Strategic Sales Director, EMEA

Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · 7+ years

Job description

Founding Strategic Sales Director focused on the largest companies in EMEA, running big strategic enterprise deals and helping build the EMEA region starting with the UK.

At a glance

Employment
Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
Work mode
Remote
Pay
GBP 215,000 – 230,000 / year

What you'll do

  • Own the sales experience while building and managing relationships with key decision-makers and executives
  • Run complex sales cycles from initial contact to close
  • Prospect for new clients, design product presentations and business cases, develop and deliver proposals, negotiate and close contracts
  • Develop a command of the Cresta product, the Contact Center market, our unique competitive differentiators, and our customers' needs
  • Partner closely with Product, Marketing, Customer Success and Engineering to deliver an exceptional customer experience
  • Own and hit your number

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of SaaS software sales experience at an enterprise level, with referenceability of consistently delivering to sales quotas in this time
  • Experience negotiating, structuring and executing complex enterprise-level agreements
  • Prior experience leading cross-functional teams through large deal close processes
  • Ability to articulate contractual, technical, and financial value points to customers, including C-level executives
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills with experience presenting to C-level executives
  • Ability to be in London easily, often at short notice; ability to travel domestically and internationally up to around 25% of the time

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with plans to fit you and your family
  • Paid parental leave for all new parents welcoming a new child
  • Remote work setup budget to help you create a productive home office
  • Monthly wellness and communication stipend to keep you connected and balanced
  • 20 days of vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend

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About Cresta

Unlocks the true potential of the customer experience, turning every conversation into a competitive advantage

Cresta's unified AI platform combines conversational AI agents, real-time human agent augmentation, and comprehensive conversation intelligence to drive revenue and efficiency gains across every channel. Born from the Stanford AI Lab, Cresta has raised more than $270 million from the world's leading investors, including a16z, Greylock, and Sequoia.

Key facts

  • AI customer experience platform
  • Born from the Stanford AI Lab
  • Raised more than $270 million from investors including a16z, Greylock, and Sequoia
  • CEO Ping Wu founded and led Google's Contact Center AI and Vertex AI platforms before joining Cresta

Partners & customers

United AirlinesCox CommunicationsMarriott

What they value

  • Customer-obsessed