Head of Sales
David Energy
About David Energy
David Energy is creating a new kind of power company. Traditional Retail Electricity Providers (REPs) are outdated, opaque, and painful for customers to engage with. We use software to monitor our customers' real-time energy usage, and we aggregate and analyze that data to maximize the value they get from their energy assets – batteries, EVs, HVAC systems and other distributed energy resources (DERs) via participation in energy markets. Our mission is to run the grid on clean energy 24/7.
The Role
We are looking to bring onboard a Head of Sales to help drive the strategy and execution of our sales engine and help lead David Energy through the next phase of growth. Our ideal candidate is a B2B-sales oriented growth leader that can design, build, and run the Sales org in a fast growing, first-of-its-kind business that is re-defining the power sector.
As Head of Sales, you will report directly to our CRO and grow the business hand-in-hand together. You will be responsible for executing on the vision set by the CRO, driving a culture of excellence in the growth org, and meeting and exceeding all revenue goals in the B2B business line.
Day to day, you will be responsible for overseeing sales, both AEs and SDRs. To be successful in this role you will need to obsessively understand the customer and how they buy and engage with our product; roll up your sleeves to implement new sales strategies and tactics; deeply engage with the math and operations behind the business; successfully navigate the trade offs between growth and profitability; and be a recruiting machine.
Prior experience in electricity markets is not required. However, we are looking for candidates with a demonstrated track record in software businesses in complex industries who are deeply passionate about accelerating the transition to a renewable and robust power grid of the future.
Responsibilities
B2B Sales Strategy: Partner with the CRO to design and implement new sales strategies to drive growth
B2B Sales Execution: Manage and execute against the sales strategy in order to hit and exceed all goals set for the growth org. Deliver an ambitious but predictable sales forecast to the CRO and CEO on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
Coaching: Help Account Executives sell David Energy. Provide support and mentorship as the team works to find the right people and communicate David Energy’s value. Help open doors and close the most important logos.
Deal and Pipeline Management: Drive excellence in pipeline management and data quality.
Sales Recruitment: Recruit, train, and retain top talent.
Sales Process: Build and refine a repeatable sales playbook from lead gen to close.
Sales Ops + Analytics: Own and refine tooling, ops, and data infrastructure to enable the sales org. Obsessively use data and analysis to manage the revenue funnel and execute against growth targets
Account Expansion: Build out a repeatable process for up-selling, cross-selling, and expanding existing logos
Partnerships and BD: Explore building a referral program with current B2B customers and any other high-ROI BD strategies (e.g. retail energy brokers)
Partner with Marketing: Deeply partner with marketing to increase qualified leads for our sales-driven motion, from developing our content engine in B2B to exploring other demand gen strategies based on our target ICP
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Partner cross-functionally: Partner with Product, Customer Success, and Operations to drive the overall growth strategy
Our Ideal Candidate
10+ years of work experience, with at least 4 years of second-line management experience
Demonstrated track record of leading Sales teams to deliver on ambitious growth and revenue targets at best-in-class software companies
Demonstrated track record of deep partnership with marketing teams and guiding marketing strategy
Experience working with or directly leading account management teams up-selling and cross-selling existing logos
Has the scrappiness to manage individual contributors on Day 1, but the experience to build and lead a highly accountable team of multiple front-line managers and 30+ individuals
Demonstrated experience growing top line revenue by 10x post finding product-market fit
Strong process-orientation: a focus on building repeatable, scalable processes from playbooks, objection handling, to building top of funnel
Emphasis on making data-driven decisions and an ability to drive building infrastructure to track metrics that are not already available
Outstanding written, oral and organizational ability
Experience closing deals with a variety of sales cycles and deal sizes, from deals with 1 month sales cycles and ~$10-20k ACVs to deals with 3-month sales cycles and $100k+ ACVs
Prior experience in electricity markets and consumer is a bonus but not required
Benefits
On Target Earnings $325,000 - $375,000
Equity
Group medical and dental insurance
Flexible vacation/PTO policy
401k