Director of Sales, Scale for Media, Entertainment, Gaming and Sports at Braze | San Francisco, California, US | Rezi

Director of Sales, Scale for Media, Entertainment, Gaming and Sports at Braze

Director of Sales, Scale for Media, Entertainment, Gaming and Sports

Braze · San Francisco, California, US

4 days ago

Director of Sales, Scale for Media, Entertainment, Gaming and Sports

Braze · San Francisco, California, US

5 days ago
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About the Role

This is a SaaS midmarket/scale sales leadership role, managing a team of midmarket/scale Account Executives for Braze's market-leading Customer Journey Orchestration platform. We're looking for someone passionate about helping brands communicate more effectively with their customers, building a winning team, and expanding our highly successful customer base.

Responsibilities

  • Hire, nurture, and lead a team of world-class sales talent
  • Set and execute an aggressive customer acquisition and expansion strategy for the region
  • Lead the verticalization strategy for retail and consumer goods, developing and continuously refining sales playbooks, messaging frameworks, and industry-specific value propositions that enable your team to sell with precision and speed
  • Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, and Customer Success to build out a robust retail vertical go-to-market motion, including industry event presence, thought leadership, and targeted outbound strategies
  • Align go-to-market teams (BDR, marketing, value engineering, SolCon, executive) to execute the FY plan and represent a clear, single vision to customers and the marketplace
  • Coach your team through the overall sales process, participate where appropriate in a hands-on manner in deals, and provide detailed and accurate sales forecasting
  • Be the "voice of Braze" in prospect, customer, and industry forums, including retail-specific conferences and trade events
  • Plan and manage at both the strategic and operational levels
  • Be a proactive voice within our global sales leadership team

Requirements

  • Minimum of 7 years of proven experience in sales
  • At least 5 years of successful experience leading a team of at least five quota-carrying mid-market Account Executives
  • A proven ability to recruit, retain, inspire, and develop top talent
  • Proven experience in leading teams through the full lifecycle of a SaaS customer: prospecting, acquisition, retention, and long-term relationship growth
  • Demonstrated success developing vertical go-to-market strategies and sales playbooks, ideally within retail and/or consumer brand segments
  • Ability to coordinate and work cross-functionally with internal constituencies, including Business Development, Marketing, Customer Success, Legal, and Sales Operations
  • Outstanding verbal, written, and in-person presentation skills
  • Excellent commercial and legal negotiation skills
  • Strong technical and business acumen; the ability to engage with multiple customer personas across a wide variety of industries and within both technical and marketing functional roles
  • Up-to-date on digital and application trends, especially in the mobile space
  • Prior experience selling Mobile or Marketing Technology is a strong plus
  • Prior experience selling into retail and/ or consumer brand prospects is a strong plus
  • Prior experience in a startup technology company is a plus

Skills

  • Sales leadership
  • Team management
  • SaaS sales
  • Customer Journey Orchestration
  • Business development
  • Net-new business development
  • Customer relationship management
  • Business acumen
  • Go-to-market strategy development
  • Sales playbook creation
  • Verticalization
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Presentation skills
  • Negotiation skills
  • Technical acumen
  • Digital trends
  • Mobile trends
  • Marketing technology
  • Retail sales
  • Consumer brand sales

Location

  • New York
  • Austin
  • Berlin
  • Bucharest
  • Chicago
  • Dubai
  • Jakarta
  • London
  • Paris
  • San Francisco
  • São Paulo
  • Singapore
  • Seoul
  • Sydney
  • Tokyo

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • 7 years of sales experience
  • 5 years of team leadership experience

Salary/Compensations

  • Base salary: $117,000 - $184,000/year
  • On Target Earnings (OTE): $234,000 - $367,000/year

Benefits

  • Equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs)
  • Competitive compensation
  • Retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability
  • Family services including fertility benefits
  • Equal paid parental leave
  • Professional development supported by formal career pathing, learning platforms, and a yearly learning stipend
  • Curated in-office employee experience
  • Opportunities to give back to your community
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Great Place to Work® certification

About the Company

  • Braze is the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™. Braze helps brands deliver great customer experiences that drive value both for consumers and for their businesses.
  • Built on a foundation of composable intelligence, BrazeAI™ allows marketers to combine and activate AI agents, models, and features at every touchpoint throughout the Braze Customer Engagement Platform for smarter, faster, and more meaningful customer engagement.
  • From cross-channel messaging and journey orchestration to Al-powered decisioning and optimization, Braze enables companies to turn action into interaction through autonomous, 1:1 personalized experiences.
  • The company has been consistently recognized as a Leader in marketing technology by industry analysts, and was named a G2 “Best of Marketing and Digital Advertising Software Product” in 2026.
  • Braze was also named a 2026 Best Places to Work by Built In, a 2025 America’s Greenest Companies by Newsweek, and a 2025 Fortune Best Workplace in Technology™ by Great Place To Work®.
  • Braze is also proudly certified as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S., the UK, Australia, and Singapore.
  • The company is headquartered in New York with offices in Austin, Berlin, Bucharest, Chicago, Dubai, Jakarta, London, Paris, San Francisco, São Paulo, Singapore, Seoul, Sydney and Tokyo.

Equal Opportunity

  • At Braze, we strive to create equitable growth and opportunities inside and outside the organization.
  • Building meaningful connections is at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our recruiting practices. We're committed to offering all candidates a fair, accessible, and inclusive experience – regardless of age, color, disability, gender identity, marital status, maternity, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.
  • When applying and interviewing with Braze, we want you to feel comfortable showcasing what makes you you.
  • We know that sometimes different circumstances can lead talented people to hesitate to apply for a role unless they meet 100% of the criteria. If this sounds familiar, we encourage you to apply, as we’d love to meet you.