Regional Sales Director - Benelux at Kong

Are you ready to power the World's connections?

If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.

What you'll be doing:

You will be leading and mentoring a fast growing team of Account Executives based in the The Netherlands for the Benelux region
You will be scaling the team quickly, with a large focus on recruiting, onboarding and ramping new hires
You will work closely with the the Regional Vice President of Sales to drive Kong’s success by adding new sales opportunities to the pipeline and closing them
And any additional tasks required by a leader in a scale up organisation

What you'll bring:

Experience building and leading high-performance sales teams at a high-growth SaaS company, selling a complex technical product
Experience successfully selling SaaS solutions in a field sales capacity
Experience accurately forecasting and managing pipelines
A history of scaling teams quickly, with knowledge of how to effectively recruit, train and ramp new hires

About Kong:

Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become “API-first” and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally — from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises — unleash developer productivity, build securely, and accelerate time to market. For more information about Kong, please visit www.konghq.com or follow us on X @thekonginc.

Life at Kong

Kong Inc. is the fastest growing Microservices API platform. We exist to broker Information through Enterprises.

We are best known as the creator and primary supporter of Kong, the most widely adopted open-source Microservice API gateway. We're backed by a16z, Index Ventures, CRV, Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Eric Schmidt (Google), Stanford University, NEA and many others.

Join our team to connect the future of infrastructure.

Thrive Here & What We Value

Collaborative environment between Kong Inc. Security and all impacted teams

Focus on maintaining customer trust

Passion for Cyber Security with real difference in protection

Hybrid role (3 days office, 2 days remote)

Drive automation to detect/eliminate malicious agents

Emphasis on collaboration and innovation

Opportunities for career growth

Open communication and feedback culture

Flexible working hours

Customer-obsessed with a focus on satisfaction and high-quality products

Regional Sales Director - Benelux

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