VP of Enterprise Sales

VP Of Enterprise Sales

We are a team of doers, seasoned engineers, hackers and builders, working on the future of streaming data.

Funded by premier investors including GV and Lightspeed, Redpanda is building the streaming data platform for developers. We're evolving streaming beyond the Apache Kafka protocol into a unified "engine of record" that delivers a categorical reduction in complexity, wicked-fast performance, onboard Wasm transforms, and transparent tiered storage that gives consumers access to both real-time and historical data from a single API.

About The Role

Reporting into the CRO, we're seeking a Vice President of Enterprise Sales to lead and scale Redpanda's global enterprise sales organization. This is a critical leadership role that requires deep experience in building and managing high-performing sales teams in technical enterprise software, preferably in cloud-native or data infrastructure sectors.

As VP of Enterprise Sales, you will be responsible for defining strategy, developing go-to-market execution, driving predictable revenue growth, and ensuring exceptional customer outcomes.

You Will

• Lead and expand Redpanda's enterprise sales team across regions and verticals Own and exceed quarterly and annual revenue targets for enterprise accounts
• Develop and implement scalable sales processes, KPIs, and forecasting methodologies
• Work closely with Marketing, Product, Customer Success, and Engineering to align enterprise GTM strategy
• Cultivate relationships with C-level executives and technical decision-makers at Fortune 1000 companies
• Establish a metrics-driven sales culture with clear accountability and transparency
• Drive strategic deals from inception to close, especially in key target verticals like finance, media, and security
• Hire, mentor, and retain world-class sales talent to support aggressive growth targets

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U.S. base salary range for this role is $200,000, not including bonus and / or commission. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. As a remote-first company, we strive to consider each candidate's job-related skills, location, experience, relevant education or training to determine individual base salary. Your talent partner will share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Redpanda is used by Fortune 1000 enterprises pushing hundreds of terabytes a day, as well as by the solo dev prototyping a React application on her laptop. Think of it as a streaming data API platform that scales with you from the smallest projects to petabytes of data distributed across the globe. Join Redpanda if you'd enjoy being part of a fast-moving, 100% remote organization with team members around the globe and a culture based on trust, transparency, communication, and kindness.