Strategic Sales Director - Midwest/Southeast

Join us in bringing joy to customer experience. Five9 is a leading provider of cloud contact center software, bringing the power of cloud innovation to customers worldwide. Living our values everyday results in our team-first culture and enables us to innovate, grow, and thrive while enjoying the journey together. We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive environment, empowering our employees to be their authentic selves. As a consultative sales professional, the Strategic Sales Director creates, identifies, and closes sales within a set of named accounts. The Strategic Sales Director helps solve the business needs of prospects and customers by aligning those needs and objectives with Five9’s offerings. Once an opportunity has been closed, the Strategic Sales Director’s job is to help manage the initial phases of post-sales support and ensure implementation is set up accordingly. This is achieved through the support of additional resources such as Technical Pre-Sales Support and Professional Services, whose goal is to help you close and delivery the Five9 solution. - How does the Strategic Sales Director role generate value for customers?

- Gain a deep understanding of the prospect or customer’s processes and problems - Ensure the right questions are being asked and answered - Obtain qualitative and quantitative data which can be leveraged by the sales support team to identify the right solution(s) - Justify all investments through compelling and customer-focused business cases - Determine next steps and turn strategic discussions into tactical implementations - What makes a great Strategic Sales Director? - Customer Focused: Approaching all opportunities through the lenses of the prospect or customer - Strategic: Able to prioritize and manage multiple accounts within territory - Persuasive: Achieves ‘win-win’ positioning and guides others to change status quo - Resourceful: Able to overcome obstacles and barriers to find appropriate sales solutions Why consider this role? - Work for a successful technology frontrunner within the contact center industry with a positive track record of product innovation and market leadership. - Five9 is a high growth software leader with exceptional future upside. - Benefit from a customized B2B selling process that includes Sales Aids, guidance, a proven sales methodology, and using Salesforce in tracking opportunities. We only hire professionals who have a minimum of 10 years operating, selling, or servicing customer contact/engagement centers for Sales or Service. Your relevant experience is paramount to being considered. Candidates should possess a high level of professionalism, persistence, focus, and ability to execute while selling or serving our customers. Key Responsibilities: - Create and drive revenue within a specified region or list of named accounts - Generate business opportunities through professional networking and cold-calling - Drive brand awareness, campaigns, and lead generation via networking, associations, etc.