Regional Director Sales - CEUR
Posted by employer 10 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Regional Director of Sales at Chainguard is responsible for leading a team of 5-7 Account Executives, focusing on driving revenue and managing sales strategies for key accounts. Candidates should have over six years of experience in technical sales, particularly in open source or security, along with a proven track record of managing high-performing teams. This role is ideal for seasoned professionals with existing enterprise relationships in the DACH region, particularly those who thrive in fast-paced, growth-oriented environments.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Chainguard's careers page November 9, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Regional Director Sales - CEUR role remote?
- Yes — Chainguard lists this as a fully remote position.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Regional Director Sales - CEUR role.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Chainguard targets director candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Regional Director Sales - CEUR role at Chainguard.
From the original posting
Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.
We are looking for a Director of Sales to join our rapidly growing team and manage a team of 5-7 Account Executives.
What you’ll do:
- Report directly to the AVP of Sales and manage a team of 5-7 Account Executives
- Drives, manages and executes the business and revenue of their sales team
- Build a collaborative environment where your team can thrive, learn and grow
- Build and improve processes for AE onboarding and ramping
- Prepares forecasts, territory/industry management and growth plans
- Establishes and reports on metrics to measure team performance
- Drive alignment with supporting teams across marketing, customer success, BDR, sales engineering and customer engineering
- Set the strategy for Chainguard’s largest accounts
What we're looking for:
- 6+ years experience selling a technical product; open source, DevOps or security experience preferred
- 3+ years experience successfully managing high performing software sales teams
- Experience working with the CSP marketplaces
- Proven track record of meeting and exceeding performance objectives (revenue targets, pipeline targets, etc.)
- Experience selling to Fortune500 and a willingness to roll up your sleeves
- Existing Enterprise customer relationships in DACH
- Experience using CRM and marketing automation systems
- Ability to exercise effective judgment, sensitivity and creativity to changing needs and situations; ability to handle a fast-paced environment and challenging workload
- Strong relationship building and negotiation skills
- Experience going through a growth or hyper-growth stage
- Ability to travel as needed
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