Director, Regional Sales
State College, Pennsylvania, United StatesFull-TimeDirectorCustomer Acquisition
Minitab is seeking a strategic, field-oriented sales leader to drive enterprise growth across the manufacturing and industrial sectors. As Director, Regional Sales – Enterprise, you will lead a regional team focused on organizations with $1B+ in global revenue, helping them leverage advanced analytics, statistical software, and data-driven methodologies to improve quality, efficiency, and operational performance.
- This is not a back-office leadership role. We are looking for a highly engaged, hands-on enterprise sales executive who leads from the front—actively shaping complex deals, building C-level relationships, and positioning analytics as a competitive advantage across manufacturing enterprises.
- You will play a critical role in accelerating Minitab’s growth strategy across industrial, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and operational excellence environments.
Enterprise Revenue & Market Expansion
- Achieve and exceed regional revenue targets with emphasis on new enterprise logos, expansion, and cross-sell of software and services.
- Build a sustainable pipeline within manufacturing, industrial, and operational excellence functions.
- Develop regional strategy aligned to Minitab’s OKR framework, focused on long-term market penetration.
- Position analytics, statistical modeling, and quality improvement solutions as strategic business drivers—not just technical tools.
Industry-Focused Value Selling
- Engage directly in complex, high-value enterprise sales cycles within manufacturing organizations.
- Build executive relationships across Operations, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain leadership.
- Connect analytics solutions to measurable business outcomes such as:
- Reduced defects and waste
- Increased throughput and yield
- Improved process capability
- Faster product development cycles
- Enhanced supply chain performance
- Lead the region in disciplined value-based and consultative selling aligned to Minitab’s Customer Engagement Lifecycle.
- Reduced defects and waste
- Increased throughput and yield
- Improved process capability
- Faster product development cycles
- Enhanced supply chain performance
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Align Sales, Pre-Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Alliances, Consulting, and Engineering to deliver measurable customer value.
- Ensure seamless pre- and post-sale engagement to drive adoption, expansion, and customer satisfaction.
- Partner with marketing and alliances to penetrate key manufacturing verticals and industry ecosystems.
Talent Leadership & Performance Excellence
- Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing enterprise sales professionals across distributed geographies.
- Coach Senior Account Executives on territory strategy, account planning, negotiation strategy, and forecasting.
- Instill disciplined CRM management (Dynamics) and data-driven pipeline accountability.
- Foster a high-performance culture grounded in urgency, accountability, and measurable results.
Experience
- 10+ years of solution selling experience in enterprise software, analytics, or technology.
- 5+ years leading enterprise-level sales teams.
- Proven success selling into manufacturing, industrial, or operational excellence environments.
- Experience selling cloud and on-premise solutions with recurring revenue models.
- Track record of consistently exceeding enterprise quotas.
- Experience managing distributed regional sales teams.
- Strong background expanding direct enterprise accounts and executive relationships.
- Willingness to travel 50–75%.
Industry & Functional Expertise
- Understanding of manufacturing processes, quality management systems, Lean/Six Sigma, or operational excellence methodologies preferred.
- Ability to articulate how analytics and statistical tools drive measurable operational and financial impact.
- Strong executive presence with experience selling to VP/SVP/C-level stakeholders.
Core Competencies
- Strategic account and opportunity planning
- Value-based / consultative selling methodologies
- Executive relationship development
- Negotiation and complex deal structuring
- Cross-functional leadership and alignment
- Strong forecasting and pipeline discipline
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
Leadership Attributes
- Results-driven and highly competitive
- Politically and commercially savvy
- Collaborative and cross-functionally aligned
- Passionate about analytics and operational impact
- High sense of urgency and accountability
- Strategic thinker with tactical execution discipline
- Leads from the front
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field required.Formal training in value-based or consultative selling methodologies preferred.
Why Minitab?
- Manufacturers and industrial enterprises are under pressure to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve quality—while navigating digital transformation. Minitab’s analytics and quality solutions are trusted by global leaders to deliver measurable performance improvement.
- As Director, Regional Sales, you will shape how enterprise manufacturers leverage analytics to drive competitive advantage—while building and leading a high-performance sales organization.
- If you are an enterprise sales leader who understands manufacturing environments and thrives in complex, high-value sales cycles, we invite you to apply.
To be considered for this role, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States and not require sponsorship for employment now or in the future.
- The on-target earnings (OTE) potential for this position is 300K with a 50/50 commission plan based on meeting performance targets with uncapped earning potential.
- Our Benefits:
PREMIUM BENEFITS: At our State College, PA Headquarters, there is an onsite gym, indoor swimming pool, yoga studio, movie theater, outdoor sand volleyball court, game room, arcade room and even a golf simulator. Personal training and nutrition counseling is available upon request.
- Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
- Job application remains open until filled.
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