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As the Director, Regional Sales - New Business, you'll build and lead a dedicated function focused on driving new logo growth across Japan. You'll report to the Director of APJ for New Business and will hire, develop, and coach a high-performing team of Account Executives to win first-order deals across more than 24,000 in-ICP accounts, from whitespace to existing installs, with an average deal size up to 25,000. You'll define and execute a scalable sales strategy for a fast-moving, high-volume territory. You'll use tools like Salesforce, Clari, Gong, and Outreach to build predictable pipeline, shorten deal cycles to 6 months or less, and consistently meet or exceed new business goals. It's a rare opportunity to help shape, operationalize, and scale a sales motion focused on new business in a growing, high-impact market while you collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to bring GitLab's DevSecOps platform to new customers across Japan.
The Regional Sales New Business team at GitLab focuses on acquiring new logos and accelerating first-order revenue across Japan. We work closely with the Director of APJ for New Business and other sales, marketing, and operations partners. As an all-remote, distributed team based across Japan, we collaborate asynchronously. We prioritize the highest-potential accounts within a large ideal customer profile, build scalable processes, and refine a repeatable new business motion. As a growing function, we are focused on defining our operating model, hiring and developing Account Executives, and establishing the structure, tools, and best practices needed to build and scale a high-performing new business engine for GitLab in Japan.
GitLabは、10万以上の組織が利用する最も包括的なAI搭載DevSecOpsプラットフォームを開発する、オープンコアソフトウェア企業です。私たちのミッションは、誰もがソフトウェア開発に参加し、共に創り上げられる世界を実現することです。利用者が創り手になることで、テクノロジーの進化は加速します。私たちのプラットフォームは、チームと組織の壁を取り払い、ソフトウェア開発の可能性を広げます。Duo EnterpriseやDuo Agent Platformといった製品により、開発ライフサイクル全体でAIの力を活用できます。
製品開発と同じく、私たちの働き方でもAIを積極的に活用しています。すべてのメンバーが日々の業務にAIを取り入れ、効率性とイノベーションを高めています。GitLabでは、キャリアを伸ばせる場所であり、新しいアイデアが生まれ、すべての声が大切にされます。Values(価値観)の共有と学び合いを大切にする文化の中で、業界のリーダーたちと共に複雑な課題に取り組みながら、自分の可能性を最大限に発揮できます。私たちと共に、ソフトウェア開発の未来を創りましょう。
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Regional Sales Director - 新規顧客担当, Japanは、日本国内の新規顧客獲得の推進に専念する新しい部門を立ち上げ、率いるロールです。APJ新規顧客部門のDirectorにレポートし、初回受注契約を勝ち取るためのハイパフォーマンスなAccount Executiveチームの採用、育成、そしてコーチングを行います。あなたのチームのミッションは、24,000社を超えるICP(理想的顧客プロファイル)該当企業に対して初回受注を獲得することです。対象は未開拓市場から既存導入企業まで含み、最大25,000ライセンス規模の案件で初回受注を獲得します。変化が速く、取引量の多い担当セグメントに対して、拡張可能な営業戦略を策定・実行していただきます。Salesforce、Clari、Gong、Outreachなどのツールを使用して、予測可能なパイプラインを構築し、商談サイクルを6ヶ月以下に短縮し、新規事業目標を常に達成または上回る成果を出します。日本国内の新規事業に特化した営業活動を形成・運用・拡大する貴重な機会です。部門横断的な社内協力者と緊密に連携しながら、日本国内の新規顧客にGitLabのDevSecOpsプラットフォームを提供していきます。
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