Named Account Manager Sled jobs at Fortinet in United States, Dallas

The SLED SecOps Named Account Manager (NAM) will drive contact and relationships with customers (new and established), meet sales objectives and targets, move prospects through the discovery and proof-of-concept phases, and meet established sales goals and quota per plan objectives. They will develop and execute strategies and sales tactics in the following areas: territory planning, outbound lead generation, relationship development, pricing, negotiations, closing, and managing contracts. You will be required to diligently track all customer interactions in our CRM system and maintain a disciplined sales process and forecast hygiene.

Role Responsibilities:

• Drive growth across Fortinet’s
  AI-Driven SecOps
  business through external customer engagement as well as enablement of regional field sales teams.
• Understand the business goals of our partners, customers, and prospects to effectively communicate our market strategy.
• Drive pipeline development of 3-5X assigned quota.
• Maintain a high level of daily activity including end-user calls, partner calls, and field sales cadence calls.
• Qualify new opportunities, overcome objections, competitively position, negotiate and close business over the phone, via Zoom and in-person.
• Learn the Fortinet products to confidently demo the platform to customers.
• Execute a highly disciplined and metric-driven sales process.
• Provide accurate sales forecasts and activity metrics in CRM.
• Maintain a high level of relevant technical & industry knowledge.
• The NAM is required to spend more than 50% of their time outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale.

Role Experience & Qualifications:

• BA/BS required.
• 5+ years of experience in an individual quota carrying capacity.
• Experience in a high-velocity, monthly-driven SaaS environment.
• Experience selling security and application monitoring solutions
• Experience managing the entire sales cycle from prospecting to close.
• Proven ability to independently manage, develop, and close new customers.
• Successful track record and driving consistent activity, pipeline development and quota achievement.
• Expertise in a disciplined sales process, forecasting, and qualification methodologies.
• Highly motivated, driven and self-directed individual with grit.
• Excellent communication, persuasive, and listening skills.

Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. On target earnings for this position is expected to be $250000 - $300,000 per year. Exact salary offers

As a Enterprise Major Accounts Manager, you will:

• Play an integral role in new business pitches, foster long-term relationships, act as a catalyst in negotiating business terms to achieve enterprise-wide deployments of Fortinet solutions and deliver meaningful results for all parties involved.
• Effectively on-board new clients and proactively focus on growing and developing existing accounts.
• Generate a robust sales pipeline, qualify opportunities, and provide accurate forecasts.
• Collaborate with internal teams to deliver contract bids, proposals, RFI/RFP responses, and Statements of Work that reflect our commitment to excellence.
• Travel throughout the territory to support the needs of the business.
• The Major Account Manager is required to customarily and regularly work outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale.

An insightful and influential collaborator to join our team. We encourage you to apply for this position if you have the following qualities:

• Experience in selling enterprise network security solutions and services to large and complex organizations
• Ability to move deals through the sales cycle, with a proven record of accomplishment of closing large deals and exceeding targets
• Strong presentation, influencing, and cultural fluency skills effective for executive audiences
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 8+ years of experience selling to Major Enterprise Accounts
• 2+ years of experience selling enterprise network security products and services

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; graduate degree preferred.

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and identities to apply. We offer a supportive work environment and a competitive Total Rewards package to support you with your overall health and financial well-being.

As a Regional Named Accounts Manager, you will:

Drive direct sales engagements into a set of Regional Accounts within your assigned territory.

• Create and implement territory plans to achieve deployments of Fortinet solutions to a set of assigned, existing accounts and new logo prospects, within your assigned territory.
• Generate a robust sales pipeline, qualify opportunities, and provide accurate forecasts.
• Develop executive relationships with key buyers and influencers and leverage these relationships to achieve quarterly sales goals.
• The Regional Named Account Manager is required to regularly work outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale and support the needs of the business.
• Build and promote the Company’s position as the worldwide leader in Unified Threat Management.

An insightful and influential collaborator to join our team. We encourage you to apply for this position if you have the following qualities:

• Experience in selling network security solutions and services to commercial and complex organizations
• Ability to move deals through the sales cycle, with a proven record of accomplishment of closing large deals and exceeding targets/quotas.
• Strong presentation, influencing, and cultural fluency skills effective for executive audiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 3+ years of experience selling to Named Accounts within the B2B technology space.

BS or equivalent experience

In this key role, you will manage, direct and drive direct sales into SLED Accounts. Create and implement strategic plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments of Fortinet products and services. Develop executive relationships with key buyers and influencers in Major Enterprise accounts and leverage these relationships. Coordinate with appropriate internal groups to generate and deliver winning Contract Bids, Proposals, RFI/RFP Responses, and Statements of Work. Negotiate terms of business with clients to achieve win/win results that provide the basis for strong ongoing relationships.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and motivate a team of Sales Representative focused on SLED Accounts
• Develop account plans to achieve goals and exceed quota responsibility
• Maximize Fortinet opportunity while providing value added solutions to enterprise institutions
• Serves as lead contact responsible for the flow of information to/from executive management
• Works closely together with the account managers in order to maximize the primary business focus and serves as team leader responsible for the quality and success of activities in the territory
• Develops relationships with key decision makers, influencers and partners
• Manages effective working relationships with assigned region MAMs, NAMs, Technical Sales Engineers, and Consulting Professionals
• Consistently builds and delivers on an accurate territory pipeline
• Travels within assigned territory is required

Required Skills:

• 10+ years technology selling experience managing a team
• Proven ability to sell solutions to SLED customers
• Experience in the network security industry
• A proven track record of significant over-quota achievement and demonstrated career stability
• Experience in closing large deals
• Selling experience must include one of the following: 1) Firewall/VPN, 2) AV 3) IDS/IDP
• Excellent presentation skills to executives & individual contributors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Goal oriented individual, with vast interpersonal managerial skills, strong business acumen and positive leadership abilities with proven results in mentoring, motivating and developing teams.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, MBA preferred.

• Generating enterprise business opportunities and managing the sales process through to closure of the sale.
• Achievement of agreed quarterly sales goals.
• Generate a sales pipeline, qualifying opportunities, and accurately forecast pipeline.

• Proven ability to sell solutions to Fortune 1000 Accounts.
• A proven track record of quota achievement and demonstrated career stability
• Experience in closing large deals.
• Excellent presentation skills to executives & individual contributors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A self-motivated, independent thinker that can move deals through the selling cycle
• Minimum 8 years sales experience selling to Fortune 1000 Major Accounts.
• Minimum 3 years selling enterprise network security products and services.
• Candidate must thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Competitive, Self-starter, Hunter-type mentality.

• BS or equivalent experience, graduate degree preferred