Area Sales Director, Strategic Sales

Okta Inc

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Los Angeles, CASan Francisco, CA
Salary
$376,000–$517,000 / yr
Posted
32 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $446k
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This role pays more than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $170,000–$277,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $446k versus about $224k for comparable roles.

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About Okta Inc

Okta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco. It provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, websites, web services, and devices.[

Okta Inc currently has 137 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $174,000–$239,000 across 137 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Area Sales Director, Strategic Sales

Area Sales Director, Strategic Sales ( California) leads a team of quota-carrying Account Executives focused on managing the organization's largest customers. This leadership role involves recruiting, mentoring, and coaching a high-performing sales team while fostering a results-driven culture of accountability and transparency. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing business plans, analyzing data to identify growth opportunities, accurately forecasting regional targets, and overseeing pipeline generation strategies. To excel in this role, the candidate must possess extensive experience in the software industry, specifically within SaaS or cloud infrastructure management, security, or analytics. Proficiency in consultative selling methodologies such as MEDDPICC, Challenger, Solution Selling, and Sandler is required. The position addresses the critical business problem of providing a secure, enterprise-grade identity platform to ensure organizations can safely adopt technologies like AI while protecting workforce logins.

What you'll do

  • Recruit, hire, and mentor a team of Strategic Account Executives.
  • Manage a team responsible for servicing and growing Okta's largest enterprise accounts.
  • Deliver consistent results by ensuring the team meets or exceeds assigned sales targets.
  • Provide coaching, mentorship, and conflict resolution to improve team productivity and performance.
  • Forecast monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue targets while managing pipeline metrics like coverage and ASP.
  • Develop and execute comprehensive business plans to generate predictable short-term and long-term results.
  • Design and implement sales force structures, process strategies, and resource plans for target markets.
  • Analyze market data and intelligence to identify new growth opportunities and maintain market leadership.

What we're looking for

  • 15+ years’ experience building and running Strategic sales teams in the software industry.
  • 7+ years’ experience as a front line sales leader.
  • Deep understanding of SaaS/Cloud Go-To-Market strategies and required roles for customer engagement.
  • Relevant experience in IT systems, cloud enterprise, infrastructure management, security, or business analytics.
  • Proven history of consistently meeting or exceeding targets personally and as a leader.
  • Mastery of consultative selling methodologies such as MEDDPICC, Challenger, Solution Selling, and Sandler.
  • Technical aptitude with experience selling to C-level executives (CEO, CFO, CIO, CTO) and lines of business.
  • Excellent leadership skills to mentor teams, manage pipelines, and develop regional business plans.

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