Regional Account Manager jobs at Fortinet in United States, New Orleans

Responsibilities:

• Manage and motivate a team of Inside Sales Representatives.
• Develop plans to expand and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the individual inside teams and processes that drive additional revenue opportunities
• Initiate and coordinate demand generation outreach with marketing department personnel
• Serve as lead contact responsible for the flow of information to/from executive management in regards to inside lead gen results to sales opportunities
• Develops relationships with key decision makers, influencers and partners in the field to ensure fluid communication in support of sales
• Consistently builds and delivers on an accurate territory pipeline
• Analyze demand creation efforts and results to consistently improve efforts

Required Skills:

• 5+ years technology selling experience managing a team
• Experience in the network security industry
• A proven track record of significant over-quota achievement and demonstrated career stability
• 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.

Role can be located in

Florida, New York or Boston

Responsibilities:

• Manage key Fortinet partners in the MSSP Program.
• Develop and expand Fortinet footprint within these defined list of MSSP partners.
• Build revenue and non-revenue business plans with these partners.
• Provide ongoing sales and technical trainings to these partners.
• Build marketing plans to drive incremental sales pipeline and revenues with development funds.
• Act as key channel strategist to all sales managers within Fortinet.
• Partner with Fortinet marketing and engineering teams to drive revenue growth.
• Guide MSSP partners through the MSSP Offer Development program.
• Pursue new service enablement of Fortinet products within the partner’s service offering.
• Deliver quarterly and annual revenue targets.
• 50 – 60% travel required.

Required Skills

• 5+ years channel sales, business development or territory management, and ideally 3+ years direct sales role in networking, telco carriers or security sectors.
• Experience building business and marketing plans with partners.
• Knowledge of Managed Security Services Providers and how they operate.
• Must have experience in delivering sales trainings, and experience in working in a fast pace environment with revenue responsibilities.
• Excellent presentation skills to executives & individual contributors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Candidate must thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Competitive, Self-starter, Hunter-type mentality.
• College or University degree required

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 $228,100 - $253,400 per year. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

Responsibilities:

• Manage key Fortinet partners in the MSSP Program.
• Develop and expand Fortinet footprint within these defined list of MSSP partners.
• Build revenue and non-revenue business plans with these partners.
• Provide ongoing sales and technical trainings to these partners.
• Build marketing plans to drive incremental sales pipeline and revenues with development funds.
• Act as key channel strategist to all sales managers within Fortinet.
• Partner with Fortinet marketing and engineering teams to drive revenue growth.
• Guide MSSP partners through the MSSP Offer Development program.
• Pursue new service enablement of Fortinet products within the partner’s service offering.
• Deliver quarterly and annual revenue targets.
• 50 – 60% travel required.

Required Skills

• 5+ years channel sales, business development or territory management, and ideally 3+ years direct sales role in networking or security sectors.
• Experience building business and marketing plans with partners.
• Knowledge of Managed Security Services Providers and how they operate.
• Must have experience in delivering sales trainings, and experience in working in a fast pace environment with revenue responsibilities.
• Excellent presentation skills to executives & individual contributors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Candidate must thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Competitive, Self-starter, Hunter-type mentality.
• College or University degree required

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 $228,100 - $253,400 per year. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

Responsibilities:

• Meet or exceed all assigned quotas and targets while forecasting weekly, monthly and quarterly revenues for the assigned account set and overall territory
• Meet or exceed the required number of face-to-face meetings each month with customers and partners in territory to identify new opportunities and grow existing opportunities.
• Full participation in all team activities for enablement, forecasting, partner updates, partner sales efforts and recognition.
• Create and track sales opportunities (leads, renewals, deal registrations and quotes in Salesforce.com)
• Address any customer satisfaction issues and/or requests in a timely manner
• Drive sales cycles to close while establishing relationships and credibility, and provide necessary presales support for prospects & customers.
• Work closely with your local Channel Account Manager (CAM) and our reseller partner network to drive deals, increase revenue, and enable channel partners’ success in the Mid-Market segment.
• Follow up on inbound, web and corporate event leads
• Accept inbound and perform outbound prospecting activities to identify new sales opportunities.
• Meet and exceed the sales activity metrics designed to make you productive and successful.
• Lead customer presentation and demos via online tools (GO TO MEETING)
• Perform ongoing analysis and report on opportunities that are supported
• Act as a liaison between partner, customers, and appropriate Fortinet team members
• Perform other duties and projects, as assigned to support the growth or our business
• Execute the role with the utmost professionalism and in a way that aligns to Fortinet’s core values

