Vice President of Sales - US

Yubico

MEET YUBICO Yubico is a global leader in identity security and creator of the YubiKey, the original hardware-backed passkey. Publicly traded on Nasdaq Stockholm with headquarters in Sweden, the US, and Singapore, we protect everyone from everyday consumers to global enterprises with modern, phishing-resistant authentication. Why Join Our Mission? At Yubico, we are guided by a shared belief that your work matters. We operate under a cultural philosophy of Speed with Integrity, pushing the boundaries of technology to secure the AI frontier—protecting both human and agentic AI interactions—and leading the transition to post-quantum cryptography. In everything we do, we live by our core values: * Battle Friction: We constantly look for new ways to simplify our products, our work, and the user experience. * Inspire Higher: We think big, champion the open internet, and strive to do the right thing even when it is difficult. * One Team: We are open, responsive, and collaborative, overcoming challenges and celebrating our successes together. Aligned with our commitment to open standards, we foster a thriving builder ecosystem through the Yubico Developer Program, offering free open-source repositories, libraries, and SDKs to help developers rapidly integrate strong hardware authentication into any application. Through close collaborations with technical partners like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, as well as newer frontiers like OpenAI, we continue to shape a safer digital world while donating security keys to protect vulnerable communities, journalists, and humanitarian groups worldwide through our Secure it Forward program. At Yubico, we offer: Freedom and Flexibility: At Yubico, we want you to be your most productive selves whether you decide to work 100% from home or choose to work hybrid/onsite. The way we balance the fast-paced demands of a high-growth company and sustainability is making rest a priority. Yubico Values: We work to ensure that our employees have an open space to have their voices amplified to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. In support of this, our employees have created some pretty cool Employee Resource Groups that foster inclusion, help build community and connection across Yubico which all employees are welcome to join. Additionally, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations in need all over the world (you can read more about our work here). Social Connection: Relationships and connectedness matter, and we love spending time with our team! Our virtual workspace keeps us connected day-to-day whether it's through Yubico celebrating wins or our buzzing Slack communities. Check out our Life at Yubico Page on LinkedIn and our awards here. The Role: Yubico is seeking an experienced Vice President of Sales to lead our UKI, Nordics & MEA enterprise business. This is a true player-coach leadership role. Approximately 70% of your time will be focused on leading, developing, and scaling a high-performing sales organization, while 30% will be dedicated to executive sponsorship and direct involvement in strategic enterprise opportunities. We are looking for a leader who enjoys building successful teams but remains close to customers, actively supports major deals, and leads from the front. Reporting to global sales leadership, you will own regional revenue performance, drive go-to-market strategy, and help accelerate the adoption of Yubico's market-leading security solutions across enterprise customers, partners, and resellers throughout the region. Tasks & Responsibilities: As Vice President of Sales, you will: * Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sales Directors and Account Executives, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance. * Own and exceed regional revenue targets across the UKI, Nordics & MEA markets. * Develop and execute go-to-market strategies that drive customer acquisition, expansion, and long-term growth. * Act as executive sponsor on complex, multi-million-dollar enterprise opportunities, building trusted relationships with CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, and other senior stakeholders. * Expand and strengthen relationships with enterprise customers, strategic partners, and technology resellers to increase market penetration and revenue growth. * Drive sales excellence through disciplined pipeline management, accurate forecasting, and adoption of scalable sales methodologies. * Partner closely with Marketing, Product, Customer Success, and other cross-functional teams to align on customer needs, market opportunities, and business objectives. * Identify and develop new growth opportunities, including partner-led and B2B2C motions that extend Yubico's reach and impact. Basic Qualifications: * 10+ years of enterprise technology sales experience, including significant leadership responsibility. * A proven track record of recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing sales teams. * Experience leading managers and senior individual contributors within a complex enterprise sales environment. * Demonstrated success personally influencing and closing large, strategic enterprise deals. * A strong track record of consistently achieving and exceeding multi-million-dollar revenue targets. * Deep understanding of cybersecurity, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), or related technology markets. * Experience driving growth through channel partners, resellers, and strategic alliances. * The ability to establish credibility as a trusted advisor with executive stakeholders. * Confidence engaging in both business and high-level technical conversations with CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, and other senior decision-makers. * Excellent communication, presentation, and coaching skills. * A hands-on leadership style with the ability to seamlessly move between strategic leadership and direct customer engagement.   #LI-IR1   We are an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity and uphold an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We'd love to learn about what you can add to our diverse team. We are an E-Verify Participating Employer.   Yubico does not accept agency resumes or referrals so please do not send them to our careers staff or employees. Yubico is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes or referrals.   Personal data submitted through this form is used for managing Yubico’s recruitment activities, which include facilitating any application you make, setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing results and selecting candidates, and as otherwise needed in our recruitment and onboarding processes. The use of your personal data may also be necessary prior to entering into a contract with you (that is prior to offering you a job with Yubico). Your personal data will only be used for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with the Yubico Privacy Notice. We only keep your personal data for as long as necessary and in compliance with Yubico’s record retention policies. If you have asked us to, we will keep you informed of other opportunities at Yubico. We do this in various ways, including email and by phone. If at any time you do not want us to contact you or use your information as described herein please contact us at jobs@yubico.com to let us know and we will delete all such information. Providing your personal data is voluntary, but necessary to join our talent community, and if you do not agree to provide your data, we will not be able to consider you as part of our talent community.   As part of providing the requested service, we will transfer your data to be processed by Greenhouse Software Inc., a service provider contracted by Yubico AB and/or its subsidiaries that meets legally mandated privacy requirements. The Yubico Privacy Notice offers more information about Yubico privacy practices, including the lawful basis for processing of personal data, how to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, and how to contact Yubico to exercise your data subject rights. In this notice, when we refer to "Yubico", "us", "we" or "our", we mean the Yubico group company or companies that you apply to, or correspond with, and which are responsible for any personal data collected about you.

