Regional Sales Director, Middle East
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Job Summary
SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the worlds greatest challenges. The companys 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 weve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity collaboration and impact. By investing deeply in our people were building a thriving global workforce poised to tackle the worlds 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.
About the Role
This is a senior GM-style individual contributor role where you will lead our expansion into the rapidly growing Middle East market. The key appeal is the high degree of ownership; you will build and execute the regions go-to-market strategy from the ground up run your own end-to-end sales cycles and act as the face of SandboxAQ. This is a unique opportunity for a technical sales leader who excels at closing complex high-value cybersecurity deals and seeks to make a significant measurable impact.
What Youll Do
- Own the Middle East market: build drive and execute a regional GTM strategy identify lighthouse accounts and close enterprise deals.
- Full-cycle selling: Prospect qualify present demo negotiate and close large multi-stakeholder enterprise opportunities.
- Technical evangelism: Deliver hands-on product demos workshops and POVs/POCs without needing dedicated SE support.
- Strategic relationships: Leverage your network to open doors at major banks telcos governments energy and other critical infrastructure customers.
- Channel & ecosystem building: Cultivate relationships with regional system integrators VARs and technology partners to drive pipeline.
- Market intelligence: Be SandboxAQs eyes and ears in the Middle Eastreport on trends regulations (e.g. crypto agility PQC mandates) and competitive moves.
- Brand presence: Represent SandboxAQ at regional events executive briefings and with press/analyst interactions when needed.
Basic Qualifications
- 10 years of experience in enterprise cybersecurity identity cryptography or infrastructure software.
- At least 3-5 years in a direct quota-carrying sales role.
- A proven track record of closing complex 6-7 figure deals in the Middle East with C-suite and technical stakeholders.
- An existing deep network across major enterprises and government sectors in the Middle East.
- An entrepreneurial self-starter mindset with the demonstrated ability to operate with minimal support build a pipeline and deliver revenue growth.
- A Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field.
Preferred Qualifications
- A strong technical background (e.g. former Sales Engineer).
- Professional fluency in Arabic.
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Sales Experience
- Nursing Home Experience
- Management Experience
- Profit & Loss
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Strategic Planning
- Team Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Memory Care
- Public Speaking
- Supervising Experience
About Company
SandboxAQ leverages the compound effects of AI and advanced computing to address some of the biggest challenges impacting society. SandboxAQ technologies include AI simulation, cryptography management for cybersecurity, and AI sensing for global organizations.