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Coachable and flexible
• 1+ years of field sales experience in the B2B technology space
• Working knowledge of the businesses and partners in the local territory
• Ability to run productive customer-facing and partner-facing meetings while providing timely and relevant written follow up
• A proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales quotas and targets
• Understanding of the sales cycle in conjunction with business processes internally and externally
• Ability to manage and drive sales cycles from start to finish, which includes experience with managing and forecasting individual quota
• Self-driven and able to manage a diverse, high volume workload
• Ability to quickly build productive relationships in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
• Be computer savvy
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
• Well organized with effective time and activity management skills
• Ability to apply entrepreneurial strengths in a driven, forward-thinking manner
• Ability to close business while achieving a high level of customer and partner satisfaction
• Execute the role with the utmost professionalism and in a way that aligns to Fortinet’s core values
• The Regional Account Manager 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Public/private cloud experience is a plus
• Experience with multi-tier distribution a plus.
• Experience in networking, security and/or public/private cloud a plus

As a key player, you will be responsible for creating and implementing strategic, cybersecurity solutions account plans, focusing on securing enterprise-wide deployments of cutting-edge Fortinet products and services. Build and nurture executive relationships, leveraging them to propel successful sales processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate and manage enterprise business opportunities, overseeing the entire sales process through successful closure.
• Achieve quarterly sales goals, consistently delivering on targets.
• Develop a robust sales pipeline, diligently qualifying opportunities, and providing accurate forecasts.

Required Skills:

• 5-8 years of proven sales experience, specializing in Fortune 1000 Major Accounts.
• Minimum 3 years of successful enterprise network security product and service sales.
• Track record of achieving sales quotas and maintaining career stability.
• Proficient in closing large deals.
• Exceptional presentation skills tailored to both executives and individual contributors.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, independent thinker capable of navigating deals through the selling cycle.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Competitive, self-starter with a hunter mentality.
• The Major Account Manager – Enterprise 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.

Education:

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

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 $300,000 - $325,000 per year. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

As a key player, you will be responsible for creating and implementing strategic, cybersecurity solutions account plans, focusing on securing enterprise-wide deployments of cutting-edge Fortinet products and services. Build and nurture executive relationships, leveraging them to propel successful sales processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate and manage enterprise business opportunities, overseeing the entire sales process through successful closure.
• Achieve quarterly sales goals, consistently delivering on targets.
• Develop a robust sales pipeline, diligently qualifying opportunities, and providing accurate forecasts.

Required Skills:

• 5-8 years of proven sales experience, specializing in Fortune 1000 Major Accounts.
• Minimum 3 years of successful enterprise network security product and service sales.
• Track record of achieving sales quotas and maintaining career stability.
• Proficient in closing large deals.
• Exceptional presentation skills tailored to both executives and individual contributors.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, independent thinker capable of navigating deals through the selling cycle.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Competitive, self-starter with a hunter mentality.
• The Major Account Manager – Enterprise 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.

Education:

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

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 $246,700 - $274,100 per year. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

Responsibilities:

• Manage key Fortinet partners and end users in the assigned list of target partners.
• Identify new qualifying MSSP partners in the Northeast region and recruit them into the MSSP Program.
• Establish new MSSP relationships and develop emerging existing MSSP partners.
• Build revenue and non-revenue business plans with these partners.
• Provide ongoing sales and technical trainings to these partners.
• Build marketing plans to drive incremental sales pipeline and revenues with development funds.
• Act as key channel strategist to all sales managers within Fortinet.
• Partner with Fortinet marketing and engineering teams to drive revenue growth.
• Guide MSSP partners through the MSSP Offer Development program.
• Pursue new service enablement of Fortinet products within the partner’s service offering.
• Deliver quarterly and annual revenue targets.

Required Skills

• 5+ years channel sales, business development and territory management in networking or security sectors.
• Experience building business and marketing plans with partners.
• Knowledge of Managed Security Services Providers and how they operate.
• Must have experience in delivering sales trainings, and experience in working in a fast pace environment with revenue responsibilities.
• Excellent presentation skills to executives & individual contributors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Candidate must thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Competitive, Self-starter, Hunter-type mentality.
• College or University degree required
• The Channel 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.

Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.