Area Director, Sales (EMEA- Commercial)

Who We Are Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro helps enterprises transform risk into opportunity through its AI-powered GRC Intelligence Platform. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on G2.com  and Gartner Peer Insights. At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte! Why this role is exciting: We are looking for an intelligent, coachable, hard-working, and driven professional to lead a team of Account Executives to sell Optro products into our Commercial segment. The Area Director, Sales will lead, coach and develop a team of 5-7 sales professionals to proactively generate new opportunities into target accounts, close business to achieve quarterly and annual revenue goals, and will report to the Vice President of EMEA. Location: London, UK (Hybrid role ~2-3 days/week in the office in central London) Key Responsibilities • Drive customer acquisition, landing net new logos through high-velocity sales motion • Recruit and enable top talent at scale, targeting exceptional salespeople who possess high intelligence, robust EQ, character and general coachability • Lead AEs in achieving individual, team, and organizational quotas. Build existing accounts to six and seven-figure ARR sizes, spearheading Cross-Sell and Up-Sell campaigns across the team • Provide strategic executive leadership for sales forecasting, territory assignments, sales mentorship, and commission planning • Ensure the sales team is working cohesively with Operations, Sales Engineering, and other internal/external teams and stakeholders • Build out a predictable business focused on the end-to-end value-led sales process • Lead pricing and contract negotiations with Executive Buyers, typically CFOs • Listen and comprehend customer pain points, goals and objectives to tailor Optro’s products and services • Present a compelling solution of the Optro's suite of products to clients using the information found in the discovery phase • Engage with C-level prospects to position Optro's 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 report sales forecasts • Stay ahead of industry trends, competitive activity, and client opportunities • Attend trade shows, industry events, client meetings, and conferences • Engage and build relationships with Optro Partners and Alliances to help drive new pipeline growth and close new business • Willingness to embrace the core company values of Customer Obsession, Constant Innovation, Personal Improvement, Gritty Resilience and Win-Together Attributes for a successful candidate • 7+ years of related experience including 3+ direct full sales cycle experience selling enterprise B2B software, preferably SaaS GRC, finance, ERP, CRM, procurement, or adjacent sectors with 2+ years of people management experience • Experience leading sales in an early-stage, high-growth enterprise B2B SaaS environment • Proven line-of-business selling experience and ability to engage at a C-S