Job Overview:
We seek a dynamic and experienced Enterprise Sales Director to join our team. This individual will drive sales of our confidential AI platform to enterprise customers, particularly those with experience in High Tech, and Financial Services industries in the enterprise data, business intelligence, data science, and AI/ML spaces. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in enterprise software or solutions sales, with the ability to build strong relationships, manage complex sales processes, and consistently meet or exceed sales targets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Business Development: Identify, target, and secure new business opportunities within the enterprise market.
- Client Relationships: Establish and maintain trusted relationships with C-level executives and key decision-makers.
- Sales Strategy: Develop and execute strategic sales plans to achieve revenue goals, leveraging industry, partner, and Go-to-Market knowledge.
- Negotiation: Negotiate contracts and close deals to drive revenue growth.
- Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with product, marketing, and customer success teams to ensure customer satisfaction and retention.
- Market Insights: Stay updated on industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies to inform sales strategies.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Proven Experience: 10+ years of sales experience within enterprise software or solutions sales, with a consistent record of meeting or exceeding sales objectives.
- Industry Knowledge: Demonstrable experience in complex sales strategies within enterprise data, business intelligence, data science, and/or AI/ML.
- Sales Expertise: Familiarity with sales methodologies and processes, such as account planning, MEDDPICC, and value selling.
- Client Management: Proven ability to independently manage, develop, and close new client relationships while maintaining healthy C-Level relationships.
- Revenue Generation: Experience hitting multi-million-dollar revenue targets on an annual basis.
- Solution Selling: Strong belief in a customer-centric selling philosophy and a consultative approach to customer interactions.
- Strategic Insight: Understanding of segment priorities, buying processes, and decision-making within the enterprise market.
How You Make an Impact:
At Opaque Systems, you will be on the cutting edge of AI innovation and play a crucial role in accelerating AI adoption across industries by promoting our groundbreaking confidential AI platform. Your efforts will help enterprises unlock the value of their sensitive data while ensuring verifiable privacy and sovereignty, thus fostering innovation and enabling secure AI deployments at scale.
Why Opaque Systems?
- Innovative Technology: Join a team of world-renowned researchers and industry pioneers.
- Mission-Driven: Contribute to technology transforming the AI landscape focusing on data privacy and security.
- Collaborative Culture: Enjoy a collaborative and inclusive work environment that fosters creativity and growth.
- Professional Growth: Be part of a company that values innovation, excellence, and the continuous development of its employees.
About Opaque Systems:
Opaque Systems is the leading confidential AI platform unlocking sensitive data to securely accelerate AI into production. Created by world-renowned researchers at the Berkeley RISELab, Opaque’s enterprise-grade platform empowers organizations to run cloud-scale, general-purpose AI workloads on encrypted data. Opaque supports popular languages and frameworks for AI, including Python and Spark, and enables teams to securely combine datasets with cryptographic verification of privacy and sovereignty. Opaque customers deploy high-performance AI faster and eliminate the tradeoff between innovation and security.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Opaque Systems, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals seeking employment at Opaque Systems are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. We believe that diverse teams drive innovation and excellence and are committed to creating a work environment that respects and values individual differences.