Align

ABOUT THE ROLE The Director of Sales, New Logo will serve as the front-line leader responsible for the overall management and success of A-LIGN’s customer growth initiatives. This role is responsible for the direct management and success of a team of individual sellers. As the Director, you will work closely with the marketing, sales operations, finance, learning & development, product development and the service delivery departments to ensure our go to market messaging is aligned to the needs of the market and your team is set up for sustained success and growth. Success in this role is measured by the achievement of the team’s quota attainment. A-LIGN will depend on you to support, retain, hire, and develop a high-performance sales team, as well as to provide leadership and vision in developing a strong sales culture.  REPORTS TO Vice President of Sales, EMEA PAY CLASSIFICATION Full-Time RESPONSIBILITIES * Monitor/analyze sales performance of 4-8 sellers and take accountability for driving improvements in sales/revenue, sales productivity, and sales quality  * Develop short and long-term strategies to enhance performance including technology needs, workflow design, commissions/bonuses, contests, leadership development, training needs, and quality programs  * Coach and provide career development guidance to teams through performance management metrics and evaluations  * Support and assist the scoping and selling functions of the team  * Ensure and promote a team-based environment which delivers best-in-class customer care experiences  * Deliver regular reports of KPIs to DVP  * Review and approve all client contracts prior to delivery  * Address performance issues and provide ongoing and corrective feedback in a timely and constructive manner MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION * Bachelor’s degree in relevant disciple preferred * Combination of education and work experience accepted EXPERIENCE * Must have 2+ years sales management experience   * Must have metrics of team performance under your management  * Must have seller experience in closing deals or resolve issues in a fast-paced environment  * Must have worked in a high-growth, high-velocity, and ever-changing organization    * Must have experience growing team/hiring salespeople SKILLS * Ability to meet deadlines with a high degree of motivation * Excellent communication skills * Thrives in a fast-paced environment * Ability to work individually as well as collaboratively * Cybersecurity / Technology / Audit Knowledge is a plus BENEFITS * Health and Dental Insurance  * Life Insurance, Income Protection and Critical Illness   * Group Pension Plan with Company Match  * Competitive Commission Structure  * Home Office Reimbursement  * Certification Reimbursement  * Personalized Career Coaching  * Generous Paid Time Off  * Paid Office Closure December 25-January 1  * Summer Hours  ABOUT A-LIGN A-LIGN is the leading provider of high-quality, efficient cybersecurity compliance programs. Combining experienced auditors and audit management technology, A-LIGN provides the widest breadth and depth of services including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HITRUST, FedRAMP, and PCI. A-LIGN is the number one issuer of SOC 2 and HITRUST and a top three FedRAMP assessor. To learn more, visit a-lign.com. COME WORK FOR A-LIGN! Apply online today at A-LIGN.com and learn about life at A-LIGN by following us on LinkedIn. A-LIGN is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Backbase

