Director Business Development - CFEngine

Salary Competitive

Location: Midwest, East USA or Norway Do you want to be part of an international and innovative team, and help develop next generation security platform? We are an experienced and successful team with offices in Oslo, Norway and California, USA who have set out on a mission to “Secure the World’s Connected Devices”. Our two award winning products are the established CFEngine and the newly released Mender.


To strengthen our commercial team at CFEngine, we are seeking a dynamic sales and marketing person with an exceptionally strong working capacity. Our new BD person will triangulate between working closely with our product manager to ensure product/market fit, design and create relevant marketing material and pursue new customer prospects.

Main responsibilities

  • Establish new businesses from next generation CFEngine products
  • Work closely with our product manager to test and validate product hypothesis
  • Design, craft and develop marketing material
  • Secure speaking slots at various events by creating CFP (Call For Papers) applications at subject matter conferences
  • Establish and run an efficient inbound and outbound sales pipeline process

Desired skills and experience

  • 2-5 years experience
  • Startup experience preferred, with background wearing multiple hats
  • Proven sales record from Enterprise IT (ideally system management)
  • Linux engineering background (either by education or personal experience)
  • Ability to articulate yourself in clear and simple terms (as proven by your application for this job)
  • People person who does what it takes to achieve defined goals

 

How do you know if this is the right job for you?

You want to be part of some new, cool and meaningful. You want to make a material difference. You are open-minded and embrace change as a good thing. You possess the “entrepreneurial” DNA.

You believe you will thrive in our working culture, and want to be part of an international and innovative team.

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Near public transit
Near public transit

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Free office snacks
Free office snacks

Equity package
Equity package

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Northern.tech

At Northern.tech we want to build a suite of ease-to-use security products for the connected world. Each product shall not only be a single-purpose product, but also complement each other to give our customers the option to pick and choose the products that best fits their needs. Our products shall address the needs of everyone from small companies to large enterprises - world wide. At Northern.tech, we are a team with a mission. We want to build great products, deliver amazing service to our customers, and create an enjoyable & inspiring place to work.

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