Federal Account Executive - Army
Cohesity · Greater Richmond Region · 1 wk ago
Business Development$252k–$315k/yrFull-time
About the role
We're looking for a Federal Account Executive(Army) to help develop and grow a defined territory. This is an active, hands-on sales role where you'll focus on prospecting, building pipeline, and closing opportunities, while also supporting the expansion of existing accounts.
Responsibilities
- Execute a territory plan focused on net-new logo acquisition and account growth across a defined set of enterprise accounts
- Build, manage, and progress a qualified sales pipeline, including opportunities you source directly and those supported through channel partners
- Work within complex customer organizations by identifying key stakeholders, building relationships, and engaging with senior decision-makers as your experience grows
- Support and lead customer engagements through discovery, evaluation, proposal development, and solution alignment, with guidance from Sales Engineers and leadership
- Develop and deliver clear, value-based proposals that connect Cohesity's platform to customer security, resilience, and operational needs
- Collaborate closely with channel partners and technology alliances (including NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, and AWS) to support deal execution and expand market reach
- Maintain accurate opportunity tracking and forecasting, and contribute to consistent quarterly performance
- Share customer insights and competitive feedback with the wider sales and product teams to support continuous improvement
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience selling into and partnering with Information Security / Cybersecurity teams, with a strong understanding of enterprise security frameworks, compliance standards, and the ability to align solutions to customer security and risk requirements
- A customer-focused mindset and strong interest in cybersecurity and data protection, especially ransomware and recovery
- Proven experience selling enterprise technology solutions, ideally within infrastructure, SaaS, or adjacent markets
- Foundational understanding of data security and backup technologies, with a willingness to deepen technical knowledge
- Familiarity with Cohesity solutions (DataProtect, DataHawk, SmartFiles) is a plus
- Exposure to platforms such as NetBackup, Backup Exec, or InfoScale is helpful but not required
- Comfort working with channel partners, with an interest in developing co-selling skills
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to customers and internal stakeholders
Qualifications
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to customers and internal stakeholders
- Exposure to platforms such as NetBackup, Backup Exec, or InfoScale is helpful but not required
- Foundational understanding of data security and backup technologies, with a willingness to deepen technical knowledge
- Comfort working with channel partners, with an interest in developing co-selling skills
- Proven experience selling enterprise technology solutions, ideally within infrastructure, SaaS, or adjacent markets
- A customer-focused mindset and strong interest in cybersecurity and data protection, especially ransomware and recovery
- Demonstrated experience selling into and partnering with Information Security / Cybersecurity teams, with a strong understanding of enterprise security frameworks, compliance standards, and the ability to align solutions to customer security and risk requirements
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to customers and internal stakeholders
Skills
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to customers and internal stakeholders
- Exposure to platforms such as NetBackup, Backup Exec, or InfoScale is helpful but not required
- Foundational understanding of data security and backup technologies, with a willingness to deepen technical knowledge
- Comfort working with channel partners, with an interest in developing co-selling skills
- Proven experience selling enterprise technology solutions, ideally within infrastructure, SaaS, or adjacent markets
- A customer-focused mindset and strong interest in cybersecurity and data protection, especially ransomware and recovery
- Demonstrated experience selling into and partnering with Information Security / Cybersecurity teams, with a strong understanding of enterprise security frameworks, compliance standards, and the ability to align solutions to customer security and risk requirements
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to customers and internal stakeholders
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time
Pay
$252,000.00-$315,000.00
Schedule
Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.