Senior Account Executive
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Strategic Account Executive selling F5 cybersecurity and networking solutions to major enterprise accounts. Managing executive relationships, partner channels, pipeline, forecasting, and quota-carrying sales.
Responsibilities:
- Manage all facets of relationships with named or large key accounts
- Develop opportunities across the F5 solution portfolio and sell solutions and services
- Serve as primary point of contact for major accounts at executive level
- Sell products and services to existing national named accounts
- Grow and retain named accounts while ensuring ongoing customer service
- Identify and qualify short- and long-term business opportunities
- Identify and address competitive threats
- Prepare proposals and presentations, lead negotiations, and close sales
- Manage and develop key partner relationships
- Facilitate executive-level relationships among customers, F5, and partners
- Maintain knowledge of industry trends, technical developments, and government regulations
- Understand customer business needs and communicate how F5 solutions address them
- Research potential customers, follow up on leads, and close deals
- Coordinate account strategy and tactics for sales support teams
- Own accurate sales forecasting and maintain Salesforce
- Develop detailed account profiles for management review
- Coordinate resources to achieve business goals
- Partner with internal and external teams to develop creative technical solutions
- Travel up to 50% and periodically work on call or outside normal hours
Requirements:
- 8+ years of direct work experience in a relevant account management environment
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
- Strong negotiation and closing skills
- Strong solution selling and presentation abilities
- Advanced client interfacing and customer-focused approach
- Strong influencing skills
- Proven selling skills in a complex matrix environment
- Effective use of internal relationships and resources
- Ability to handle time, prioritize workload, and lead pipeline and forecasting
- Ability to work from a home office located within the territory
- Specialized knowledge in networking products, preferably F5 products
- Experience with Internet-related software or systems
- Ability to travel up to 50% by automobile and airplane
- Ability to be on call periodically and work outside normal working hours
Benefits:
- Incentive compensation
- Bonus
- Restricted stock units
- Benefits package
- Remote work
- Home office within the territory















