Diligent is the AI leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners, the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk, build greater resilience and make better decisions, faster.

At Diligent, we're building the future with people who think boldly and move fast. Whether you're designing systems that leverage large language models or part of a team reimaging workflows with AI, you'll help us unlock entirely new ways of working and thinking. Curiosity is in our DNA, we look for individuals willing to ask the big questions and experiment fearlessly - those who embrace change not as a challenge, but as an opportunity. The future belongs to those who keep learning, and we are building it together. At Diligent, you’re not just building the future - you’re an agent of positive change, joining a global community on a mission to make an impact.

Diligent is seeking an accomplished Vice President of Sales to spearhead our high-performing UK/I sales team, driving significant bookings growth through both new business and expansion opportunities. This leadership role is key in accelerating our growth, focusing on initial prospect/customer meetings, pipeline development, and commercial deal management.

As VP of Sales, you will be responsible for overseeing team performance, while also coaching and mentoring team members in critical areas such as customer engagement, pipeline creation, and accurate forecasting. You will ensure that the team is strategically targeting and engaging with high-value prospects and clients, driving both new and expansion business. Additionally, you will work to ensure a deep understanding and effective communication of Diligent’s unique value proposition. Your role will also involve refining our tracking and reporting capabilities, while fostering a high level of commercial and industry expertise across the team to consistently deliver exceptional results.

Key Responsibilities:

People/Leadership

• Provide coaching/ development leadership support to the Sales Leadership team to achieve bookings and growth targets
• Ensure stringent management of team expenses
• Act as a Company representative at trade association meetings and other events as required
• Act as an a mbassador for sales policies and to uphold all policies of record
• Execute strategic bookings plans to achieve corporate goals, ensuring use of commercial sales motion and methodologies
• Manage bookings and attain targets across all products and provide regular performance and forecasting updates/reports against sales targets and OKR’s
• Develop and promote internal cross selling strategy
• Review and analyze the respective geographic market to identify growth opportunities;
• Collaborate with channel community on development activities;
• Collaborate with Diligent stakeholders to execute on company strategy
• Partner with sales reps on delivering commercial results through all commercial aspects
• Work closely with Marketing to execute a winning marketing plan and go-to-market strategy
• Collaborate closely with Professional Services to grow the business and provide a ‘ white-glove ’ customer experience
• Work closely with Product and Development to refine the go-to-market strategy and through product positioning and investment, deliver on the GTM strategy

Required Experience/Skills:

• 1 5 + years of experience in people’s management
• Proven ability of being able to run a Bi-Modal sales execution plan (Tactical / Strategic)
• Ability to influence internal and external ecosystems, ensuring value is at the forefront of any proposal to customer
• Understanding of patterns and interdependencies within sales and business data to predict and manage forecast/outcomes of opportunities
• Confidence in presenting and conveying a message to an audience regardless of size
• Comfortable in Executive environments and ability to articulate in a language that they understand and relate to
• Experience partnering closely with key internal stakeholders to support the sales process

What Diligent Offers You

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients
• We care about our people.Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programsto name a few
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue, and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology, insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability –to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate, smart, and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place.

Headquartered in New York, Diligent has offices in Washington D.C., London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, Singapore and Sydney. To foster strong collaboration and connection, this role will follow a hybrid work model. If you are within a commuting distance to one of our Diligent office locations, you will be expected towork onsite at least 50% of the time.We believe that in-person engagement helps drive innovation, teamwork, and a strong sense of community.

We are a drug free workplace. Diligent is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status, protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See alsoDiligent's EEO Policy and Know Your Rights .We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at recruitment@diligent.com .

To all recruitment agencies: Diligent does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Diligent employees or any other organization location. Diligent is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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