Global Sales Director of SMB, New Business
Quick Summary
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Global Sales Director of SMB, New Business based in United States .
This senior leadership role owns the global strategy for acquiring new SMB customers and accelerating sustainable revenue growth.
You will lead a multi-region organization spanning new business sales and BDR/SDR pipeline-generation functions.
Through a team of experienced managers, you will drive strategy, execution, forecasting, performance, and organizational development across regions.
The role combines sales leadership, go-to-market strategy, pipeline generation, and cross-functional influence at a global scale.
You will partner closely with senior sales, marketing, and revenue operations leaders to align new-business priorities with broader corporate goals.
The ideal environment is high-performance, collaborative, technology-focused, and designed for leaders who thrive on change and continuous improvement.
This is an opportunity to shape a newly expanded function, strengthen global sales motions, and make a direct impact on long-term customer and revenue growth.
- Own the end-to-end global new-logo acquisition strategy across regional sales organizations and BDR/SDR pipeline-generation functions, establishing a unified approach to building and converting new business.
- Lead, develop, and hold accountable multiple manager-level leaders and, through them, teams of BDRs, SDRs, and new-logo Account Executives across multiple regions.
- Build, refine, and scale outbound and top-of-funnel sales playbooks spanning pipeline generation through regional deal execution, continuously improving processes based on performance and market insights.
- Establish global quota, territory, coverage, forecasting, and pipeline-health strategies across new-business teams, ensuring consistent execution and visibility into revenue performance.
- Partner with senior sales, marketing, and revenue operations leadership to align new-business strategy with corporate revenue objectives and influence cross-functional priorities and roadmaps.
- Analyze market dynamics, competitive products, customer needs, regulations, industry trends, and pricing to identify growth opportunities and strengthen go-to-market strategies.
- Establish team- and organization-level performance metrics, identify gaps, and work with managers to improve execution, productivity, and results.
- Recruit and develop high-performing managers and future leaders, maintaining an active leadership talent pipeline and investing consistently in succession planning.
- Coach managers on team leadership, technical sales, value-based selling, performance management, and effective development of their teams.
- Foster a high-performing, inclusive, and positive culture across a multi-region, multi-function organization while maintaining strong collaboration and alignment.
- Represent the global new-business function to senior leadership through clear reporting, executive presentations, strategic recommendations, and revenue updates.
- Travel as needed to support global teams, customers, partners, and strategic business priorities.
Requirements
~2 min read- 8+ years of B2B software sales experience, including at least 4 years in people management, with strong preference for candidates who have successfully managed managers and led multiple sales or pipeline-generation teams.
- Proven track record of exceeding new-business quotas at both team and organizational levels, with demonstrated success coaching managers and sales teams to achieve ambitious targets.
- Significant experience building and scaling outbound and top-of-funnel motions, including BDR/SDR organizations, alongside direct new-logo sales execution.
- Experience leading teams across multiple geographic regions, particularly EMEA and AMER, with an understanding of regional market dynamics; APJ experience is a strong advantage.
- Demonstrated ability to develop organization-level go-to-market strategies, build compelling business cases, navigate complex challenges, and identify creative approaches to accelerating growth.
- Experience selling to small and medium-sized businesses, combined with a willingness to remain hands-on and engage directly when business priorities require it.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate strategy, performance, risks, and opportunities effectively to senior leadership.
- Excellent relationship-building, negotiation, presentation, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and mentor leaders.
- Strong understanding of CRM and sales or marketing automation technologies, with experience using platforms such as Salesforce, Clari, Marketo, or comparable tools.
- High levels of resilience, commercial intelligence, creativity, and adaptability, with the ability to operate effectively in a rapidly changing technology and market environment.
- Strong leadership capabilities, including performance management, organizational development, talent acquisition, coaching, and culture building.
- Ability to work effectively with AI-enabled productivity tools and modern collaboration technologies as part of everyday workflows.
- Ability to travel when required and comply with applicable travel policies.
What We Offer
~2 min readLocation & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- October 5, 2026
- First seen
- October 5, 2026
- Last seen
- October 5, 2026
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- Trust Level
- 68%
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- October 5, 2026
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