Hybrid Account Executive – Cybersecurity Sales

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About the role

  • Account Executive specializing in cybersecurity sales, leading strategic account management for select clients in Northeast US. Responsible for sales cycle execution and cross-functional team coordination.

Responsibilities

  • Focus on selling Optiv security services and security technology solutions to a select few strategic accounts within the Northeast Region.
  • Responsible for owning and coordinating all aspects of the sales cycle within assigned account(s).
  • Lead a cross-functional team to build and execute a multi-year strategic account management plan for each of your accounts.
  • Build trusted, effective and productive relationships with client executives at multiple levels within assigned accounts.
  • Build a large sales pipeline, ideally 3-4 times assigned targets, and achieve/exceed gross margin objectives in excess of $1.5M annually.
  • Manage current and multi-quarter forecasts with a high-degree of accuracy, currency and integrity.
  • Communicate Optiv’s value proposition as it relates to security services and technologies expertise and capabilities.
  • Initiate and/or monitor and mediate all necessary communications between clients, vendors and members of your team within each account.

Requirements

  • Experience in solution and services based sales through work in an Information Technology or Security environment typically gained over 7+ years.
  • Proven ability to build and execute territory and strategic account management plans with a track record of exceeding multi-million-dollar gross margin quotas.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional dotted-line teams comprised of sales, technical, and support personnel in a highly effective fashion.
  • Strong business acumen and ability to correlate business goals with business and cyber security risk in support of developing complex security technology and services solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to build strong and productive business relationships with key executives and sponsors within assigned accounts.
  • Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong negotiation experience.
  • Experience in and knowledge of the IT security market, Risk & Compliance market, and competitors.
  • History of demonstrated achievement exceeding plan and expectations.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Professional training resources
  • Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
  • Volunteer Opportunities.
  • "Optiv Chips In" encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
  • The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)

Job title

Account Executive – Cybersecurity Sales

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

$250,000 - $300,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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