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Director of Mid-Market Sales, UK

Verkada · London, UK

Base
Not disclosed
OTE
Not disclosed
Posted
1mo ago

Still open · checked 3h agoon Verkada's careers page

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Ask hard questions

Too much is left unsaid. Make them answer before you invest.

Pay
No pay listed at all.
Transparency
Shares 1 of 5: quota, attainment, deal size, territory, sales cycle.
Pipeline
Mostly self-sourced. Great if you like outbound, rough if you don't.
Time on market
Open 39 days. Normal, but not fresh.
Company hiring
42 sales roles open, hiring at a steady pace. Ask how many reps they hired last year and how many are still there.

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Questions to ask on the first call

Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.

  1. 1.

    What percent of reps hit quota last year?

    Not in the posting

  2. 2.

    What are the base and the OTE for this role?

    No pay listed

  3. 3.

    What's the annual quota, and how was it set?

    Not in the posting

  4. 4.

    What share of last year's closed deals did reps source themselves?

    Mostly self-sourced

  5. 5.

    How long is ramp, and what's the quota during it?

    Not in the posting

  6. 6.

    Why is this role open? Did someone leave, or is it new?

    Always ask

The role

Lead a UK Mid-Market sales team selling Verkada's security platform (video, access control, sensors) to corporates up to 2,000 employees, largely via channel partners. Hire, coach, and forecast.

Mid-Market · Channel · Outbound

Selling motion

Channel

Who you are selling to

Mid-Market

Pipeline expectations

Mostly self-sourced. Expect a lot of outbound.

Compensation

The posting doesn't list pay.

What is not disclosed

This posting doesn't tell you:

  • Base salary
  • OTE
  • Quota size
  • Quota attainment
  • Average deal size
  • Sales cycle length

The questions above cover the big ones.

Full posting
Who We Are Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it. You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries. About the Role The Director of Mid-Market Sales position is responsible for hiring, managing and mentoring a team of talent to meet and exceed their sales revenue goals. The Mid Market team focuses on accounts up to 2,000 employees in the Corporate space. This team has been tasked with maintaining high activity standards; daily prospecting, pipeline growth, prospect qualification, and delivering assigned monthly and quarterly sales revenue targets. What You’ll Do - Lead the team of UK Mid-Market Sales Managers - Ongoing mentoring and development of sales team which includes recruiting, hiring and mentoring new reps - Conduct weekly forecast meetings - You will be reporting on sales activity and forecast to the VP of Sales - Consistently monitoring the sales activity of the team, and tracking the results - Quote, negotiate, and assist sales reps in closing highly complex transactions through the development of executive-level relationships with key prospects and channel partners - Build and maintain executive relationships across key channel partners in the UK - Manage daily and weekly activities, pipelines, forecasts and closed deals to ensure above-quota results based on successful pipeline management - Coordinate and lead weekly and monthly one-on-one and team-wide pipeline reviews, meetings and training sessions to ensure ongoing improvement What You Bring - Demonstrated success in directly leading a high-performing sales team within a sales environment - You must demonstrate different influencing styles as appropriate to a situation, whilst demonstrating a history of successfully building and maintaining trusting relationships with colleagues and customers - Proven experience in working in an indirect sales model is mandatory - Experience of leading, coaching, and developing account executives - Successful track record in a high-volume transaction sales environment - Excellent presentation and listening skills - Should be able to thrive in a very rapidly changing environment - Proven ability to successfully hire and train new sales representatives and coach lower performers through to success - Successful history of closing business, and over-achieving quota - Demonstrated ability to accurately forecast sales results - Willingness to travel Employee Benefits Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to: - Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under most plans and 100% for family premiums - Private medical and dental coverage - Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits - Retirement saving options - Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time - Wellness/fitness benefits - Professional development stipend - Healthy lunches provided daily - Commuter Benefits Additional Information - We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa. Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Your application will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.
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