Regional Sales Manager - Japan

Menlo Security's mission is enabling the world to connect, communicate and collaborate securely without compromise. COVID-19 has made our mission all the more real. We support customers across various enterprises including Fortune 500 companies, 9/10 of the largest global banks and the Department of Defense.

The world has fundamentally changed. We are growing from 400 employees into the next phase of our journey, and we need passionate talent filled with empathy and agility. The right candidate for the job is ethical, hyper-organized, fanatical about seeing things through to completion, service-oriented, and humble enough to take feedback and coaching yet confident enough to provide feedback and coaching.

Menlo is well-funded for growth and our investors are second to none. They include Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), General Catalyst, JPMC, American Express, HSBC, and Ericsson Ventures.

What You’ll Be Doing

We are seeking a high-energy, experienced security sales representative with expertise in the Japan market. This individual will play an instrumental role in accelerating our sales initiatives in the field, calling on both new and existing accounts in the patch. We need a self-starter who excels in a high-paced, evangelistic startup environment and thrives on pitching a revolutionary technology to CTO’s, CIO’s, CISO’s and security experts.

Responsibilities Include:

• Be responsible as a product specialist for Menlo Security new products, for all existing customers and partners.

• Effectively lead business and technical presentations, demonstrations and conversations with CXO- and VP-level audiences within major enterprise accounts, as well as channel partner leadership and technical stakeholders

• Use strong leadership skills to independently prioritize and execute project tasks in a methodical and disciplined manner

• Set and manage expectations with stake-holders and team members

• Develop relationships with key partners for growth within their customer base

• Provide professional responses to customer RFPs / RFIs

• Represent the products, company values and brand to customers and at field events such as conferences, seminars, etc.

• Take ownership of the entire sales process

• Assist prospects with initial configuration and orientation

• Capture requested features and provide feedback to Product Management, Sales management, Development, Support, Engineering and Marketing teams

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree or masters degree or equivalent experience

• Minimum of 6+ years in a Sales position

• Preference of 5+ years of experience in the Data and Information Security industry

• Requires the ability to work independently with substantial latitude for action and decision while maintaining focus on achieving optimal outcomes

• Flexible and adaptable self-starter with strong relationship-building skills

• Collaborative and team-oriented attitude

• Effective problem-solving capabilities

• Takes initiative and approaches all tasks and projects proactively

• Ability to prioritize and complete multiple tasks with little to no supervision

Why Menlo?

Our culture is collaborative, inclusive, and fun! We have five core values: Stay Aligned, Get It Done, Customer Empathy, Think Creatively and Help Each Other Out. We believe in open communication, supporting new ideas, and sharing a mutual mindset of what we’re aiming to achieve together. There are tremendous opportunities to take initiative, implement new ideas, and have a hand in building a legacy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

TO ALL AGENCIES: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Menlo Security outside of the Talent organization. Menlo Security’s policy is to only accept resumes from agencies via Ashby (ATS). Agencies must have a valid services agreement executed and must have been assigned by the Talent team to a specific requisition. Any resume submitted outside of this process will be deemed the sole property of Menlo Security. In the event a candidate submitted outside of this policy is hired, no fee or payment will be paid.