Regional Sales Director - Confluent Job New York New York USA,Sales

Location: New York

Introduction

At IBM Global Sales, we bring together innovation, collaboration, and expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. Working across industries and geographies, you'll partner with colleagues, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact. Success in Global Sales is built on curiosity, empathy, and collaboration. You'll connect technical understanding with strong people skills, building trusted relationships and shaping solutions that improve business and society.

With world-class onboarding, continuous learning, and a supportive culture, IBM offers the tools and opportunities to grow your career. Join us and be part of a global team that's passionate about driving innovation and making a difference.

Introduction

Your Role And Responsibilities What You'll Do

Set the vision, strategy, and priorities for Confluent's Heartland Enterprise region, translating company and GTM priorities into a clear plan for growth and execution.
Lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing team of Enterprise Account Executives, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, customer focus, and consistent execution.
Develop and execute a comprehensive regional business plan focused on driving new business, expanding strategic customer relationships, and accelerating adoption and consumption of Confluent’s data streaming platform.
Own the operating rhythm and performance of the region, including pipeline generation, forecasting accuracy, territory and account planning, deal execution, and achievement of revenue and consumption targets.
Drive a strong consumption mindset across the team, ensuring sellers are focused not only on closing business, but also on accelerating customer adoption, expanding use cases, and driving sustainable growth over time.
Partner closely with Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Marketing, Partners, and Professional Services to identify new workloads and use cases, remove barriers to adoption, and accelerate customer consumption and expansion.
Build deep relationships with senior executives and key decision-makers across strategic enterprise accounts, positioning Confluent as a critical technology partner for their broader data, cloud, and AI strategies.
Attract, hire, coach, and develop top sales talent, building a strong and diverse talent pipeline and creating meaningful development opportunities across the team.
Develop and leverage Confluent’s partner ecosystem, including cloud providers, technology partners, and system integrators, to expand our reach and accelerate customer outcomes.
Maintain strong operational command of the business, proactively identifying risks and opportunities and taking decisive action to drive performance.
Collaborate closely with peer sales leaders across AMER and the broader GTM organization, sharing best practices and contributing to Confluent’s overall enterprise strategy.
Lead effectively through change and ambiguity as Confluent continues to evolve and scale as an IBM company.

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

10+ years of successful enterprise technology sales experience, including significant experience leading high-performing enterprise sales teams.
Proven success selling complex SaaS, cloud, data infrastructure, database, analytics, AI, or enterprise platform solutions. Experience with data streaming, event-driven architecture, or adjacent technologies is highly valued.
A strong track record of leading teams to exceed revenue and consumption targets while driving predictable, sustainable growth.
Experience building and executing regional sales strategies that balance new business acquisition with customer…