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Public Sector Sales Director

Fortinet · Stockholm, Sweden

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We are currently seeking a dynamic Director Sales Public Sector to contribute to the success of our rapidly growing business.

You would act as tHe leader for the Swedish Public Sector territory, managing a team of Account Managers driving growth across major public sector organizations.

As a Director Sales you will:

  • Build and lead a team of Sales Executives with a strong focus on new business growth
  • Define and execute the go-to-market strategy for Public Sector
  • Drive territory planning, relationship building, and opportunity development
  • Be actively involved in helping the team close strategic deals
  • Recruit, coach, and develop the team
  • Set territories, quotas, and performance expectations
  • Own forecasting and pipeline management
  • Deliver against quarterly and annual targets
  • Personally engage and build relationships at C-level
  • Collaborate closely with Presales, Professional Services, Marketing, Partners, and Leadership Retain and grow existing customers by building long-term strategic relationships beyond individual sales opportunities

Candidate profile

  • Proven track record of new business growth
  • Extensive experience selling technology solutions to public sector customers.
  • Strategic and commercial mindset
  • Strong CRM, pipeline, and forecasting discipline
  • Proven ability to build and maintain C-level relationships
  • Strong partner ecosystem and network
  • Proven ability to drive pipeline generation
  • Experience building a team culture based on “collaboration, enthusiasm, and overachievement”
  • Ability to develop top performers while also addressing underperformance and “topgrading appropriately”
  • Good understanding of AI and its impact on customers and the market