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Director of Sales - Data Centers focused

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Leads revenue growth for data center services across colocation, cloud infrastructure, connectivity, and managed offerings. Develops go-to-market strategy, manages enterprise and hyperscale sales teams, secures strategic accounts, oversees CRM and sales operations, supports pricing and capacity planning, and provides executive forecasts. Requires deep data center economics knowledge, complex deal negotiation skills, and an established industry network.
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Overview

The Director of Sales – Data Center Services is responsible for driving revenue growth across colocation, cloud infrastructure, connectivity, and managed data center offerings. This leader develops and executes strategic sales initiatives, builds strong client relationships within enterprise and hyperscale markets, and ensures the sales organization consistently meets or exceeds revenue targets.

Key Responsibilities1. Strategic Leadership
  • Develop and execute a comprehensive go-to-market and sales strategy for data center and colocation services.
  • Lead market penetration efforts targeting enterprise, hyperscale, and service provider customers.
  • Collaborate with executive leadership to align sales objectives with the company’s growth strategy and capacity planning initiatives.
  • Identify emerging market trends (e.g., edge computing, AI workloads) to shape product offerings and sales positioning.
2. Team Management
  • Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of sales managers, account executives, and business development professionals.
  • Set quantitative and qualitative sales objectives with clear KPIs (e.g., occupancy rates, MRR, cross-connect growth).
  • Implement consistent sales processes and performance management systems.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation within the sales organization.
3. Business Development & Client Relations
  • Identify and secure new enterprise and hyperscale clients through strategic outreach and relationship building.
  • Cultivate key accounts to drive renewals, expansions, and multi-site deployments.
  • Develop strong partnerships with ecosystem players such as network carriers, cloud providers, and system integrators.
  • Represent the company at industry conferences (e.g., Data Center World, DCAC, PTC) and client engagements.
4. Sales Operations
  • Oversee CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce) to track pipeline activity, leads, and customer conversions.
  • Collaborate with operations, engineering, and finance teams to develop competitive proposals and capacity planning forecasts.
  • Ensure accurate pricing strategies that align with market dynamics, cost structures, and target margins.
  • Drive process improvements across the sales cycle, from lead generation through contract execution.
5. Reporting & Analytics
  • Provide executive-level sales forecasts, performance metrics, and strategic insights.
  • Analyze sales performance against goals and recommend tactical adjustments based on data and market intelligence.
  • Evaluate regional demand trends to guide investment decisions in new or expanding data centers.
Qualifications
  • Experience: 8–10+ years in data center, telecommunications, or cloud infrastructure sales leadership.
  • Proven track record of selling large-scale data center or colocation solutions to enterprise and hyperscale customers.
  • Deep understanding of power, cooling, interconnection, and data center design fundamentals.
  • Strong network within the industry (e.g., real estate developers, carriers, system integrators, MSPs).
  • Skilled in contract negotiation, financial modeling, and complex deal structuring.
  • Proficiency in CRM and sales analytics tools.
Key Competencies
  • Strategic and technical sales acumen
  • Deep understanding of data center economics and capacity management
  • Excellent negotiation and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to lead and inspire a distributed sales team
  • Strong analytical, forecasting, and executive presentation skills

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