Remote Sales Director at Grafana Labs - USA — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
This role is 100% remote and Grafana Labs is explicit about being a globally distributed company with team members across 40+ countries — a strong signal for location-independent workers. However, as a Regional Sales Director for what appears to be a US-focused territory, there are important constraints to consider before booking a flight.
- Timezone overlap: Managing a team of US-based Commercial Account Executives and meeting with enterprise prospects (including C-suite) almost certainly requires significant North American business hours availability (ET/PT). Deep nomad destinations in Southeast Asia (Bangkok: UTC+7) would create challenging overlap windows — early mornings or late evenings every day.
- Travel requirements: The role mentions meeting with prospects in person and attending QBRs/HBRs, implying periodic travel within the US region. A stable base with easy US flight access (e.g., Mexico City, Lisbon, or Toronto) would be more practical than constant continent-hopping.
- Salary vs. cost of living: At $310K–$360K OTE, purchasing power is exceptional in nomad hubs: in Lisbon (~$3,500/mo cost), Medellín (~$2,000/mo), or Chiang Mai (~$1,500/mo), this salary goes extraordinarily far. However, the role is US-scoped, suggesting US-based candidates are preferred.
- Visa consideration: If based outside the US, you'd need to verify employment eligibility. Grafana's global hiring suggests contractor or EOR arrangements may be possible, but the US OTE range implies a US hire.
Best suited for nomads with a US home base or those on a digital nomad visa in Europe or LATAM who can align to US East Coast hours.
Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana Cloud, the fully managed observability platform trusted by more than 10,000 organizations to ensure reliability, resolve incidents faster, and optimize telemetry at scale. Built on open source and open standards and designed for interoperability across any stack, Grafana Cloud brings AI to observability and observability to AI, giving teams unified visibility so they can see, understand, and act on all their disparate data, wherever it lives.
Customers including Anthropic, Bloomberg, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Salesforce rely on Grafana Labs. We are a 100% remote company with team members across 40+ countries, backed by leading investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, GIC, Coatue, J.P. Morgan, CapitalG, and Lead Edge Capital. Learn more at grafana.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
We're scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do.
You may not meet every requirement, and that's okay. If this role excites you, we'd love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity.
The Opportunity:
We're looking for a Regional Sales Director, Growth who will be responsible for leading a team of Commercial Account Executives. As the RSD, you will drive revenue growth, retain and attract new talent, and grow your customer base within your assigned territory. You will be recognized as a sales leader throughout the company — setting the tone and pace for your specified region.
We are looking for an entrepreneurial sales leader — someone who thrives in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment. You'll spend your time developing and executing sales strategies, mentoring your team, and strategically partnering with groups across the organization.
You will guide your team through a consultative sales approach where you will learn about your prospect's needs and then dive into the potential fit. Ideally, you come from a technical background and have sold visualization, application performance management, or cloud-based tooling before. Experience with open-source software is a strong plus. This is a critical hire and you'll work closely with the rest of the GTM leadership team.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Develop and mentor your sales team
- Develop a pipeline to help over-achieve revenue targets
- Direct sales activities by establishing sales territories, quotas, and goals
- Build and maintain an annual sales plan in support of organizational strategy and objectives
- Meet with prospects and strategize with sales representatives to help close deals
- Help the team prepare for QBRs and HBRs
- Develop long-term, strategic relationships with key contacts within their account base
- Strategically partner with Marketing, Solution Engineers, R&D, Customer Support, and other functional teams
What Makes You a Great Fit:
- Minimum 3 years of leading successful sales teams
- Minimum 8 years of successful direct sales experience
- Experience navigating complex sales cycles that can last 2–6 months
- Excellent communication (written, oral) and presentation skills (in-person, virtual)
- Comfort working closely with and building relationships with C-Level executives
- Consistent track record in shaping strategic seven-figure deals
- MEDDPICC expertise
- Experience working with ROI and cost modeling to educate and assist potential buyers
- Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time management skills
- Unwavering dedication to integrity and professionalism
Bonus Points For:
- Background in technical applications; familiarity with OSS is a big plus
Compensation & Rewards:
In the USA, the OTE (On-Target Earnings) / Base compensation range for this role is $310,000–$360,000. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process. All roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success.
*Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market's defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.
Why You'll Thrive at Grafana Labs:
- 100% Remote, Global Culture – Talent brought together from around the world, united by collaboration and shared purpose.
- Scaling Organization – Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment.
- Transparent Communication – Open decision-making and regular company-wide updates.
- Innovation-Driven – Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things.
- Open Source Roots – Community-driven values that shape how we work.
- Empowered Teams – High trust, low ego culture that values outcomes over optics.
- Career Growth Pathways – Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career.
- Approachable Leadership – Transparent execs who are involved, visible, and human.
- Passionate People – Smart, supportive teammates who care deeply about what they do.
- In-Person Onboarding – We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new 'Grafanistas' to learn all about what we do and how we do it.
- Balance is Key – We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to truly disconnect. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Grafana Labs is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of race, colour, nationality, origin, caste, sex, gender reassignment identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, disability, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, maternity, marital, family or carer status, or any other characteristic which is protected by local law.
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