Enterprise Sales Director, Cybersecurity

SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors.

We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders.

At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact.

We're building our North American sales function (with multiple positions available) for a category-defining cybersecurity platform (AQtive Guard), backed by the stability of a deeply-funded company. As part of our founding sales team in North America, you will operate as a 'player-coach' to define the go-to-market strategy, land key enterprise accounts, and scale a high-performing team from the ground up. If you're excited by the prospect of Series A-style impact with the resources of a late-stage venture, this role offers an unparalleled platform for growth and ownership.

• Own and drive new enterprise sales opportunities for AQtive Guard across North America.

• Build and manage a strong pipeline using strategic account planning, MEDDPICC/Challenger methodologies, and value-based selling.

• Develop and execute go-to-market strategies in partnership with marketing, sales engineering, customer success, and product teams.

• Engage directly with CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, and other executive stakeholders to shape business cases, manage complex buying cycles, and drive large enterprise deals to close.

• Represent SandboxAQ at industry events, executive dinners, and strategic customer briefings.

• Provide critical field feedback to product, engineering, and leadership teams to refine roadmap and positioning.

• As revenue grows, recruit, coach, and lead a high-performing North American sales team, including enterprise account executives and sales development resources.

• Collaborate with global leadership to ensure consistency, forecasting accuracy, and alignment to revenue targets.

• 10+ years of SaaS (ideally cybersecurity or AI) sales experience with a proven track record of exceeding quota.

• Ability to convey deeply technical products and concepts to C-level buyers and stakeholders.

• Significant enterprise sales experience selling to Fortune 500 and regulated industries (financial services, government, healthcare, energy, etc.).

• Experience as a player-coach – successfully driving personal quota while building, mentoring, and scaling teams.

• Strong network of executive-level security and IT decision-makers.

• Exceptional ability to manage long, complex sales cycles (12–18 months) while driving urgency and clear business outcomes.

• Excellent communication, executive presence, and negotiation skills.

• Background in cryptographic solutions, key management, PKI, HSMs, or adjacent areas of cybersecurity.

• Prior experience selling innovative or category-creating security technologies and early stage start-ups.

• Familiarity with post-quantum cryptography and its implications for enterprise security.

• Note: we are building a versatile sales force and currently have two openings. We are specifically looking for Cybersecurity Sales Experts to bring deep domain knowledge to the team, but are also open to high-caliber sales leads from the broader SaaS ecosystem. Even if you don't meet 100% of the technical 'Cyber' requirements, if you have a proven ability to navigate the C-Suite and close complex software deals we encourage you to apply.

We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and respect, where diverse perspectives are actively sought and valued. Our multidisciplinary environment provides ample opportunity for continuous growth - working alongside humble, empowered, and ambitious colleagues ready to tackle epic challenges.

Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.

Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.

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