--- title: 'Regional Sales Director at Cognition' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/regional-sales-director-cognition-san-francisco-81vavxgrhvky' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-14' --- # Regional Sales Director at Cognition - **Company:** [Cognition](https://feeny.ai/companies/cognition) - **Location:** San Francisco, CA / Austin, TX / New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-07-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cognition/5be1f6c8-a40e-4eb0-9fa5-9001cd32ebf6 ## Job description We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents. We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer. Our team is extremely talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro. Building Devin is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us. The Role: We're looking for a Regional Sales Director to lead a team of Account Executives driving net-new and expansion revenue across Fortune 500 accounts. This is a player-coach role in a high-ownership environment. You will set strategy, close alongside your team on the largest deals, and build one of the most consequential enterprise sales teams in AI. You will report directly to the VP of Sales and work in close partnership with Deployed Engineering, post-sales, and executive leadership. This is not a role for someone who manages from a dashboard. The right person is in the field, knows every major deal, and has a point of view on how to win. What You'll Own: Revenue Execution - Own quarterly and annual bookings quota for your territory across new logo acquisition and expansion - Manage a pipeline of $5M--$20M+ ARR opportunities with average deal sizes of $1M+ - Forecast accurately using MEDDIC; maintain deal hygiene and stage discipline - Be in the rooms that matter -- EBCs, executive dinners, key negotiations -- alongside your AEs ## Team Leadership - Recruit, hire, and develop a team of 3-6 Enterprise AEs - Run rigorous weekly 1:1s and deal reviews focused on qualification, strategy, and close plans - Build a team culture of accountability, intellectual curiosity, and competitive drive - Identify performance gaps early and coach or make personnel changes decisively Territory and GTM Strategy - Define territory segmentation and account prioritization within your vertical - Build vertical-specific messaging and competitive positioning in partnership with Marketing and Product - Partner with post-sales to expand the installed base and protect renewals - Develop executive relationships within key accounts that extend beyond the AE layer Cross-functional Influence - Serve as the voice of the field - surface product gaps, competitive intelligence, and customer insights to leadership - Collaborate with Deployed Engineering to scope and deliver compelling POCs and technical evaluations - Work with Legal and Finance on complex contract structures, MSAs, and non-standard terms What We're Looking For: Required - 7+ years of enterprise software sales experience, including at least 2 years managing a team of high-level AEs - 2+ years of experience successfully selling into F500 companies - Demonstrated track record closing $1M+ ARR deals with F500 accounts in a complex, multi-stakeholder sales motion - Experience selling to CIO, CTO, SVP/VP Engineering, or equivalent technical executive buyers - Proficiency in MEDDIC or a comparable enterprise sales methodology - History of overachievement against quota as both an IC and a manager - Ability to recruit and close top-tier sales talent in a competitive market Strongly Preferred - Vertical-relevant domain expertise - working knowledge of buyer personas, budget cycles, and procurement dynamics in the vertical - Prior experience selling developer tools, AI/ML platforms, cloud infrastructure, or adjacent technical products - Track record at a high-growth startup or scale-up (Series B through IPO stage) - Familiarity with the competitive landscape in AI coding, including GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and emerging agentic tools What This Is Not: - A role where you manage by report and review dashboards. You will know every deal. - A role with an established, fully staffed team. You will hire some of your AEs. - A role where the product sells itself. Devin is a paradigm shift -- you will need to sell the vision before the prospect fully understands the category. - A slow-moving environment. We move fast, change direction when we learn something, and expect the same from leadership. ## Equal Opportunity Cognition is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process - please let us know if you need any. ## About Cognition ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Cognition is an applied AI lab that operates Devin, the first autonomous AI software engineer capable of planning, writing, testing, and shipping production code. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series D – latest funding round closed ~June 2026) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (550 Third Street) - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed in available sources; the founding team includes multiple IOI gold medalists and builders from Google DeepMind, Scale AI, Cursor, and Waymo. ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Artificial Intelligence / Software Engineering - **Target customers**: B2B, primarily large enterprises and government institutions (“some of the largest and most complex institutions in the world”) - **Mission**: “To expand human capacity — not by replacing meaningful work but by working alongside people as an exponential collaborator, helping them think deeper and move faster.” ## Products & Services - **[Devin](https://cognition.ai/)**: An autonomous AI software engineer that plans, writes, tests, and ships production code. It integrates with existing codebases and toolchains. Available as a cloud platform and via Devin Desktop. Deployed at major enterprises and government agencies. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: $1.596B (implied by latest Series D round, ~June 2026) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognition-ai) - **Key Metric**: Total funding raised – $1.596B (Series D) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognition-ai) *(Note: The company’s own website previously stated “over $400M” raised; CB Insights reports a higher total as of mid-2026.)* - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Founders Fund, Lux Capital, 8VC, Bain Capital Ventures, Avenir, Elad Gil, and 42+ others [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognition-ai) - **Growth Signals**: - Rapid global expansion with offices in San Francisco, New York, Austin, Washington D.C., London, Singapore, Tokyo, and more. - Launched “Cognition for Government” (Feb 2026) and an “AI Productivity Guarantee” (June 2026). - Named a Highflier in the AI 100 (2024) by CB Insights. - Active hiring across Sales, Customer Engineering, R&D, Marketing, and GTM roles in multiple regions. ## Competitive Advantages - **First-mover in autonomous AI software engineering** – Devin is widely recognized as the first AI agent that can independently complete end-to-end software tasks. - **Elite founding team** – 10 IOI gold medals; alumni from DeepMind, Scale AI, Cursor, Waymo, Nuro, etc. Of the initial 35 team members, 21 had previously founded a company. - **Massive capital backing** – Over $1.5B raised enables aggressive R&D and go-to-market expansion. - **Enterprise traction** – Deployed at “some of the largest and most complex institutions in the world,” including government agencies. ## Strategic Focus - **Deepening autonomous reasoning** – Continuously improving Devin’s ability to handle complex, multi-step engineering tasks (e.g., FrontierCode benchmark). - **Global scale** – Building out sales and deployment teams in APAC, Europe, LATAM, and the Middle East. - **Government & regulated sectors** – Dedicated federal team and FedRAMP-oriented offerings (e.g., “Cognition for Government”). - **Product ecosystem** – Expanding from cloud to desktop and offering productivity guarantees to reduce customer risk. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “Talent-dense,” interdisciplinary, low-ego, and urgency-driven. The team works on “the hardest problems in AI” and values shipping real impact. - **Work model**: Hybrid/office-first with major hubs in San Francisco, New York, Austin, London, Singapore, Tokyo, and others. Many roles list specific locations, suggesting in-office presence is expected. - **Benefits**: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision insurance; unlimited PTO; meals in primary offices; wellness stipend; commuter benefits; 401(k); HSA/FSA; fertility and family building support. - **Engineering culture**: Strong emphasis on applied AI, customer proximity (“we work alongside our customers”), and building infrastructure that redefines software engineering. ## Sources 1. [cognition.ai](https://cognition.ai/) – Company homepage and product overview 2. [cognition.ai/careers](https://cognition.ai/careers) – Careers page with benefits and open roles 3. [cognition.ai/about](https://cognition.ai/about) – About page with team background and principles 4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognition-ai) – Funding, valuation, and competitor data ## Other roles at Cognition - [Account Director - Qatar](https://feeny.ai/job/account-director-qatar-cognition-doha-czntfjdp27ft) — Doha, Qatar - [Account Director - MENA](https://feeny.ai/job/account-director-mena-cognition-riyadh-nyc06ncznd6p) — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - [Partner Director - Consulting Firms (USA)](https://feeny.ai/job/partner-director-consulting-firms-usa-cognition-san-francisco-fmpxnts76a7g) — San Francisco, CA / Austin, TX / New York, NY - [Country Leader - South Korea](https://feeny.ai/job/country-leader-south-korea-cognition-south-korea-aswm754d5273) — South Korea - [Legal Operations](https://feeny.ai/job/legal-operations-cognition-san-francisco-wqy05tza5xf6) — San Francisco, CA - [Head of EMEA Marketing](https://feeny.ai/job/head-of-emea-marketing-cognition-london-mwgg79ty56km) — London, United Kingdom - [Facility Security Officer](https://feeny.ai/job/facility-security-officer-cognition-washington-8d3ksmnmns4y) — Washington, DC - [Head of LATAM Marketing](https://feeny.ai/job/head-of-latam-marketing-cognition-sao-paulo-56px7yraf2rm) — São Paulo, Brazil - [Event Marketer](https://feeny.ai/job/event-marketer-cognition-san-francisco-h9fse9vdqf7y) — San Francisco, CA / Austin, TX / New York, NY - [Talent Operations Coordinator, R&D](https://feeny.ai/job/talent-operations-coordinator-r-d-cognition-san-francisco-f20171kjeahn) — San Francisco, CA