Head of Sales
Hybrid (New York, NY / Remote (US))Full-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Head of Sales role responsible for leading US expansion, owning the full sales cycle, and building a high-performing sales team to drive market penetration for Escape's AI-powered cybersecurity product.
Responsibilities
- Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and develop a team of 3 Account Executives and 1 BDR
- Market Development: Drive expansion into new enterprise market segments and geographical territories and manage the full sales cycle.
- Revenue Growth: Own and exceed quarterly and annual sales targets for the US market
- Enterprise Sales: Build relationships with C-suite executives and security leaders at Fortune 1000 companies
- International Coordination: Collaborate with our global team in Paris and Amsterdam
- Strategic Planning: Develop sales playbook
- Customer Success: Ensure smooth handoffs to customer success teams and maintain key client relationships
Qualifications
- 4-8 years total in sales (3-7 years closing deals yourself + 1-3 years managing people)
- Experience at high-growth startups or scale-ups
- Proven track record opening and developing new markets from ground up
- International business experience comfortable working across time zones and cultures
- Strong communication skills
- Team leadership experience managing sales professionals (AEs, BDRs)
- Enterprise sales expertise - experience selling $50K+ deals to large organizations with success
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity landscape and application security challenges
- Understanding of multi-stakeholder enterprise sales: security reviews, procurement, legal
Skills
Required:Sales leadershipEnterprise salesMarket developmentCybersecurity knowledge
Benefits
- Competitive base salary + commission structure
- Equity package in a fast-growing cybersecurity company
- International exposure working with teams across different countries
- Cutting-edge technology - AI-powered security solutions
- Growth opportunity - help build and scale the US market from early stage
- Flexible work arrangements with distributed team model
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Escape
The only DAST that works with modern stack and tests business logic
Escape fits right into your modern stack and helps teams secure modern applications— Document all your APIs & front-end applications in minutes and discover vulnerabilities even at a business logic level with our proprietary AI-powered algorithm.
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