About the role
About Us Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code. Our customers — from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel — love Socket (just check out their tweets to see for yourself!) Founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh , a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised $ 125M in funding from top angels, operators, and security leaders.
About
the Role We’re looking for a hands-on Manager of Commercial Sales to lead a growing team of Account Executives. This is a role where you’ll be close to the business every day. You’ll be in deals, in pipeline reviews, and in 1:1s with reps making sure everyone is set up to perform. The goal is simple: a team that consistently hits number with clean pipeline and clear execution. We’re a high-performing group today, and your job is to help take that to the next level by improving consistency, tightening execution, and making sure we always have a clear read on the business. You’ll coach reps directly, stay close to how deals are progressing, and help remove friction where things slow down. You’ll also partner closely with Marketing, Sales Engineering, Customer Success, and Ops to make sure
the team is supported and aligned.
What You'll Do Lead and coach a team of 7-8 Account Executives Own team performance, including quota attainment and forecast accuracy Run a tight weekly rhythm across pipeline reviews, forecasting, and deal inspection Make sure reps are consistently building pipeline and staying disciplined on outbound Stay close to deals and help reps improve execution from first conversation to close Work with Marketing, SEs, and CS to make sure pipeline generation and conversion are strong Help shape target account focus based on what is actually converting, not just what looks good on paper Use HubSpot, Gong, and Outreach to keep real visibility into pipeline and rep activity Coach reps directly and raise the bar on how