Country Director, India

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. Available Locations - Remote, India About the Role Account Executives, Business Development Representatives, Solution Engineers, Customer Success, and Sales Operations - all working together help our customers adopt Cloudflare and create great Internet-enabled experiences. The sales team at Cloudflare helps customers solve real, technical problems while creating the revenue streams that help the company provide free service to millions in our community. We are seeking a Country Leader to lead our India market strategy, drive enterprise expansion and scale our local organization. This role requires a broad business generalist with experience spanning pre & post sales, HR, finance and operations. Responsibilities - Drive sales growth through successful leadership, organisational planning, customer service, and outstanding execution of all regional go-to-market programs (sales, customer success, solutions engineering, business development, support and field marketing). - Spearhead our regional growth strategy by securing top-tier enterprise accounts and expanding our current customer footprint and uncover new untapped markets - Lead the end-to-end integration of the partner ecosystem into our overall market strategy - Recruit, inspire, lead, mentor, motivate and instill operational rigor into the sales organization, to capitalize on the market opportunity for Cloudflare across India - Serve as the local point person for all functions in SAARC, including Product and Engineering as required. - Grow, build and drive the local hiring needs for SAARC by working with global functional leadership and recruiting resources, Ensure we have proper leadership development-succession planning in place across all teams. These functions include hiring and work authorization processes, Economic Development Board relations, and other duties as necessary to keep the local teams productive and inline with local regulations. - Design, build and execute strategies for SAARC in collaboration with regional and global functional leaders - Interject as the single point of contact for all SAARC's operational concerns, ensuring proper and timely escalation and resolution. - Ensure that corporate policy and regulatory initiatives are consistently applied and followed by team members in SAARC. - Outstanding leadership - inspiring interpersonal effectiveness to lead teams, develop talent and effect change. Willing and able to be a “doer” and “influencer” - Drive business cadence for forecast calls, functional review meetings, deal review, customer account reviews, weekly team meetings and periodic company-wide kick offs - Represent Cloudflare as appropriate at external conferences, media and PR events. Maintain relationships with the Economic Bureau of Development and other related Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience - High Growth at Scale: 2nd line leadership experience with a track record of developing processes and strategies that enable the organization to scale with the business and leading teams through rapid revenue growth. Previous Country Manager and / or Big 5 consulting experience is highly preferred - Go-to-Market Strategy Complexity: Well versed in ecosystem development from pre-sales to post sales coordination of complex, platform/multi-product sales motions across field, inside and channel sales selling into a multi-segment customer base. - Operational Rigor: Experience implementing com