[Hiring] Sales Director @Aikido Security

Role Description

You'll be responsible for managing and coaching a team of Enterprise Account Executives covering the US market. This is not a pure management role; we're looking for someone who leads from the front, helps close deals, sharpens execution, and raises the bar across the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and scale a team of ENT Account Executives
• Drive pipeline generation and revenue growth across your territory
• Improve outbound, inbound, and sales execution processes
• Support reps on strategic deals and key accounts
• Build a high-performance, high-accountability sales culture
• Collaborate with marketing and growth on GTM initiatives targeting SMB customers
• Hire, onboard, and develop top sales talent
• Forecast accurately and manage team performance metrics

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading high-performing SaaS sales teams in an enterprise segment
• Experience managing Account Executives
• Strong understanding of outbound sales, prospecting, CRM workflows, and pipeline management
• Tech-savvy and comfortable selling technical products
• Strong coaching and people management skills
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-growing startup environment
• Ideally based in Chicago

Benefits

• Short decision lines. Big ownership. Shape the projects that matter and ship fast.
• Grow as fast as we do. Take on more, own more, and carve out your own path.
• Top-tier tech pay and equity.
• High trust, strong values, zero corporate BS.
• Flexibility in working hours.
• A company that sticks to its values in an open and informal atmosphere.
• We hire for talent, drive, and potential. Everything else is noise.