Regional Sales Director, Enterprise Growth | Central EMEA | Remote at Grafana Labs
Germany
€257.5k - €340k
<p>Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse. There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with <a href="https://grafana.com/products/cloud/">Grafana Cloud</a> or self-managed with the <a href="https://grafana.com/products/enterprise/">Grafana Enterprise Stack</a>, both featuring scalable metrics (<a href="https://grafana.com/oss/mimir/">Grafana Mimir</a>), logs (<a href="https://grafana.com/oss/loki/">Grafana Loki</a>), and traces (<a href="https://grafana.com/oss/tempo/">Grafana Tempo</a>).</p> <p>We’re scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do.</p> <p>You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity.</p><p><strong>The Opportunity:</strong></p> We're looking for a <strong>Regional Sales Director, Growth</strong> who will be responsible for leading a team of Account Executives covering the DACH region. As a Regional Sales Director you will be asked to drive revenue growth, retain and attract new talent, and grow your customer base within your assigned territory. You will be recognized as a sales leader throughout the company – setting the tone and pace for your specified region. We are looking for an entrepreneurial sales leader - someone who thrives in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment. You’ll spend your time developing and executing sales strategies, mentoring your team, and strategically partnering with groups across the organization. You will guide your team through a consultative sales approach where you will learn about your prospect’s needs and then dive into the potential fit. Your expertise will be critical in helping articulate the value of our products and building strong relationships between the prospect and the Grafana sales team. Ideally, you come from a technical background and have sold visualization, application performance management, or cloud-based tooling before. If you have worked with open-source software before, that’s even better. This is a critical hire for the company and you’ll be working closely with the rest of the GTM leadership team. We are looking for someone who wants to sign up for that challenge and build something great. <p><strong>What You’ll Be Doing:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop and mentor your sales team</li> <li>Develop a pipeline to help over-achieve revenue targets</li> <li>Direct sales activities by establishing sales territories, quotas, and goals</li> <li>Build and maintain an annual sales plan (goals) in support of our organizational strategy and objectives</li> <li>Meet with prospects and strategize with sales representatives to help close deals</li> <li>Help the team prepare for QBRs and HBRs</li> <li>Develop long-term, strategic relationships with key contacts within their account base </li> <li>Strategically partner with Marketing, Solution Engineers, R&D, Customer Support and other functional teams</li> </ul> <p><strong>What Makes You a Great Fit:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Minimum 3 years of leading successful sales teams</li> <li>Minimum 8 years of successful direct sales experience</li> <li>Experience navigating complex sales cycles that can last 2-6 months</li> <li>Excellent communication (written, oral) and presentation skills (in-person, virtual)</li> <li>Comfort working closely and building relationships with C-Level executives</li> <li>Consistent track record in shaping strategic seven-figure deals</li> <li>MEDDPICC expertise</li> <li>Experience working with ROI and cost modeling to educate and assist potential buyers</li> <li>Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time management skills</li> <li>Unwavering dedication to integrity and professionalism</li> <li>Professional fluency in both English and German</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bonus Points For:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Background in technical applications, familiarity with OSS is a big plus</li> </ul> <h4>Compensation & Rewards</h4> <p>In Germany, the OTE compensation range for this role is EUR <span>257,500 - EUR 340,000</span><span>.</span> Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process. All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success. We believe in shared outcomes—RSUs help us stay aligned and invested as we scale globally.</p> <p><em>*Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.</em></p> <p><strong>Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>100% Remote, Global Culture - </strong>As a remote-only company, we bring together talent from around the world, united by a culture of collaboration and shared purpose.</li> <li><strong>Scaling Organization</strong> – Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment.</li> <li><strong>Transparent Communication</strong> – Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates.</li> <li><strong>Innovation-Driven</strong> – Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things.</li> <li><strong>Open Source Roots</strong> – Built on community-driven values that shape how we work.</li> <li><strong>Empowered Teams</strong> – High trust, low ego culture that values outcomes over optics.</li> <li><strong>Career Growth Pathways</strong> – Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career.</li> <li><strong>Approachable Leadership</strong> – Transparent execs who are involved, visible, and human.</li> <li><strong>Passionate People</strong> – Join a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do.</li> <li><strong>In-Person onboarding </strong>- We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it. </li> <li><strong>Balance is Key</strong> - We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect. <em>*We will comply with local legislation where applicable.</em></li> </ul> <p><strong>Equal Opportunity Employer:</strong> We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and unique. We believe that equality and diversity builds a strong organization and we’re working hard to make sure that’s the foundation of our organization as we grow.</p> <p><em>Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching information provided in CVs to job postings. The recruitment team will continue to review inbound CVs manually to identify alignment with current openings.</em></p> <p>#LI-Remote</p> <em>For information about how your personal data is used once you’ve applied to a job, check out our <a href="https://grafana.com/legal/applicant-and-candidate-privacy-policy/" target="_blank">privacy policy</a>. </em>
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