State and Local Government Sales Director

Why We Have This Role

How You’ll Find Success

• Takes initiative
• Understands the expected outcome gets the context and then works entrepreneurially to get it done.
• Highly communicative and influences effectively creating trust at the team level.
• Strong track record of exceeding quota.
• Ability to acquire clients
• Strong negotiating skills
• Ability to sell a complex platform: Qualtrics Experience Management platform to large strategic accounts

How You’ll Grow

• Structured promotion process/auto promotion process
• Career Action Planning with Manager
• Qmobility

Things You’ll Do

• Lead a SLG Sales organization to drive long-term employee team and customer success and scale revenue growth
• Be a thought leader and customer advocate with partners to elevate the adoption of experience management (XM) in government
• Lead an organization of sales managers and mid-level to senior sales executives selling mid-market and enterprise accounts
• Meet quarterly and annual objectives and key results
• Manage the business through accurate and timely reporting
• Coaching direct reports in sales strategy pipeline management opportunity management and career planning/development.
• Recruit retain and nurture your team of experienced sales professionals with high potential and strong performance history.
• Provide skill training and mentoring on complex sales motions including collaboration with legal product presentations juggling multiple relationships with internal teams and quarterly sales forecasting.
• Interface and develop professional relationships with existing clients and prospects throughout at all levels of an organization.
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of Qualtrics' solution offerings.
• Maintain a real-time understanding of the competitive landscape to assist in building win-based proposals and pricing.
• Serve as an executive sponsor during enterprise-level deals.
• Maintain a real-time understanding of the competitive landscape to assist in determining win-based proposals and pricing.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with other functional areas internally at
• Qualtrics e.g. Professional Services Implementation Subject Matter Experts etc to ensure a collaborative approach to secure large enterprise engagements

What We’re Looking For On Your Resume

• Minimum 10 years leading teams in high-growth technology sales and/or services preferably in the public sector industry
• Minimum 5 years of experience selling SaaS solutions
• Successful track record leading sales teams in achieving assigned targets
• Successful track record providing executive-level impact to government clients and partners
• Ability to learn and understand product solutions and features with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong quantitative analytical and conflict resolution abilities
• Experience using enterprise sales processes such as MEDDIC
• Experience using CRM such as Salesforce or Microsoft Dynamics and measuring system compliance
• Bachelor’s degree or higher is required
• Preference for candidates to be based at our headquarters in Provo Utah

What You Should Know About This Team

Our Team’s Favorite Perks and Benefits

• Salary + Uncapped Commissions and Accelerators
• 100% Performance based promotions -- not politics or tenure
• Quarterly team activities winter and summer parties and lots of Qualtrics swag
• We offer private health insurance an annual experience bonus a wellness stipend to allow you to focus on yourself each quarter and much more
• The annual Qualtrics Experience Bonus can be used for an experience of your choosing. Some team members have chosen to use the bonus for vacations concert or event tickets or home improvement projects.

What We Do

Qualtrics is trusted by thousands of the world’s best organizations to power exceptional customer and employee experiences that build deep human connections increase customer loyalty boost employee engagement and drive business success. Our advanced AI and specialized Experience Agents™ allow businesses and governments to proactively interact with customers and employees in personalized ways across every channel and touchpoint respond in-the-moment to fix or improve experiences and stay across the latest market trends and opportunities. Our vision as an organization is to improve the human experience.

Why Work With Us

We're a place where strategic risks are encouraged & complex problems get solved together. Where nimble teams are empowered to set aggressive goals & move fast to win. A place that makes you feel safe as your authentic self. Where everyday work results in growth. And most importantly where what you do matters. That's why we work at Qualtrics.

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