Sales Director, Strategic Accounts DACH & Benelux

This position is needed to lead one of our Strategic Account Executive teams selling into DACH & Benelux within the EMEA Region. Reporting into our EMEA Regional Vice President for South & DACH, the right person for this role is an experienced Strategic relationship builder who is adept at building high-performing teams of solution selling Account Executives disciplined in growing and expanding existing customer relationships.

• Build and manage a high performing team of account executives that manage existing customer relationships.
• Coach and lead a team to identify a focused strategy around existing client expansion selling solutions across the entire portfolio of Twilio Products.
• Enable and coach your team around how to engage across various levels of customer maturity and segmentation.
• Work closely with our Professional Services & Partner teams to help existing customers achieve success as they launch new use cases onto the platform.
• Forecast your team overachieving on their goals, and deftly present your guidance to your management

• 7+ years of managerial experience within a high performing CPaaS, Communications or API based company.
• Experience in building teams, managing all monthly forecasting, supporting fiscal planning and revenue tracking for all major accounts.
• Experience managing a remote team spread across different countries.
• Consistent track record of exceeding revenue targets and business objectives.
• Industry experience in selling CPaaS or SaaS and managing complex sales negotiations.
• Highly analytical and data driven; an innovative thinker and creative problem solver who is naturally curious.
• A self-starter who can work with minimal supervision to drive results.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and working cross-functionally in a high growth business landscape.
• BA/BS degree or equivalent required.
• Energy and enthusiasm with a willingness to travel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong executive presence.
• Ability to influence and build effective working relationships with all levels of the organisation.

Nice to have

• MBA degree

• Working at Twilio offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.