RVP Customer Growth
Job Summary
This role involves building and leading the Coupa Sales team in the region to drive customer growth and revenue. The position requires delivering world-class executive sales proposals and engaging with C-level prospects to position Coupa's strategic value. Candidates must have strong cloud/SaaS software sales experience and a proven track record in sales management.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead the regional Sales team
- Deliver executive sales proposals to C-level prospects
- Develop sales plans for targeted accounts and verticals
- Execute Field Sales Campaigns and co-sell with partners
Required Skills
- 5-10 years of sales management and individual contributor experience
- Experience selling complex cloud/SaaS software
- Strong executive presence and communication skills
- Ability to travel extensively in the region
Job Details
What You'll Do:
- Build and lead the Coupa Sales team in the Region
- Enable the Sales team on the Coupa sales processes and best practices
- Deliver weekly Sales updates for the Region and maintain the system of record in Salesforce.com
- Develop and deliver world class Executive Sales proposals to C-level prospects
- Engage with C-level prospects to position Coupa's strategic value proposition and drive deals to closure
- Adopt key sales training and coaching programs to drive Business Value Selling within the context of the Challenger Sale model to help team members close business, where applicable
- Develop sales plans for targeted accounts, sub-regions and vertical segments in the region
- Align overall value messaging targeted towards the chief economic buyer in target accounts
- Build out an account penetration model that encourages multi-angle access into key accounts
- Execute Field Sales Campaigns against targeted verticals or competitive take-out targets in the region
- Assist in the development of localized content for sales enablement programs for the region
- Develop and improve localized competitive positioning and messaging to enable the sales team
- Engage in training, certification and on-boarding activities for the regional Field Sales organization
- Co-selling with in-country Alliance Partners as needed
What You Will Bring to Coupa:
- Strong and demonstrable experience of selling complex cloud/SaaS software
- Demonstrate a successful career with 5-10 years (at least 3 years at same company) of sales management and individual contributor experience, backed up by direct references
- Capable of personally delivering on direct sales targets while recruiting and managing a team of top sales talent in the region
- Able to identify strategic customer pains and develop unique and compelling value propositions that focus on delivering business value to the customer
- Excel at teamwork, collaborating across functional and regional boundaries and be able to work several time zones simultaneously, leveraging current age tools and technology
- Expect to travel extensively in the Region to meet with customers and will also visit Coupa headquarters in California several times per year for training and planning sessions
- Customer-success focused sales professional who can qualify and coach both sales talent as well as customers in the pursuit of high value business opportunities
- Confident individual with excellent communication skills and strong executive presence who can be effective and convince in front of customers, prospects, partners and future talent
- Demonstrate a successful track record of engaging all levels in an organization from functional level up to C-level executives
Benefits & Perks:
- Global Wellness Days: Enjoy two designated, company-wide paid wellness days off each year
- Birthday Time-Off: Paid day off on your birthday or another day of your choice within your birthday month
- Volunteer Time Off (VTO): 40 hours of paid VTO annually
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access free, confidential, 24/7/365 counseling and resources
- Business Travel Protection: Medical, safety, pre-trip planning, and emergency support during business travel
- Referral Bonus Program: Monetary referral bonuses for successful hires