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# Regional Vice President, Strategic - Western U.S. at Motive

- **Company:** Motive
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-17
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gomotive/jobs/8811243002

## Job description

Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

Visit [gomotive.com](http://gomotive.com) to learn more.

Regional Vice President, Strategic Sales

at Motive - Western Region

Who we are:

Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. Motive combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to connect and automate physical operations. Motive is one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world, serving more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery.

Motive is built on four foundational attributes; Own It, Less but Better, Build Trust, and Unlock Potential. This has taken our company to great heights, including being recognized by Fortune for Best Workplaces, Forbes Best Startup Employers, and Comparably for our Best Global Culture, Sales Team, Leadership Team, Career Growth, and CEO for Diversity. We’re proud to receive an employee net promoter score of 63 (according to Comparably) which places Motive in the top 5% of companies with 4,000 employees or more.

Today, our team is made up of more than 5,000 employees, located across the world, providing support to a wide range of customers. While most of our employees are remote, many have the opportunity to work on-site at any of our 8 global office locations. Visit our [careers website](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/) to learn more about opportunities at Motive.

About the Role:

As a Regional Vice President, Strategic Sales at Motive, you will be a key leader in our fastest growing segment at Motive. Our RVPs manage a team of Strategic Account Executives and guide them in both engaging and closing Motive’s largest prospects. You’ll lead initiatives across hiring, coaching, and enablement to support Motive’s growth & success. Your team will sell into the most impactful companies in North America that power the physical economy.

We are seizing the opportunity created by our strong product positioning in the market by heavily investing across all Go-To-Market (GTM) teams within our Enterprise segment. You will lead the charge, selling the value of our products and the business outcomes that can be achieved for our customers in partnership with Motive.

Our Strategic Sales team sells consistently into Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries, including trucking, oil & gas, construction, agriculture, manufacturing, consumer transit, or any other business that requires a fleet of vehicles. Because of the collaborative nature of our Go-to-Market team, a win-as-a-team mentality is a must. In this high-energy role, you should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with high standards of quality.

What You'll Do:

- Lead a world-class team of seasoned Account Executives that you’ll partner with on prospecting strategy, account planning, pipeline reviews, achieving revenue targets
- Develop and execute on strategic account and territory plans for your team to meet or exceed ACV targets over monthly, quarterly, and annual periods
- Track progress and success of your Account Executives against various primary KPIs, coaching and enabling their success across short and long-term goals
- Cultivate a culture of high-performance and accountability through best-in-class hiring
- Partner with our Sales Enablement team ad-hoc and on more formal Account Executive training and coaching programs to ensure consistency and effectiveness across the organization
- Excellence in listening, sales process and passionate about the art of selling
- Collaborate with your Account Executives and directly engage high-priority client prospects to help sell the value of Motive
- Ensure use of CRM and other operational tools, processes, and best practices in pipeline planning, forecasting, and sales execution

What We're Looking For:

- 1-3 years experience directly managing SaaS sales teams at the Strategic level
- History of exceeding sales targets with Strategic-level clients
- Ability to lead and motivate others to action, including best-in-class customer skills communication, empathy, and integrity
- A people-based mindset, with a passion for coaching and developing sales talent at all levels and a history of developing great sales cultures
- Examples of bringing a great sense of rigor, executions and accountability to your team’s day-to-day processes
- Ability to collaborate with internal cross-functional partners across Sales Development, Sales Engineering, Product, Marketing, Customer Success, Legal and Sales Ops
- Experience with Salesforce or other CRM and sales technologies and best practices enabling your team to forecast, manage their pipeline and accelerate wins
- Lead with curiosity and example by attending sales calls to help team manage and close deals
- Highly preferred that you live in the Western Region of the United States - in the same region as the team.  We will consider qualified candidates who live in the following time zones: Pacific, Mountain or Central.

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X9AbvQHki8zZCyjDjip1g0NtdZHcykJc/view?usp=drive_link).

UK Candidate Privacy Notice [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nqdWTJ7WJJikhj1Yhlo4jxDRA_6yXZbd/view).

The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology.

All job postings are for existing vacancies. Please note; some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices.

## About Motive

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Motive provides an all-in-one, AI-powered fleet management and driver safety platform that helps over 100,000 companies manage their physical operations.
- **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed; no public ticker)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly available in provided sources
- **Founders**: Shoaib Makani (co‑founder, CEO) – other co‑founders not listed in provided sources

## Core Business
- **Industries**: Fleet management, driver safety, workforce management, equipment monitoring, spend management.
- **Target Customers**: B2B – enterprises and SMBs that operate commercial fleets or manage physical assets (e.g., transportation, logistics, construction, field services).
- **Mission/Purpose**: “Transforming the physical economy” [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/).

## Products & Services
- **Fleet Management**: AI‑powered platform for tracking vehicles, optimizing routes, and managing compliance.  
- **Driver Safety**: Real‑time dashcams and AI alerts to reduce accidents and improve driver behavior.  
- **Workforce Management**: Tools for scheduling, time tracking, and managing drivers and staff.  
- **Equipment Monitoring**: IoT‑based tracking and diagnostics for trailers, trailers, and other assets.  
- **Spend Management**: Fuel card, expense tracking, and invoicing solutions to control costs.

All products are part of a fully integrated suite [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed in provided sources.
- **Key Metric**: Headcount – more than 4,000 employees globally [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed in provided sources.
- **Growth Signals**:  
  - 100,000+ customers [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/).  
  - Recognized on the **Forbes Top Cloud 100** list.  
  - Named a **Best Remote Large Places to Work** by Fortune, **Best Company for Career Growth** by Comparably, and **Best Workplaces in Technology** by Great Place to Work [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated AI‑Driven Suite**: Combines hardware (dashcams, IoT sensors) with software in a single platform, offering a unified view of fleet operations.
- **Scale and Brand Trust**: Serving over 100,000 companies, with a strong industry reputation and multiple workplace awards.
- **Remote‑First Culture**: Attracts top global talent by offering a flexible work model supported by robust perks and development programs.

## Strategic Focus
- Deepening AI capabilities across all products to improve safety, efficiency, and cost control.
- Expanding global footprint through ten office locations and a remote‑first hiring approach.
- Continuous investment in employee growth and diversity initiatives to sustain innovation.

## Why Work Here
- **Flexibility**: Fully remote, hybrid, or in‑office options with a work‑from‑home stipend. Offices in San Francisco, Nashville, Buffalo, Vancouver, London, Mexico City, Taipei, Lahore, Islamabad, and Bengaluru [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/).
- **Benefits**: Competitive salaries, health/vision/dental insurance, mental health support, generous PTO, enhanced parental leave, retirement plan, and referral bonuses [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/).
- **Development**: Leader Academy, Engineering Academy, transparent career paths, quarterly mentorship meetups, and inclusive leader training [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/).
- **Culture**: Employee resource groups (AAPI, Keep Parenting, Melanin, MoPride, Women, DNA, Veterans), diversity‑focused recruiting events, and a supportive, inclusive environment where 96% of employees feel they have supportive working relationships [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/).

## Sources
1. [gomotive.com – Careers page](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/)
2. [gomotive.com – Company page](https://gomotive.com/company/)
3. [gomotive.com – Homepage](https://gomotive.com/)
4. [gomotive.com – Job openings](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/jobs/)
5. [gomotive.com – Leadership page](https://gomotive.com/company/leadership/)

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