Senior Director, Corporate Sales

About AlphaSense: The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content. The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us! Location: NYC area hybrid, or remotely in ET/CT/MT time zone Reports to: VP, Corporate Sales About the Team: The extraordinary AlphaSense Sales team is split into two parts: Financial Services and Corporates. The Financial Services Sales Team focuses on sales to hedge funds, asset management, investment banking, and private equity. Corporate Sales is verticalized with a focus on accounts ranging from mid market to the Fortune 1000 across Life Sciences, Technology, Media and Telecom, Energy and Industrials, Consulting, and Consumer Packaged Goods. Both the Financial Services and Corporate sales teams have Enterprise and Mid-Market sales professionals. Within Corporate Sales, our High Growth organization is responsible for both net new and expansion business, driving new logo acquisition while deepening AlphaSense's footprint within existing customers. About the Role: As we continue to scale our High Growth business, we're looking for an exceptional Senior Director, Corporate Sales to lead and develop a team of Sales Directors and their Account Executives. Reporting to the VP, Corporate Sales, you will own the go-to-market strategy, performance, and leadership pipeline for a significant portion of the High Growth organization, driving our culture, performance, and revenue growth across both net new and expansion business. This is a unique career opportunity to join a hyper-growth organization, work alongside exceptional leaders to learn from, and shape strategy, culture, and execution. Who You Are: • An Accomplished Sales Leader: 12+ years of experience in sales leadership within SaaS or high-growth tech, including leading leaders and building high-performing, multi-layered teams, with consistent target overachievement across industries and buyer personas. • A Strategic Thinker: A big-picture thinker with a clear growth strategy for both new business and expansion, able to inspire and unify teams around a shared purpose and execute with a commitment to excellence. • A Leader of Leaders: Proven ability to hire, develop, and retain front-line sales managers, set clear expectations, and build a bench of future leaders. • Data-Driven: Proficient with pipeline management, forecasting, and performance metrics, leveraging CRM and analytics tools for decision-making and enhancing team performance. • A Strong Cross-Functional Collaborator: Skilled in collaborating across departments, engaging key stakeholders, and working with senior leaders to foster co-ownership and shared success on multi-departmental initiatives. • An Outstanding Communicator: Strong written and verbal skills with executive presence, able to articulate vision and inspire both internal teams and clients, from Analysts to C-level executives, through open and constructive dialogue. • Client-Centric: Deep understanding of the corporate market and its buying dynamics, committed to delivering client value and cultivating long-term, mutually beneficial relationships. • A Complex Sales Expert: Experienced in managing complex SaaS sales cycles, with a focus on continuous sales process optimization, across both new business and expansion motions. • An Inspirational Coach: Skilled in coaching and developing high-performing sales professionals, dedicated to feedback and team growth, and known as a champion of AlphaSense's culture and values. • Knowledgeable: Familiar with the personas we sell into, including Corporate Strategy, Market Intelligence, Business Development, M&A, Investor Relations, and other research-related functions. What You’ll Do: • Team Leadership & Development: Lead and develop Sales Directors and their teams of Account Executives, who manage end-to-end sales processes across their books of business. Build, inspire, and lead a high-performance organization focused on collaboration, inclusivity, and growth, fostering a supportive, high-accountability environment where feedback is valued to drive development. • Segment Strategy & Execution: Partner with the VP, Corporate Sales to shape and execute a strategy for both new logo acquisition and expansion across your organization, aligned with AlphaSense's global objectives. Identify whitespace and new logo opportunities, and drive account planning discipline across your teams. • Data-Driven Management: Use CRM and analytics tools to track sales metrics, forecast accurately, and make informed decisions that drive continuous improvement. Promote alignment around key KPIs to sustain transparency and accountability, and provide regular reporting to senior leadership on pipeline progress and notable milestones. • Executive Engagement: Engage directly with senior stakeholders at high-value prospects and clients, from Analysts to C-level executives, to understand their needs, deliver solutions, and build long-term, enterprise-wide partnerships. Support your teams on the most complex, high-value deals. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, marketing, sales operations, and customer success teams to drive alignment, create a seamless client journey, and model AlphaSense's values of open communication and collaboration. • Talent & Culture: Partner with Talent Acquisition to attract, hire, and onboard top-tier sales leaders and Account Executives, and champion a culture of continuous improvement. Bonus Points: • Experience in a fast-scaling SaaS environment and selling to research professionals within the Corporate market. • Experience scaling a sales organization through a period of rapid growth or M&A integration. For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below. We offer a competitive benefits program, a generous commission plan with uncapped earning potential as well as equity. Base Compensation Range $212,000—$270,000 USD AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. 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