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Darktrace

Self-learning AI cybersecurity with autonomous responses

Enterprise Sales Director

Account ExecutiveConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Be based in Tokyo and commit to working in the office at least three days per week.
  • Have at least five years of experience leading enterprise sales teams, including managing senior and mid-level Account Executives.
  • Have a track record of building and leading high-performing enterprise sales organizations.
  • Have proven success winning complex enterprise deals in cybersecurity, software as a service, cloud, or enterprise software.
  • Have experience building and executing sales through channel, alliance, and distribution partners.
  • Demonstrate strong forecasting, pipeline management, and account planning discipline.
  • Have experience operating in high-growth, fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

  • Manage, coach, and develop a team of enterprise Account Executives, driving consistent performance against growth targets.
  • Build and execute a territory strategy across strategic enterprise accounts and industries to drive new business and customer expansion.
  • Support and enable the team through the full sales cycle, from early discovery through proof of value, negotiation, and close.
  • Work with partners, distributors, and alliances to build pipeline, accelerate opportunities, and expand market coverage.
  • Partner with Customer Success and Technical teams to drive account growth, renewals, and expansion opportunities across the customer base.
  • Deliver accurate forecasting, strong pipeline hygiene, effective account planning, and consistent use of sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC.
  • Align with Marketing, Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, Product teams, and partners to deliver a seamless customer experience.
  • Support high standards of integrity and accountability as part of the company's governance and controls.

Desired Qualifications

  • Be able to sell, coach, and close with credibility as a sales leader, not just manage.
  • Have experience scaling enterprise sales teams in Japan.
  • Have successfully implemented sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC.
  • Be comfortable engaging CIOs, CISOs, and other C-level executives on strategic business and cybersecurity initiatives.
  • Have a record of accelerating growth through partners and ecosystem relationships.
  • Bring structure, accountability, and execution rigor to forecasting, pipeline management, and territory planning.
  • Be comfortable navigating complex security, compliance, procurement, and regulatory conversations.
  • Have business-level English communication skills.

About the Company

Darktrace

Self-learning AI cybersecurity with autonomous responses

Darktrace provides cybersecurity protection by using self-learning AI to monitor networks, email, cloud, and operational technology. Its ActiveAI platform learns the normal pattern of life for each user, device, and network to detect anomalies and automatically respond to threats in real time without relying on predefined rules. It distinguishes itself with an immune-system–inspired, self-adapting approach that enables autonomous responses through technology like Antigena, rather than relying on manual rule updates. Its goal is ongoing cyber resilience by quickly neutralizing threats and reducing the need for human-led incident response across critical sectors.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Founded
2013

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