VP, Global Business Development - United Kingdom - Darktrace Ltd

    Darktrace Ltd
    Darktrace Ltd United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Vice President of Global Business Development

    This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast-growing company, named one of TIME magazine's "Most Influential Companies" for 2021 and one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative AI Companies" in 2022. For more information on our cutting-edge technology, visit . We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced individual to join our team as a Vice President of Global Business Development in the field of cybersecurity. As the VP of Global Business Development, you will play a critical role in overseeing our global Business Development team. This team builds pipeline via both outbound prospecting and outreach and responding to inbound demand.

    Key Duties & Responsibilities

    • Oversee a global team of over 200 BDRs who support our Enterprise and Strategic Sales teams across the Americas, EMEA and APAC.
    • Achieve monthly and quarterly meeting, POV (trial) and revenue contribution targets set for the BDR team.
    • Provide leadership, coaching and development opportunities for the 10 managers who lead our global teams.
    • Lead the enhancement of our BDR team's existing systems and processes to help the team continue to make a significant contribution to the business' growth, and in close alignment with the wider GTM strategy.
    • Ensure the Business Development team closely partner with Sales globally at all levels throughout the department, supporting each region's efforts to progress their targeted list of accounts with target personas.
    • Partner closely with the Marketing team to strategize and enable the BDR team's support of Marketing's Demand Generation & Event programs.
    • Leverage data-driven insights to provide impactful coaching, drive high levels of activity, and create a feedback-rich environment that fosters constant improvement and values the importance of data.
    • Plan, forecast, and understand the team's capacity to ensure the team can support the needs of the business.
    • Maintain and further develop our talent program, providing development opportunities for the team and pathways to progress into Sales and other roles within Darktrace.
    • Work closely with our Enablement teams to improve the quality and provision of enablement content for the global team.

    Qualifications & Experience

    • 8+ years of relevant Business Development and/or Sales leadership experience working in software/SaaS industry.
    • A demonstrated track record of building, managing and leading Business Development teams, with a minimum of 2 years 2 nd line leadership experience.
    • Strong knowledge of prospecting tools/technologies, and how they can interact to support our team's prospecting efforts – with significant experience working with Sales Engagement technologies preferable.
    • A high level of proficiency in Salesforce is desired.
    • Excellent leadership and team management skills, with a track record of building and managing high-performing sales teams.
    • Exceptional communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
    • Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data and market insights to drive informed decision-making.
    • Strong business acumen and understanding of financial metrics related to sales performance.
    • Ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally with other departments and regions.
    • Self-motivated, results-oriented, and able to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

    Benefits

    • 100% medical, dental and vision insurance, plus dependents
    • Paid parental leave.
    • Pet insurance
    • Life insurance
    • Commuter benefits
    • 401(k)
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