Vectra

cybersecurity

Director,SecurityEngineering

$210–247k Austin, Texas, United States
The Brief

“Director, Security Engineering at Vectra. Skills: Security Engineering, Sales Engineering, Team Leadership, Cybersecurity. Lead and scale a high-performing team. Drive revenue growth”

What You'll Achieve.

driving revenue growth; building technical credibility with customers; developing a world-class sales engineering organization; Improve technical win rates; Help accelerate deal cycles; Track and improve key metrics including: Technical win rates, POC success rates, SE utilization, Ramp time for new hires

Industry & Context.

cybersecurity

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years in cybersecurity or enterprise technology, 5+ years leading or managing Sales Engineering / Solutions Engineering teams, Network Detection & Response (NDR), Extended Detection & Response (XDR), Identity threat detection, Cloud security, SIEM, SOC operations, Experience supporting enterprise cybersecurity sales cycles, Proven ability to hire, mentor, and scale high-performing SE teams, executive presence with ability to engage CISOs and senior security leaders

Nice to Have

Experience working in high-growth cybersecurity startups or scale-ups, Background in security operations, incident response, or threat detection, Familiarity with modern security architectures including SASE, Zero Trust, and XDR ecosystems, Experience with MEDDPICC or similar enterprise sales methodologies

What You'll Do.

Lead and scale a high-performing team

Build technical credibility with customers

Develop a world-class sales engineering organization

and lead Security Engineers

Establish a culture of technical excellence

Provide coaching through deal reviews

Build and scale onboarding programs

Partner with Regional Sales Leaders

Ensure consistent execution of discovery

Provide executive-level technical engagement

Support complex strategic deals

Own the technical win strategy

Improve technical win rates

Accelerate deal cycles

Build scalable systems and processes

Act as the voice of the field

Collaborate with Marketing

Partner with Customer Success

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

cross-functional alignment across sales, product, marketing, and customer success; Partner with Regional Sales Leaders; Provide executive-level technical engagement with CISOs, security architects, and IT leaders; Act as the voice of the field to Product Management and Engineering; Collaborate with Marketing on technical messaging, competitive positioning, and thought leadership; Partner with Customer Success and Support to ensure smooth transitions

Communication Scope

executive presence with ability to engage CISOs and senior security leaders

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