Regional Director, Commercial

Cursor
Austin, TX

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience leading high-velocity sales teams in fast-moving startups. This mid-level role in Austin emphasizes building structure in new segments and requires strong cross-functional collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with prior experience shaping new sales segments and coaching early-career AEs
    — “define and refine a repeatable playbook, establish forecasting practices
  • Individuals who thrive in ambiguity and have a track record of building sales processes from scratch
    — “ability to thrive in ambiguity and build structure in a new, fast-moving business segment
  • Professionals with a background in PLG or velocity sales cycles and a player/coach mindset
    — “experience leading a high-velocity/transactional sales team or demonstrated success as a high-performing velocity & enterprise AE with player/coach experience

Things to consider

  • This role may require rapid scaling of a new team, which demands high adaptability and quick decision-making
    — “hire, onboard, and scale a founding team of AEs
  • The position requires a candidate who can influence leadership and shape strategy in a flat, talent-dense organization
    — “a thought partner to senior GTM leadership in shaping the strategy for this new business segment

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in building and refining sales processes and forecasting systems
    — “experience building and refining sales processes, playbooks, and forecasting systems
  • Emphasize your ability to coach and grow early-career sales talent into higher-scope roles
    — “strong coaching skills with a track record of developing early-career sales talent into higher-scope roles
  • Showcase your history of working in fast-moving, startup environments with high-velocity sales cycles
    — “experience with PLG/velocity sales cycles
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid Level

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What success looks like

  • leading a high-velocity sales team
  • defining and implementing a commercial sales motion
  • establishing forecasting practices
Typical background
sales leadership experiencehigh-velocity sales cycles

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales LeadershipTeam ManagementCommercial SalesPlg/velocity Sales CyclesSales Process RefinementForecasting PracticesCross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

High-velocity SalesEnterprise AE ExperiencePlayer/coach Experience

Stack & domain

SalesCoachingForecastingPlg/velocity Sales CyclesSip/rtp InfrastructureGoKamailioFreeswitchRtpengineHomer/hepicTcp/ip NetworkingFirewallsProtocols (sip, RTP, Rtcp, TLS, ICE, Stun, Turn, Webrtc)Devops Infrastructure Automation Tools (terraform, Ansible)KubernetesGo (golang)Scripting Tools (python, Bash, LUA)LeadershipMentoringCareer Growth ManagementCommunicationCollaborationConflict ResolutionManagement-up CapabilitiesIncident ResponsePostmortemsDriving Durable FixesOpensipsTelecom EngineeringCloud-based Telecom ArchitectureDistributed Voice PlatformVoipSIP Engineering

About the role

Original posting from Cursor via Ashby

Our mission is to automate coding. The first step in our journey is to build the best tool for professional programmers, using a combination of inventive research, design, and engineering. Our organization is very flat, and our team is small and talent dense. We particularly like people who are truth-seeking, passionate, and creative. We enjoy spirited debate, crazy ideas, and shipping code.

About the Role:

We are seeking a Regional Director, Commercial Sales to lead our new Commercial segment focused on high-value, fast-growing digital native businesses. This team will be the first line of communication with startups that have the potential to become Cursor's largest enterprise customers in the future.

You'll manage, coach, and grow a founding team of commercial AEs responsible for high-velocity sales cycles, true-up processes, and rapid response to inbound leads. As the founding sales leader in this motion, you will define and refine a repeatable playbook, establish forecasting practices, and help shape the trajectory of a segment that is brand new to the business.

What You'll Do:

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of commercial AEs focused on high-velocity, transactional sales
  • Define and implement a repeatable commercial sales motion and supporting playbook
  • Establish regular forecasting practices for the commercial segment
  • Partner with RevOps and GTM leadership to refine tooling, processes, and reporting
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Finance, and Post-Sales to ensure seamless lead flow, forecasting accuracy, and account handoff
  • Hire, onboard, and scale a founding team of AEs
  • Act as a thought partner to senior GTM leadership in shaping the strategy for this new business segment

What We're Looking For:

  • Experience leading a high-velocity/transactional sales team or demonstrated success as a high-performing velocity & enterprise AE with player/coach experience
  • Strong coaching skills with a track record of developing early-career sales talent into higher-scope roles
  • Experience with PLG/velocity sales cycles
  • Experience building and refining sales processes, playbooks, and forecasting systems
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguity and build structure in a new, fast-moving business segment
  • Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Strong communication and organizational skills, with comfort presenting to leadership and influencing outcomes

Source: Cursor careers (Ashby)

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