
Director of Sales, New Business
Vonage
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $16,300 - $214,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- New Logo Acquisition & Pipeline Generation: Proactively source and qualify a robust pipeline of new business opportunities through cold-calling, networking, industry events, social selling, and leveraging existing professional networks.
- Executive Engagement: Establish and cultivate relationships with C-level and senior decision-makers (IT, Product, Digital Transformation) within target enterprise organizations to understand their complex business challenges.
- Complex Solution Selling: Articulate the nuanced value proposition of our CPaaS/SaaS solutions, demonstrating a deep understanding of how our technology integrates into and addresses complex, multi-faceted enterprise communication or business workflows.
- Deal Ownership & Negotiation: Lead the entire new logo sales cycle, including detailed discovery, tailored solution presentation, negotiation, and contract closure, consistently meeting or exceeding quarterly and annual revenue quotas.
- Strategic Go-to-Market: Collaborate closely with Marketing to refine account-based strategies and with Product Management to provide critical market feedback on competitor activity, product needs, and pricing to better position the company for wins.
- Forecasting and Reporting: Maintain impeccable pipeline hygiene, accurate forecasting, and detailed reporting within the CRM (e.g., Salesforce) for all new business activities.
Requirements
- Enterprise Hunting Experience: Strong and progressive experience in Enterprise Sales or Business Development, with a verifiable track record of personally winning and closing Net New Logos within the Fortune 500 space.
- Domain Expertise: Extensive, successful selling experience in either CPaaS (e.g., APIs for SMS, Voice, Video, Messaging) or complex B2B Enterprise SaaS solutions (e.g., MarTech, FinTech, Contact Center).
- Track Record: Proven ability to close complex, multi-year, multi-million dollar deals with large enterprise clients, navigating sales cycles of six months or longer.
- Sales Mastery: Expert-level command of recognized enterprise sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDPICC, Challenger Sale, Solution Selling) and exceptional ability to create business justification and ROI models.
- C-Suite Communication: Outstanding communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the gravitas and polish to influence stakeholders at the highest levels of large organizations.
- People Leadership: Experience leading a small team of Business Development Managers, driving strong focus on outcomes and building the new logo business
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field; an MBA or relevant advanced degree is a plus.
Benefits
- Company Bonus or Commission Structure (depending on the role)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage Options
- 401(k) Savings Plan
- Company-Paid Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
- Short-Term Disability (STD)
- Long-Term Disability (LTD)
- Maternity/Parental Leave
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Employee Support Program (EAP)
- Voluntary Supplemental Insurance
- Lifestyle Benefits
- Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
- Tuition Reimbursement - available for select positions; full details will be shared during the interview process
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
CPaaSSaaSAPIsSalesforceMEDDPICCChallenger SaleSolution Sellingbusiness justificationROI modelspipeline generation
Soft Skills
communicationnegotiationpresentationleadershiprelationship buildinginfluencingstrategic thinkingcollaborationoutcome focusproblem solving