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Senior Enterprise Account Executive
Company | Sophos |
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Location | California, USA |
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Salary | $126000 – $210000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 5+ years in a sales role working with decision-makers in large organizations with a proven track record of achieving and exceeding sales quotas.
- Understanding of the enterprise sales cycle, buyer personas, and decision-making processes, and how to successfully navigate them.
- Ability to be seen as a trusted advisor to senior executives in large organizations and able to build strategic account plans.
- Exceptional opportunity discovery and deal qualification skills, value proposition presentation, negotiation, and closing skills.
- Solid technical acumen able to explain the benefits of different technologies, strong cybersecurity knowledge an advantage.
- Experience of selling through and with channel partners, and ability to thrive in a team selling environment.
Responsibilities
- Generate Enterprise account sales pipeline, qualifying opportunities, and accurately forecasting pipeline.
- Manage the sales process through the closure of the sale, continued development, and retention.
- Achieving agreed quarterly sales goals, developing strong relationships with key buyers and influencers in Enterprise Accounts and leveraging these during the sales process.
- Execute a planned cadence of engagement with key strategic customers, with monthly or quarterly minimums, and put detailed strategic account plans in place where appropriate.
- Maintain a detailed understanding of strategic customer accounts’ business to align Sophos solutions to the customer’s desired cybersecurity and business outcomes.
- Negotiate terms of business with customers to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction and engagement, and high adoption of Sophos technology.
- Coordinate with appropriate internal groups to generate and deliver winning Contract Bids, Proposals, RFI/RFP Responses, and Statements of Work.
- Work with the Channel Sales team and partner community to create a pipeline through indirect engagements.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.