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Senior Director of Account Executives (ENT) (Hybrid) (Position located in New York)

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New York, NY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $280K - $310K

💻 Sales

🗓️ September 9th, 2025

SaaS

Edtech.com's Summary

KnowBe4 is hiring a Senior Director of Account Executives (ENT). The role involves managing a team of Account Executives to maximize sales opportunities, ensure achievement of monthly and quarterly sales targets, and implement effective sales strategies. The Senior Director also collaborates internally across departments to facilitate deals and drives the team's professional development and performance.

Highlights
  • Manage and develop a high-performing enterprise sales team to meet revenue goals.
  • Handle team administrative tasks including time off requests and pipeline management.
  • Collaborate with Legal, Infosec, Finance, and Support teams to close deals effectively.
  • Analyze team statistics and key performance indicators to optimize sales strategies.
  • Provide hiring, firing, promotion, and disciplinary recommendations for team members.
  • Maintain fluency in KnowBe4 policies and sales techniques, including closing and prospecting.
  • Required software skills include Gmail, Google Docs, MS Office (Word and Excel), and web browsers like Chrome.
  • Minimum of 5 years of management experience, SaaS sales background preferred.
  • Strong leadership, time management, and communication skills are essential.
  • Compensation ranges from $280,000 to $310,000 including base salary, bonuses, and commissions.

Senior Director of Account Executives (ENT) (Hybrid) (Position located in New York) Full Description

About KnowBe4

KnowBe4, the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, is used by tens of thousands of organizations around the globe. KnowBe4 enables organizations to manage the ongoing problem of social engineering by helping them train employees to make smarter security decisions, every day.

Fortune has ranked us as a best place to work for women, for millennials, and in technology for four years in a row! We have been certified as a "Great Place To Work" in 8 countries, plus we've earned numerous other prestigious awards, including Glassdoor's Best Places To Work.

Our team values radical transparency, extreme ownership, and continuous professional development in a welcoming workplace that encourages all employees to be themselves. Whether working remotely or in-person, we strive to make every day fun and engaging; from team lunches to trivia competitions to local outings, there is always something exciting happening at KnowBe4.

The Snr. Director Account Executives (ENT/Strategic) is responsible for managing a team of Account Executives and maximizing all sales opportunities they are assigned. More specifically, this position will ensure that subordinates are meeting and/or exceeding their monthly sales quota by targeting new business as well as reactivating dark (lapsed) customer accounts. In addition, this position will work to employ best in class sales techniques to ensure the sales team delivers on its revenue goals on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage time off requests and other day-to-day needs of your team
  • Liaise with internal Legal, Infosec, Finance and Support Departments to help facilitate deals to close
  • Monitor and analyze team statistics, key indicators and results
  • Develop, implement, and manage sales strategies for the team in line with our GTM strategy
  • Lead and develop a highly productive and professional enterprise sales team meeting their monthly and quarterly sales targets
  • Collaborate with the Sales Development Team on drilling ideas, sales strategy workshops, etc.
  • Identify areas of improvement and suggest training and/or disciplinary actions to increase production in coordination with People Operations
  • Be up-to-date and fluent on KnowBe4 policy and procedure and ensure it is in use
  • Make genuine recommendations as to the hiring, firing, disciplining and promoting of Enterprise team members to which the company gives significant weight
  • Be an expert on closing, negotiating, prospecting and other key elements that are necessary to ensure departmental Monthly and Quarterly targets are met or exceeded
  • Maintain accurate reporting and pipeline management
  • Exemplify the values and mission of KnowBe4
  • Maintain an accurate pipeline for your team and conduct weekly pipeline reviews with all your Account Executives
  • Attend Company Marketing Events
  • Provide genuine recommendations as to the hiring, firing, promotion, and discipline of subordinate employees to which the Company gives significant weight

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Minimum 5 years management experience
  • SaaS sales background preferred.
  • Experience with Gmail and Google Docs
  • Experience with MS Office (Word and Excel)
  • Experience with web browsers (Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.)
  • Leadership skills required
  • Mastery of closing techniques, discovery questions, prospecting, building rapport and other key elements of the sales cycle
  • Strong verbal and written communications
  • Excellent time management and organization skills

The compensation for this position ranges from $280,000- $310,000 including base, bonuses and commissions. For more details, click here www.know www.knowbe4.com/careers/know-your-pay/enterprise-sales

Our Fantastic Benefits

We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, certification completion bonuses, and a relaxed dress code - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits.

Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.

Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.

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