Vice President of Sales - KSA
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About the Role
Cognition AI is seeking a Vice President of Sales to launch and scale operations in KSA. You will lead go-to-market, build partnerships, hire teams, and drive revenue. Requires 10+ years of leadership experience in KSA, enterprise sales expertise, and fluency in Arabic and English.
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Responsibilities
- Launch and scale Cognition’s KSA operations as first senior hire in market
- Own country level P&L, hiring, sales execution, and operational performance
- Build and lead a high performing local team across sales, customer success, engineering, support, and operations
- Lead strategic partnerships with KSA and GCC enterprises and government agencies
- Drive sales cycles end to end and close deals directly and via partners with key enterprise customers
- Partner with global leadership team to align product market fit for the GCC
- Represent Cognition externally in KSA's business and technology ecosystem
- Build scalable internal processes for customer onboarding, implementation, and success
- Provide feedback to Product and Engineering on localisation and feature needs
Requirements
- 10+ years of leadership experience in KSA, ideally at fast growing software or AI companies
- Proven experience launching and scaling operations in new markets selling disruptive software
- Deep relationships and understanding of KSA's enterprise and government sectors
- Strong enterprise sales, partnerships and GTM experience with a track record of closing complex deals
- Fluency in Arabic and English
- Experience building cross functional teams from the ground up
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About the Role
- Vice President of Sales KSA: Launch and scale operations in KSA, build full business from scratch, lead GTM, establish partnerships, hire teams, drive revenue.
What you’ll do
- Launch and scale Cognition’s KSA operations as first senior hire in market
- Own country level P&L, hiring, sales execution, and operational performance
- Build and lead a high performing local team across sales, customer success, engineering, support, and operations
- Lead strategic partnerships with KSA and GCC enterprises and government agencies
- Drive sales cycles end to end and close deals directly and via partners with key enterprise customers
- Partner with global leadership team to align product market fit for the GCC
- Represent Cognition externally in KSA's business and technology ecosystem
- Build scalable internal processes for customer onboarding, implementation, and success
- Provide feedback to Product and Engineering on localisation and feature needs
What you’ll bring
- 10+ years of leadership experience in KSA, ideally at fast growing software or AI companies
- Proven experience launching and scaling operations in new markets selling disruptive software
- Deep relationships and understanding of KSA's enterprise and government sectors
- Strong enterprise sales, partnerships and GTM experience with a track record of closing complex deals
- A blend of strategic thinking and hands on execution
- Fluency in Arabic and English
- Experience building cross functional teams from the ground up with world class talent
- Passion for technology, innovation, and shaping the future of work
Nice to have
- Experience in AI, developer tools, or enterprise SaaS
- Background in engineering or product led companies
- Exposure to high growth US or global companies expanding into MENA
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