Sales Excellence & Methodology Manager

Posted:
12/15/2025, 6:33:12 AM

Location(s):
Portland, Oregon, United States ⋅ San Diego, California, United States ⋅ Colorado, United States ⋅ Los Angeles, California, United States ⋅ California, United States ⋅ Santa Barbara, California, United States ⋅ San Francisco, California, United States ⋅ Washington, United States ⋅ Oregon, United States ⋅ Seattle, Washington, United States ⋅ Denver, Colorado, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Sales & Account Management

Workplace Type:
Remote

Who are we?
UpGuard’s mission is to make life easier for security teams. We meticulously create robust solutions that enable our customers to identify, assess, and remediate cybersecurity risk across their attack surface, vendor ecosystem, workforce, and trust relationships. Our integrated cyber risk posture management platform combines comprehensive security ratings, instant risk assessments, templated security questionnaires, threat intelligence capabilities, and agentic AI to give organizations a holistic view of their risk surface.

At UpGuard, our Sales team has not only been pivotal in growing our business but, more importantly, showing the value of our product daily. We have a highly collaborative sales culture and take on a consultative approach, focusing solely on what’s best for the customer. In 2024, our Sales team exceeded revenue targets, and we’re only just getting started! We’re on the lookout for high-energy individuals who are hungry to get better every day, have a desire to win, and are seeking to sell a product that is helping solve a massive problem for businesses across the globe.

Why are we hiring for this role?

The Sales Excellence & Methodology Manager owns commercial skill development for AEs, SDRs, and the expansion-selling responsibilities of AMs. This role defines how UpGuard sells, encompassing outbound, discovery, qualification, competitive execution, hygiene and trial-to-close conversion. The role partners closely with Sales Leadership, SDR Leadership, SEs, PMM, Product, and Revenue Operations (RevOps).
UpGuard is a Certified Great Place to Work® in the US, Australia, UK and India, establishing its position as a leading global technology employer. 99% of team members agree that UpGuard is a great place to work, apply now to find out why!

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

For applications to positions in the United States, please note, at this time we can only support hiring in the following US states: CA, MD, MA, IL, OR, WA, CO, TX, FL, PA, LA, MO, or DC

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check and reference checks. Also please note that at this time, we cannot support candidates requiring visa sponsorship or relocation.

UpGuard

Website: https://www.upguard.com/

Headquarter Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Employee Count: 51-100

Year Founded: 2012

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Series B

Industries: Cyber Security ⋅ Enterprise Software ⋅ Insurance ⋅ Intelligent Systems ⋅ SaaS ⋅ Software ⋅ Test and Measurement