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Gigamon

Regional Sales Director - Minnesota

Gigamon, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

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At Gigamon, our purpose is to protect the hybrid networks and data of the largest, most complex organizations on the planet. Certified as a Great Place to Work, we offer a deep observability pipeline that efficiently delivers network‑derived intelligence to cloud, security, and observability tools. This helps our customers to eliminate security blind spots, optimize network traffic, and dramatically reduce tool cost and complexity, enabling them to better secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure.

What you’ll do

Advanced level of specialized knowledge, with record of sales success; expert in the field

Responsible for the sales of company’s products within an assigned geographic territory and within an assigned group of named accounts within the region. Achieves sales budget by the growth of existing accounts and the development of new accounts

Maintains database of customers. Enters interactions with customers in SalesForce database

Uses available resources to develop effective sales calls. These resources include opportunities identified by previous sales calls, invoices, Tech Service cases, webinar attendees and sample requests

Sells new and existing products, discovers new opportunities, and secures incremental business

Explores, identifies, and communicates potential opportunities with the Regional Business Managers and Product Managers

Consistently performs effective sales calls throughout the assigned territory and closes new business opportunities

Attends trade and vendor shows and meetings as required

Provides timely communication and follow‑up to customers, consistently meets the customers’ expectations

Provide pertinent market and competitive information to the organization

In collaboration with Product Managers, develops short and long‑range strategies for product expansion; assesses potential application of the company products to meet customer needs and prepares detailed product specifications for the development, implementation, and customization of customer solutions

Collaborates with Product Managers on presentations, product demonstrations, and on‑site customer visits

Represents Sales group on cross‑functional team interfacing with R&D, production, and manufacturing to develop new products or enhance existing products or product lines

Researches and analyzes the territories and the company’s markets, competition and product mix; makes presentations on new and existing products to current and potential customers

Provides innovative problem‑solving approaches to enhance organizational capabilities; uses peer network to expand technical and sales capabilities and identify new sales opportunities

Devises new approaches to problems encountered, shares approach with Regional Business Managers

Uses a wide application of complex principles, theories and concepts in the specific field

Creates opportunities to enhance technical methodology or content through expansion of existing or development of new efforts

Assists in providing training to lower level Sales staff

Other duties as assigned \ What you’ve done

Accumulated over 8+ years of direct selling experience in the Networking or/and Network Security space.

Established a track record of success, including achievements such as "rookie of the year," President’s club membership, and consistent year‑over‑year attainment of quota.

Demonstrated excellent consultative, solution selling skills to all levels within organizations.

Showcased exceptional communication and presentation skills as a fundamental requirement.

Resided in the region with a proven track record of building relationships with local major accounts and channel partners.

Utilized SalesForce, demonstrating discipline in forecasting.

Preferred a Bachelor's degree in Business, CIS, or a related field.

Possessed a background in sales engineering, or had training in CS, IT, EE, which is considered a plus.

Who you are

Collaborator with Product Managers on presentations, product demonstrations, and on‑site customer visits.

Representative of the Sales group on cross‑functional teams, interfacing with R&D, production, and manufacturing to develop new products or enhance existing products or product lines.

Researcher and analyst of territories, company markets, competition, and product mix; presenter on new and existing products to current and potential customers.

Provider of innovative problem‑solving approaches to enhance organizational capabilities; user of peer networks to expand technical and sales capabilities and identify new sales opportunities.

Deviser of new approaches to problems encountered; sharer of approaches with Regional Business Managers.

User of a wide application of complex principles, theories, and concepts in the specific field.

Creator of opportunities to enhance technical methodology or content through the expansion of existing or development of new efforts.

Assister in providing training to lower level Sales staff.

Performer of other duties as assigned.

Currently resides in or near the St. Paul – Minneapolis, MN area

The base salary + commission compensation range targeted for this role is expected to be between $264,000 - $330,000 (subject to terms and conditions of the plan). This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company’s compensation practices.

Employees in this position are eligible to participate in the Company’s standard employee benefit programs, which may include health and other insurances such as life and disability, and savings accounts such as a retirement plan with company matching contributions or similar, paid time off (holidays, vacation, and sick), tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program (EAP), business travel accident insurance, employee discounts, and employee referral program. Additionally, employees may be eligible to participate in the Profit Interest Units plan.

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