Solutions Sales Director London, England, United Kingdom

Diligent is the global leader in modern governance, providing SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance, audit and ESG. Empowering more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members and leaders with a holistic view of their organization's GRC practices so they can make better decisions, faster. No matter the challenge.

At Diligent, you are an agent of positive change. You are joining a team of passionate, smart, creative people who not only want to help build thesoftware companyof the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place.Be a part of a global community on a mission to make a real impact.

The Solutions Sales Director will be seen as a technical leader, with an expert knowledge of Diligents'
products. This position will play an instrumental role in driving revenue growth for Diligent for existing and new
accounts and is responsible for understanding customer needs, tailoring solutions, and influencing the customers
decision to commit by addressing specific and complex challenges.

This individual contributor position is responsible for inbound and outbound sales, initial prospect/customer
meetings, pipeline management and accurate forecasting through to deal completion. As a trusted advisor, the
Solutions Sales Director plays a highly collaborative role providing technical expertise during co-selling
opportunities with the Accounts team. Providing coaching, technical expertise and development to Sales
colleagues is a key element of this position to enable team members to develop a deeper understanding of
Diligent's products.

This position requires a commercially astute individual with a proven track record of success. The Solutions
Sales Director embodies our culture and values and has demonstrated experience collaborating with stakeholders
to realize shared goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates an expert level of technical knowledge in Diligent's products and solutions.
• Uses soundjudgment, technical expertiseand analytical thinkingto proposedifferent solutions to address
  more complex customer issues.
• Adopts a 'solutions' selling approach, understanding customer needs, and developing solutions through
  the lens of the Diligent One Platform.
• Ensure high levels of prospect satisfaction through proactive outreach with relevant insights and regular
  follow-ups to drive new opportunities.
• Collaborate with the Sales team to create strategic account plans including proposals, presentations, and
  other sales materials that highlight the product solutions' technical capabilities and advantages to address
  customer needs.
• Coach and support the development of the Sales team internally by enhancing their technical knowledge,
  understanding of business value and developing their professional skills throughcuratedlearning forums.
• Effectively utilize sales tools to prospect new leads, schedule initial meetings, increase win rates and
  generate bookings.
• Accurately maintain CRM records, forecast and report out on projected bookings, deals closed etc. on a
  regular basis.
• Utilizes external insights of the competitor landscape, including customers' business strategy and the
  direction of the industry to inform the creation of strategic account plans.

Required Experience/Skills:

• Extensive track record of success in account management and achieving revenue targets within the
  technology or GRC industry.
• Proven ability to navigate complex sales cycles and manage large, complex deal negotiations with
  strategic clients.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders at different levels of the organization.
• Continuous learning, including a desire to develop knowledge and expertise in internal products, external
  industry trends and the customer landscape.
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills.
• A high level of curiosity and empathy with the ability to understand a potential customer's context, issues
  and pain points through effective questioning and listening.
• Self-motivated, results-driven, and ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

What Diligent Offers You

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients
• We care about our people.Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programsto name a few
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue, and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology, insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability -to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate, smart, and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place.

Headquartered in New York, Diligent has offices in Washington D.C., Baltimore, London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, and Sydney.

We are a drug free workplace. Diligent is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status, protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See alsoDiligent's EEO Policy and Know Your Rights .We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at .

To all recruitment agencies: Diligent does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Diligent employees or any other organization location. Diligent is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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