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Fortinet Regional Account Manager 
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 
451008740

27.03.2025

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 the 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 presentations and demos via online tools (GO TO MEETING).
  • Perform ongoing analysis and report on opportunities that are supported.
  • Act as a liaison between partners, customers, and appropriate Fortinet team members.
  • Perform other duties and projects, as assigned to support the growth of 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, with a preference for experience selling to SLED accounts.
  • Working knowledge of the businesses, procurement processes, and partners in the local territory, especially within the SLED sector.
  • 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:

  • Prior experience selling cybersecurity or technology solutions to State, Local Government, and Education (SLED) accounts.
  • Familiarity with government procurement processes, cooperative purchasing agreements, and budget cycles in the SLED sector.
  • Public/private cloud experience is a plus.
  • Experience with multi-tier distribution is a plus.
  • Experience in networking, security, and/or public/private cloud is a plus.