OverviewRegional Sales Director - Strategic Accounts – Kong Inc.Are you ready to power the World's connections? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box — we’re looking for candidates who are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.About the RoleKong is seeking a Strategic Regional Sales Leader to help us build and grow the Kong API platform and our Strategic Sales Team in the UK. We are searching for a seasoned industry leader who will lead our Strategic Account Executives and drive business results and revenue. Reporting to the RVP of Northern EMEA, this senior leadership position will have ownership and accountability to ensure Kong maximizes our market potential bringing in new customers as well as growing our existing clients.This leader will work closely with our other senior leaders to ensure decisions are driving the overall Kong business goals and our long term vision continues to thrive. You will play a part in reshaping and leading the incredible growth of Kong. It is the intention of the leadership team to build a high quality, sustainable and strong sales organization. To date, a significant amount of Kong’s success has been gained through the quality of our product, our global account base, our adoption by the open source community and by inbound leads.You will build and strengthen a quality, scalable, regional sales team focused on acquisition of new brands and targeted account plans. Kong is the perfect environment for you to have a significant impact and grow our amazing company. We are a people first organization and expect you to be the same.What You’ll Be DoingGrowing Kong’s presence and footprint in Strategic accounts in UK&IDriving a highly performant and highly accountable culture to achieve and exceed sales goalsAttract, hire and retain top talent through your network and in collaboration with the rest of the orgProvide strong coaching and mentorship on the sales process, PG, qualification and closingConduct weekly forecast meetings with your team and report to leadershipCollaborate effectively with Marketing, Partners, and all stakeholdersWhat You’ll BringYou have been a top performer as an IC and front-line manager with a track record of overachievementAccurate forecasting at the individual and team levelsAbility to recruit, develop, and retain top talentStrong territory management at a regional levelProven systems/methodology for consistent pipeline generationExperience using and teaching sales methodologiesEnergy, passion, and rigour in your career as a Sales leaderAbout KongKong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become “API-first” and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally — from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises — unleash developer productivity, build securely, and accelerate time to market. For more information about Kong, please visit www.konghq.com or follow us on X @thekonginc.Seniority levelDirectorEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionSales and Business DevelopmentIndustries: Software Development #J-18808-Ljbffr