I鈥檓 excited to share that we鈥檙e expanding our global presence by opening our first office in San Francisco!
This office will be in addition to our existing London and New York presence. It鈥檒l be led by our Chief Revenue Officer, Mohit Bijlani. Alongside Mohit, we鈥檙e seeding the office and relocating key team members to lay the foundations and bring company culture and context, supported by frequent travel from our London and New York teams. We鈥檙e also hiring many new roles into the office: read below for more details on that.
We鈥檙e currently finalizing the plans around our office space, and will be up and running by January 2025.
Why San Francisco?
Here鈥檚 why this move makes sense for us.
1. It鈥檚 where many of our current and future customers are.
The Bay Area remains the hub for technology companies鈥攎any of which are our customers. Whether it鈥檚 Netflix or HashiCorp, Vanta or Intercom, the density of existing and potential customers is unrivaled.
In a single afternoon of meetings, I can walk between the offices of many of our largest customers. That鈥檚 hard to replicate anywhere else. We also experienced this firsthand during our recent incident management conference, SEV0, which brought together an amazing range of companies in the area.
In an increasingly virtual world, we believe physical presence is an ever-more-powerful signal of care and respect. Having a constant presence in the Bay Area makes this significantly easier.
2. The talent density is unparalleled.
I spent much of 2024 hiring excellent GTM leadership talent. After interviewing candidates across both coasts, one thing became clear: the Bay Area dominates when it comes to GTM talent. Nearly 60% of the leadership candidates I met were based there.
Beyond leadership, the talent pool for roles across the board is deep鈥攁nother major advantage for us.
3. It improves our ability to support customers.
With this presence, we鈥檒l expand and strengthen the hours we can provide our famously fantastic support鈥攚hether through Sales Engineering, Technical Support, or other customer-focused teams.
4. We鈥檝e proven we can work effectively across time zones.
There鈥檚 no getting around physics: a timezone span from London to San Francisco is challenging. But over the past 18 months, we鈥檝e had team members in the Bay Area working in Support and Sales.
In that time, we鈥檝e learned how to work effectively across these time zones. While there are challenges, the upsides of being in San Francisco far outweigh the drawbacks.
We鈥檙e hiring for many roles
With this expansion, we鈥檙e hiring for several roles to grow our Go To Market team, including:
- Product Marketing
- Sales Engineering
- RevOps
- Commercial and Enterprise Account Executives
- Sales Development Representatives
- BDR Manager
- Technical Support Engineer
If the above sounds interesting, and you want to to be a part of a company that鈥檚 redefining the future of incident management, we'd love to hear from you! Apply on our careers page, or reach out to Stephen on LinkedIn.
We鈥檙e very excited to launch our first Bay Area presence, and are looking forward to meeting as many people as we can over the coming months. If you鈥檙e around, come say hi!