Area Sales Director, Southwest

Location Requirement: Candidates must reside in California, Arizona, Nevada or New Mexico

The Area Sales Director, Southwest leads the regional Enterprise sales strategy to drive new business growth and account expansion across the Southwest region (CA, AZ, NV, NM) of the United States. This People Leader manages a team of both tenured Enterprise and Strategic Account Executives in the region to strengthen the company's market presence through strategic vision and operational excellence. The mission focuses on achieving annual revenue targets while cultivating executive-level relationships with CISOs and C-suite stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Execute a regional go-to-market strategy to achieve annual revenue targets through the management of data-driven KPIs, pipeline metrics, and forecasting models.

• Recruit, mentor, and manage a team of enterprise account executives focused on high-value strategic accounts.

• Manage long-term relationships with C-suite executives and CISOs to secure new business and expand existing enterprise, commercial, and public-sector accounts.

• Direct regional channel and alliance partner collaborations to accelerate deal cycles and expand market reach.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of enterprise software sales experience, with at least 5 years in a regional sales leadership role within the cybersecurity, SaaS, or cloud technology sectors.

• Documented track record of exceeding multi-million-dollar annual revenue targets in high-growth territories.

• Proficiency in analytical pipeline management, territory planning, and data-driven sales forecasting.

• The ability to travel within the Southwest region for customer and partner engagement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep technical knowledge of enterprise security architectures, IT operations, or SaaS management solutions.

• Experience leading and managing distributed or remote sales teams.

• Demonstrated experience navigating complex procurement cycles within both Commercial and State & Local Education accounts.

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Axonius is committed to fair and equitable compensation packages. A candidate’s salary will be based on qualifications and relevant experience. In addition to a competitive salary, our packages include stock options and attractive benefits.

Annual On Target Earnings
$415,000 — $435,000 USD

Are we a match?

You will thrive here if you:

• Ask "why" when everyone else jumps straight to "how."

• Take ownership of problems , even when they aren't in your job description.

• Lead with low ego , prioritizing "we before I" and giving credit publicly.

• Thrive in ambiguity and use it as an opportunity to bring order to chaos.

• Act with urgency while building systems meant to scale over time.

• Create without waiting for a detailed roadmap to get started.

What we offer:

• Flexibility, Rest & Health — flexible time-off, company-wide "Unwind Weekends," and fully funded health insurance options.

• Life & Family Milestones — generous parental leave, extended bereavement, and dedicated time off for life's big moments like marriages, graduations, and grandchildren.

• Collaborative Environment — no silos, shared credit across teams, and a culture employees consistently describe as supportive and trust-based.

• Development, Ownership & Equity — stock options for all, equity refreshes, individual learning budgets, and AI tools.

• Community & Giving Back — ERGs, volunteer time off, charitable milestone gifting, and local community partnerships.

Learn more about benefits at Axonius .

At Axonius we support a diverse and inclusive workplace and believe in equal employment opportunity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status.

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