The Job in short Backbase is a fast-growing fintech software provider that empowers financial institutions to accelerate their digital transformation and effectively compete in a digital-first world. We are growing our Sales team and offer opportunities for ambitious, strategic Sales Executives who thrive in a client-facing advisory role. Meet the job You will carry your own sales quota within the LATAM sales team and deliver digital banking transformation opportunities with net-new customers, adding to a growing list of active Backbase customers. Based on your quota you will set objectives and plan accordingly to achieve targets. Backbase is expanding and there is no doubt that we have the best solution in our niche market. Being a Sr. Sales Executive at Backbase is an exciting and challenging role. This is an ideal position if you have 10+ years of successful sales and closing experience, with focus on building relationships and creating opportunities with new customers. Your professional DNA is that of a highly influential advisor with a focus on enterprise SaaS software in Financial Services. This position offers you to work in a flexible, no-nonsense, informal and fast-paced working environment, enabling and empowering you to grow as a sales professional. In this position you will report directly to the Regional Vice President of Sales. Finally, you build close relationships with your customers to understand their business drivers and understand how to establish buy-in at all levels (sales management, delivery leads and senior/executive management). You will identify and qualify new enterprise software sales opportunities with Banking and Financial Service customers and effectively run a sales cycle to reach and exceed your goals. Finally, you build close relationships with your customers to understand their business drivers and understand how to establish buy-in at all levels (sales management, delivery leads and senior/executive management). You will identify and qualify new sales opportunities with Enterprise Banking and Financial Service customers and effectively run a sales cycle to reach and exceed your goals. How about you Scope of the role will include: ● This is a quota carrying role in which you will identify and close opportunities for Backbase business primarily with net-new customer accounts and secondary opportunity to expand existing customer relationships; ● Managing and closing large software agreements ($1M+ ARR); ● Forecasting and managing net-new opportunities from identification to close; ● Leading customers to have value-focused digital banking strategies; ● Establishing a trusted advisor role with banking and financial institution customers; ● Aggregating and collecting requirements from customers and craft the business case for investments in digital banking transformation; ● Supporting Backbase's goal of building digital banking leadership; ● Other activities as required to fulfill the business objectives. In order to really own this role, we think you’ll need: ● Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; ● 8-10+ years experience in a quota carrying role; ● Track record of exceeding quota; ● 5+ years experience in digital banking; ● Ability to reverse engineer business objectives to reach your goals; ● Eagerness to figure out tough problems for your customers. About Backbase Backbase creates the best digital banking solutions on the planet, enabling our clients to deliver superior online and mobile customer experiences. We are a global, young-spirited, diverse (45+ nationalities), fast-growing and leading fintech company. Agile is our middle name and we love pushing innovation in the digital banking world. We make it work. And we’re not done innovating just yet. Our 2,000+ employees work together on better and more advanced products. As we are in scaleup phase, we don’t believe in simply “doing our jobs”. We’ve always got room for new, creative talent to push us further. What will you bring to make us stronger? We are organized to support you. You will receive time to educate yourself and will work with some of the best specialists in the business. We are work and play. At Backbase, you can come as you are and say it like it is. Join us for a journey instead of a job!