Product Sales Specialist, West

Cribl
San Francisco, CA
Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience building sales motions in emerging tech markets.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a history of creating demand for un-budgeted, emerging solutions
    — “creating demand where none exists”
  • Those with experience in channel-led sales and working with regional sales managers
    — “Experience selling through a channel-led motion”
  • Candidates with a background in MEDDIC and technical product sales
    — “Background using MEDDIC”

Things to consider

  • Travel is a significant component of the role, requiring 25-35% travel across the US
    — “Travel across the US in the range of 25-35%”
  • The role requires operating without a playbook, emphasizing self-direction and initiative
    — “You’ve built pipeline and messaging in greenfield territory”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in building sales motions from scratch in your resume and interview responses
    — “you write it”
  • Emphasize your ability to influence product roadmaps based on customer needs
    — “influencing the product roadmap to meet customer requirements”
  • Demonstrate your ability to articulate value propositions to both technical and executive stakeholders
    — “Articulate our value proposition up and down the organization, from engineer up to CxO”
  • Showcase your success in closing large expansion deals in your interview stories
    — “demonstrated ability to successfully land large upsell & cross-sell / expansion deals”
  • Demonstrate your experience in enterprise sales or pre-sales, particularly in Security or IT infrastructure
    — “Enterprise/Strategic sales or pre-sales experience in Security (SIEM & Observability) or IT infrastructure”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • champion our Storage & Analysis product lines
  • own the full motion from pipeline creation through close
Typical background
5+ years of Enterprise/Strategic sales or pre-sales experience in Security (SIEM & Observability) or IT infrastructure

Skills & requirements

Required

Enterprise/strategic Sales Or Pre-sales ExperienceDirect Sellers, Overlay SpecialistsSolutions Engineers Ready To Transition Into A Closing Role

Preferred

Experience Working With At Least One Earlier Stage Start-up Organization

Stack & domain

SalesProduct SalesEnterprise SalesAccount ManagementCRMSalesforceTelemetryAIIT InfrastructureSecuritySIEMObservabilityCommunicationLeadershipTeamworkProblem-solvingNegotiationCustomer ServiceIT

About the role

Original posting from Cribl

Join the company that’s building the telemetry infrastructure for the AI era. At Cribl, we partner with IT and Security teams at many of the world’s biggest enterprises, including half of the Fortune 100, to bridge the gap between AI ambition and infrastructure reality. As the AI Platform for Telemetry, we give customers the choice, control, and flexibility to manage and analyze telemetry for both humans and agents, so they can build what’s next.

We’re one of the fastest‑growing private companies and a leading player in a massive, fast‑moving market. With a global workforce, we’re remote‑first and grounded in a simple idea: software is a people business. Cribl is the place where curious, collaborative people can do their best work, grow fast, and bring their full selves to the herd.

Why You’ll Love This Role

We are seeking an elite Product Sales Specialist to champion our Storage & Analysis product lines, the newest, most technically differentiated products in Cribl’s portfolio. Elite here means something specific: you don’t need a playbook handed to you, you write it. A successful Product Sales Specialist at Cribl thrives in white space, creating demand where none exists, developing messaging from first principles, and earning credibility with technical practitioners and executive buyers alike. You will own the full motion from pipeline creation through close, partner closely with Regional Sales Managers to drive deals forward, and provide the product and go-to-market insights that shape how we take these products to market. This role is ideal for elite overlay sellers, top-performing Solutions Engineers ready to make the leap into a sales role, or early-stage sellers who have built motions from scratch and want to do it again at a company defining a category.

If you're ready to join a team that's redefining what it means to be a true Data Engine for IT and Security, this is your moment.  This position will cover the Western United States, so we're looking for someone who lives local to the territory. 

As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will…

Develop a business plan to exceed sales goals alongside the CEO and cross-functional partners including dedicated Storage & Analysis Solution Engineers

Engage with Regional Sales Managers on qualified opportunities, actively collaborating with them on account, close, and success plans

Work cross-functionally to develop and implement tactics and strategies to grow Cribl’s Storage & Analysis business, including influencing the product roadmap to meet customer requirements

Manage and maintain the entire sales ecosystem from generating leads through closing

Help customers understand the value of Cribl’s Storage & Analysis products during the sales process

Articulate our value proposition up and down the organization, from engineer up to CxO

Forecast predictably and hit sales targets within the Storage & Analysis product lines

Travel across the US in the range of 25-35%

We are a remote-first company and work happens across many time-zones – you may be required to occasionally perform duties outside your standard working hours

If You’ve Got It - We Want It

5+ years of Enterprise/Strategic sales or pre-sales experience in Security (SIEM & Observability) or IT infrastructure, including direct sellers, overlay specialists, or Solutions Engineers ready to transition into a closing role

Experience working with at least one earlier stage start-up organization <1,000 employees or has demonstrated entrepreneurial skills throughout their career

A demonstrated ability to successfully land large upsell & cross-sell / expansion deals and run complex sales process

Experience selling through a channel-led motion 

Comfortable operating without a playbook. You’ve built pipeline and messaging in greenfield territory and know how to create demand for un-budgeted, emerging solutions

Background using MEDDIC

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The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location and will be based on the individual candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

In addition to base salary, for sales and some sales-adjacent roles, employees are eligible to earn incentive compensation (commission). For all other roles, employees are eligible to participate in the Cribl Corporate Bonus Program.

In addition to a competitive salary, Cribl also offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), and equity.

Base Salary Range$150,000—$175,000 USDBring Your Whole Self

Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and we work together to bring out the best in each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

Interested in joining the Cribl herd? Learn more about the smartest, funniest, most passionate goats you’ll ever meet at cribl.io/about-us. 

Source: Cribl careers

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