Director, Sales Enablement

Axonius
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience leading global sales enablement programs and implementing formal sales methodologies.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience managing global sales enablement and implementing sales methodologies like MEDDICC or Challenger
    — “Hands-on experience implementing and rolling out a formal sales methodology”
  • Individuals who have designed and delivered sales training programs for distributed teams
    — “7+ years in sales enablement, sales training, or a closely related function, including 5+ years supporting a distributed, global sales organization.”
  • Candidates with a background in software or enterprise sales and strong content management skills
    — “3+ years in a sales-related role, preferably in software or enterprise sales.”

Things to consider

  • Prioritization for candidates in the Austin, TX metro area despite the remote work arrangement
    — “Candidates based in the Austin, TX metro area will be prioritized”
  • Travel is expected at a rate of approximately 10% for this role
    — “Willingness to travel ~10%”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your track record in reducing sales ramp time through structured onboarding programs
    — “Design and own a global onboarding program that gets new sales hires to full productivity faster”
  • Emphasize your ability to align enablement initiatives with corporate strategy and GTM teams
    — “Partner with Business Operations, Sales, and Marketing to align new content and tools with corporate strategy”
  • Showcase your experience in managing a sales content library and maintaining brand consistency
    — “Manage the sales content library, tools, and communications so the sales and pipeline generation teams work from one consistent message and brand.”
  • Demonstrate your capability to define and report on sales enablement metrics like win rates and deal quality
    — “Define, track, and report on metrics with sales leadership, including ramp time, product comprehension, skill development, and overall sales effectiveness.”
  • Position yourself as an expert in sales process and methodology with measurable impact
    — “Hands-on experience implementing and rolling out a formal sales methodology ... measuring impact on win rates and deal quality.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • design and deliver effective sales training
  • implement and roll out a formal sales methodology
  • manage sales content library
Typical background
7+ years in sales enablement or related function3+ years in a sales-related role

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales EnablementOnboardingTrainingContent ManagementSales MethodologyCross-functional Partnership

Preferred

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Stack & domain

Sales EnablementSales TrainingSales MethodologyContent ManagementInfluenceCollaborationSalesMarketingOperations

About the role

Original posting from Axonius

Preferred Location: Candidates based in the Austin, TX metro area will be prioritized 

As a Director, Sales Enablement, you will build and run the enablement function that helps new hires ramp faster and helps every seller tell the Axonius story with confidence. You will own strategy, onboarding, training, and content for our global sales organization, working closely with Business Operations, Sales, and Marketing. 

What You'll Do

Enablement strategy and measurement

Set the sales enablement strategy and program architecture, and choose the tools and techniques that power a world-class enablement curriculum.

Define, track, and report on metrics with sales leadership, including ramp time, product comprehension, skill development, and overall sales effectiveness.

Global onboarding

Design and own a global onboarding program that gets new sales hires to full productivity faster, with the training and tools they need to succeed.

Ongoing training and knowledge sharing

Run an ongoing training program that keeps the global team current on product, messaging, and sales process.

Establish a consistent cadence for sharing knowledge and best practices across the sales team.

Ensure every seller can clearly and consistently articulate the Axonius value proposition.

Playbook and content

Build and maintain a comprehensive sales playbook covering qualification criteria, objection handling, competitive positioning, and best practices.

Manage the sales content library, tools, and communications so the sales and pipeline generation teams work from one consistent message and brand.

Cross-functional partnership

Partner with Business Operations, Sales, and Marketing to align new content and tools with corporate strategy, the sales process, and our selling methodology.

Bridge GTM teams by communicating upcoming product releases, building training around them, and surfacing feedback on what's working, what isn't, and what resources are still needed.

Minimum Qualifications

7+ years in sales enablement, sales training, or a closely related function, including 5+ years supporting a distributed, global sales organization.

3+ years in a sales-related role, preferably in software or enterprise sales.

A track record of designing and delivering effective sales training, including curriculum design and live facilitation.

Hands-on experience implementing and rolling out a formal sales methodology (e.g., Force Management/Command of the Message, MEDDICC, Challenger, or similar), including driving adoption, coaching reinforcement, and measuring impact on win rates and deal quality.

Strong content management skills, including organizing, maintaining, and governing sales and enablement collateral.

Ability to influence and collaborate across Sales, Marketing, and Operations.

Willingness to travel ~10%.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with LevelJump, Salesforce, or similar enablement platforms.

Preference for candidates located in the Austin, TX metro area with a willingness to come into the office (Domain area) for events and trainings.

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Axonius is committed to fair and equitable compensation packages. A candidate’s salary will be based on qualifications and relevant experience. In addition to a competitive salary, our packages include stock options, attractive benefits, and an annual bonus.

Annual Salary Range (bonus and equity included in addition to the below numbers)$204,000—$220,000 USDAbout Axonius: 

Axonius transforms cyber asset intelligence into actionability. With the Axonius Asset Cloud, customers preemptively tackle high-risk and hard-to-spot threat exposures, misconfigurations, and overspending. The integrated platform brings together data from every system in an organization’s IT infrastructure to optimize mission-critical risk, performance, and cost measures via actionable intelligence.

Covering cyber assets, software, SaaS applications, identities, vulnerabilities, infrastructure, and more, Axonius is the one place to go for Security, IT, and GRC teams to continuously drive actionability across the organization. Cited as one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity startups, with accolades from CNBC, Forbes, and Fortune, Axonius supports millions of assets for leading customers across industries and around the world.

Axonius makes it a priority to invest in our people with competitive compensation and benefits, growth opportunities, community-building, and so much more. Learn more about benefits at Axonius.

At Axonius we support a diverse and inclusive workplace and believe in equal employment opportunity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status.

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