Ready to work with the top employer in the US? An employer that was recently ranked "Best place for Jobs" by Forbes magazine? The Director of Sales has overall responsibility for the regions sales, third party alliances, and customer satisfaction. Develops and implements a comprehensive strategy that maximizes opportunities across all products and product lines. The Director of Sales manages and develops a team of sales representatives including recruiting, hiring, and training new reps on the sales process. May manage a Regional Manager. Sells and promotes the sales of products to customers including negotiating price, other concessions and terms and conditions of the sale. Participates in strategic and tactical planning for the division. Builds working relationships with license, consulting and education field managers in the respective territory to develop joint account plans. Develops and execute a territory plan to maximize revenue. Generates and achieves monthly territory forecasts and predicts revenue on a monthly basis. Manages escalation and conducts weekly sales meetings. • Assists in the development of short, medium, and long term plans to achieve strategic objectives. • Regularly interacts across functional areas with senior management or executives to ensure unit objectives are met. • Ability to influence thinking or gain acceptance of others in sensitive situations important. • 5 or more years sales or sales management experience within technology industry. • Ability to hire and train new sales representatives. • Ability to resolve customer satisfaction issues. • Demonstrated leadership skills. • Effective written and verbal communication skills, ability to present to large and small audiences. • Ability to negotiate price, other concessions and terms and conditions. • Strong quantitative, analytical and conflict resolution abilities.