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)
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