing to enablement programs
  • A clear understanding of value-based selling with multiple examples of success
  • Strong EQ skills, able to build strong relationships internally and externally while inspiring and driving a team to deliver exceptional results.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools
sales forecastingterritory assignmentssales mentorshippricing negotiationscontract negotiationsMEDDICC sales qualificationB2B software salesenterprise salessales strategyquota-carrying experience
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachinginterpersonal skillsrelationship buildingcommunicationemotional intelligencestrategic thinkingteam inspirationcustomer engagementproblem-solving