Account Manager - Cybersecurity

About the role

You'll be responsible for selling Optiv security services and security technology solutions to a select few strategic accounts in the assigned geo. You'll own and coordinate all aspects of the sales cycle within your assigned accounts, and lead a cross-functional team to build and execute a multi-year strategic account management plan for your top accounts.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted, effective and productive relationships with client executives within assigned accounts.
• Lead creation of multi-year strategic account management plans, for top accounts, based upon identified client business, technology and cybersecurity goals, coupled with Optiv's understanding of security trends, threats and points of view for each assigned account.
• Build a large sales pipeline, ideally 4 times assigned targets, within assigned accounts and achieve/exceed assigned gross margin target.
• Manage current and multi-quarter forecasts with a high-degree of accuracy, currency and integrity.
• Execute with discipline and in alignment with Force Management principles including MEDDICC and Command of the Message, among others.
• Effectively 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, technology partners and members of the extended Optiv team (technical, sales, client operations, etc.) within each assigned account.
• Maintain collaborative and effective internal communications with Optiv team members relative to specific opportunities, associated requirements and client satisfaction.

Requirements

Experience in IT product or services based sales typically gained over 3-5+ years in a technology company, ideally cybersecurity.

Proven ability to build and execute territory and account prospecting and expansion plans with a track record of exceeding assigned quotas.

Experience engaging cross-functional resources such as sales, pre-sales technical support, and other support personnel in an effective fashion.

Demonstrated ability to build productive business relationships with key executives and sponsors within assigned accounts.

Effective presentation, verbal and written communication skills.

Negotiation experience.

History of demonstrated achievement exceeding plan and expectations.

Qualifications

Total Target Compensation: $140,000 – $250,000+ Annually

The disclosed range has not been adjusted for various factors including responsibilities of the position, work experience, education/training, internal peer equity, geography, as well as other market influences when extending an offer.

Optiv offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, of which salary is a component.