Area Vice President, Sales - East

Blitzy

$150K — $300K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in sales leadership with enterprise sales teams
  • Proven record of exceeding revenue objectives
  • Strong background in recruiting and retaining sales talent
  • Expertise in managing complex sales cycles at the executive level
  • Robust forecasting and reporting skills
  • Experience in closing large deals within sophisticated enterprises
  • Comfort with technical SaaS solutions and related discussions

Responsibilities

  • Own and exceed revenue targets for the East region
  • Lead and scale a team managing complex enterprise sales cycles
  • Act as executive sponsor on major deals, nurturing high-level relationships
  • Develop and implement a strategic regional growth plan
  • Establish hiring criteria and performance standards for the sales team
  • Ensure accurate forecasting and effective pipeline management
  • Build and maintain a qualified sales pipeline through active engagement

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package with equity options
  • 401(k) plan with 4% company match
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
  • Comprehensive health care benefits
Full Job Description
The Role

Blitzy is hiring an Area Vice President to lead enterprise sales across the Eastern US. This is a sales leadership role for someone who has built and run enterprise sales teams operating at the highest levels of complexity while leading from the front.

You'll partner closely with executive leadership to continuously sharpen the go-to-market motion and ensure predictable revenue across the region. This is a career-defining leadership opportunity for someone who wants to build and scale a world-class enterprise sales organization at the forefront of AI.

What You'll Do
  • Own and exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue targets for the East region
  • Lead, coach, and scale a team of reps & managers running complex, multi-threaded enterprise sales cycles
  • Serve as executive sponsor on Blitzy's largest deals, building and maintaining C-suite and board-level relationships at key accounts and prospects
  • Develop and execute a comprehensive regional plan, including territory design, coverage model, and growth strategy
  • Define the hiring profile, onboarding standards, and performance expectations for your team as it scales
  • Drive rigorous forecast accuracy and pipeline management, giving executive leadership clear visibility into deal health, risks, and revenue trajectory
  • Continually build and grow a robust, qualified pipeline, through both your team and your own direct engagement
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on pipeline generation, competitive positioning, and customer outcomes
  • Accelerate customer adoption and expansion in partnership with Customer Success
  • Work with channel and technology partners to extend regional reach and drive adoption

What We're Looking For
  • 10+ years of formal sales leadership experience building and leading high-performance enterprise sales teams
  • A track record of meeting and exceeding revenue targets
  • Demonstrated ability to recruit, develop, and retain top sales talent
  • Deep experience running sales cycles and developing strategic customer relationships at the executive level with large enterprise customer
  • Strong forecasting discipline and business reporting rigor - you run a clean number
  • Clear examples of closing large, complex deals inside sophisticated organizations
  • A repeatable methodology for identifying and developing greenfield territories and net-new pipeline
  • Proven ability to build and sell face-to-face to C-suite executives
  • Experience selling technical SaaS or cloud-based software; comfort navigating conversations around APIs, integrations, infrastructure management, and security
  • Familiarity with structured sales methodologies such as MEDDIC and Challenger, or equivalent
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional deal teams
  • Experience thriving in a startup or high-velocity environment where you build as much as you execute


Why This Role
  • Opportunity to build and own the enterprise sales function at one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the market
  • Uncapped earnings with significant leadership upside and meaningful equity
  • Direct seat at the table with executive leadership with a real voice in company strategy and direction
  • Opportunity to define a new category in enterprise software at the ground floor
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation + equity
  • 401(k) with 4% Match
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Comprehensive health benefits

Salary Range: $150,000 - $300,000 base salary + commission + equity

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