Your opportunity
New Relic is looking to add a key member to our APJ leadership team. The VP, Sales India will assume responsibility for growing our regional sales organization in the region. The ideal candidate will be a customer-focused industry leader with a proven track record of leading a technology business across the India market having experience in growing revenue in enterprise segments, commercial sales, and providing cross-functional leadership.
You must have the ability to lead and support the pursuit of major sales activities in addition to being a general manager for the India holistic business. You know how to create and manage the synergy among business development, operations, sales engineering, proposal, and contracts functions. In addition to leading new logo growth, you’ll be responsible for leading the extended teams to drive the growth of adoption in the existing enterprise and commercial customer base.
We’re seeking out highly competitive, data- and results-driven executives with an open, collaborative and team-based approach to leadership and culture. If you think you’ve got what it takes, read on!
What you'll do
- You will passionately lead, drive and deliver the New Relic vision in the context of the India market
- You will define and lead the culture in the India offices embracing the New Relic values
- You will drive the growth of existing accounts and acquire new customers in both the enterprise and commercial segments.
- You will lead and manage first-line leadership, including organizational quotas and development
- You will create and drive new and strategic go-to-market plans to meet company growth and market share goals.
- You will provide strategic executive leadership for the India team including sales forecasting, territory assignments, sales coaching, and commission planning.
- You will coach sales teams by helping structure sales opportunities and deals; further, assist with selling activities as appropriate; Ensure the sales team is working collaboratively with operations, sales engineering, partners, and other internal/external teams.
- You’ll develop annual sales forecasts using a combination of top-down and bottom-up input.
- You’ll strive to keep ahead of industry trends, competitive activity, and client opportunities; Attend trade shows, industry events, internal meetings, and conferences.
- You’ll oversee regional customer satisfaction and renewals.
- You will lead recruitment and retention activities.
- You will be an external brand advocate and PR lead for New Relic in India
This role requires
- 10+ years of experience of both first and second-line sales leadership for high-performance sales and GTM team
- Direct experience in the SaaS Application Performance Monitoring industry is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated GTM leadership experience and track record of success in the India market
- Experience in both enterprise and commercial business segments is strongly preferred
- Ability to build and lead a sales organization, including quota-carrying and forecasting experience.
- Exceptional cross-organization collaboration and communication skills.
- Experience devising sales strategy and developing/contributing to enablement programs.
- Strong executive presence.
- Previous PR and media experience is strongly preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, or some related discipline is required.
- MBA preferred.
Bonus points if you have
- Demonstrated Enterprise account sales leadership experience and track record of success
- Ability to build and lead a sales team, including quota-carrying and forecasting experience
- Excellent cross-organization partnership and communication skills
- Experience devising sales strategy and supplying to enablement programs
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Qualified applicants may inquire about visa sponsorship (including transfer of a current H-1B visa), but the company does not support or sponsor O-1, F-1, or J-1 visas, or candidates who require commencement of an H-1B "cap case" petition for future work authorization. This position is to be filled as soon as possible.
Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics’ different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us – including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We’re looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please reach out to [email protected].
We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.
Our hiring process
In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification. Note: Our stewardship of the data of thousands of customers’ means that a criminal background check is required to join New Relic.
We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records based on individual circumstances and in accordance with applicable law including, but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
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