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Director, US Partner Solution Sales - Security

United States, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-14 → 2026-07-19

Core

Lead and manage a team of Partner Solution Sales specialists to drive security revenue growth and forecast consumption across a partner portfolio.

Role type

Director, Partner Solution Sales (Security)

Builds

Security revenue and consumption forecasts; closed deals via partner-led growth and co-sell motions.

Domain

Cybersecurity (Security)

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

team leadership, quota management, pipeline review, forecasting, partner ecosystem management, solution selling, executive presence, cross-group orchestration, coaching, change management

Preferred skills

AI era growth mindset

Technologies

XDR, SIEM/SOAR, identity and access management, data security and compliance, endpoint management, Zero Trust

Responsibilities

Manage team of Partner Solution Sales specialists; own team quota and security revenue/consumption forecast; drive disciplined sales execution cadence including pipeline reviews; remove partner commercial and competitive blockers; coach and develop quota-carrying sellers; connect security capabilities to measurable risk reduction and business outcomes.

Seniority

Director, people management & sales leadership

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## About the role Lead, inspire, and manage a team of Partner Solution Sales specialists, owning team quota, the Security revenue and consumption forecast, and accountability for security revenue growth across your portfolio of partners. Drive a disciplined sales execution cadence — pipeline reviews and forecasting — and remove partner commercial and compete blockers so top deals close. ## Requirements - Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in core sales, partner sales, industry or solution selling, marketing, or business development OR equivalent experience. - 2+ years informal and/or formal people management experience. - Doctorate AND 5+ years experience in core sales, partner sales, industry or solution selling, marketing, or business development OR Master's Degree AND 8+ years experience in core sales, partner sales, industry or solution selling, marketing, or business development OR Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience in core sales, partner sales, industry or solution selling, marketing, or business development OR equivalent experience. - 5+ years informal and/or formal people management experience. - Direct people-management or sales-leadership experience, including coaching and developing quota-carrying sellers and managing team forecasts. - Solution-area depth in Security — threat protection (XDR), SIEM/SOAR, identity and access management, data security and compliance, endpoint management, and Zero Trust — with the ability to connect security capability to measurable risk reduction and business outcomes. - Experience selling with and through a partner ecosystem — co-sell motions and partner-led growth. - Cross-group orchestration skills and executive presence with both internal stakeholders and partner/customer leaders. - A growth mindset and genuine enthusiasm for leading teams through the change and opportunity of the AI era.
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