Seeking a seasoned sales professional to drive engagement and sales in the Texas Public Sector, focusing on SLED. Responsibilities include managing contracts, maintaining sales pipelines, and developing strategic relationships with key accounts.
*This is a work-from-home role, but you should reside in/will be expected to work from within Texas ( Austin, Houston and Dallas travel required)
About the Department
Account Executives, Channel Account Managers, Business Development Representatives, Solution Engineers, Customer Success, and Sales Operations - all working together help our customers adopt Cloudflare and create great Internet-enabled experiences. The sales team at Cloudflare helps customers solve real, technical problems while creating the revenue streams that help the company provide free service to millions in our community.
What you'll do
We are looking for a seasoned sales professional to join a growing Public Sector Field Sales team to help cover the State and Local market for Texas ( Houston, etc.). The ideal candidate will possess both a sales and technical background that enables them to drive engagement at all levels with technical and non-technical buyers.
As an SLED Account Executive, you'll be responsible for developing and executing against a comprehensive account/territory plan as well as driving sales in a defined territory and/or account list to achieve revenue targets. The person in this role will also assist in creating and articulating compelling value propositions for Cloudflare services.
Additional responsibilities will include:
Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience
About the Department
Account Executives, Channel Account Managers, Business Development Representatives, Solution Engineers, Customer Success, and Sales Operations - all working together help our customers adopt Cloudflare and create great Internet-enabled experiences. The sales team at Cloudflare helps customers solve real, technical problems while creating the revenue streams that help the company provide free service to millions in our community.
What you'll do
We are looking for a seasoned sales professional to join a growing Public Sector Field Sales team to help cover the State and Local market for Texas ( Houston, etc.). The ideal candidate will possess both a sales and technical background that enables them to drive engagement at all levels with technical and non-technical buyers.
As an SLED Account Executive, you'll be responsible for developing and executing against a comprehensive account/territory plan as well as driving sales in a defined territory and/or account list to achieve revenue targets. The person in this role will also assist in creating and articulating compelling value propositions for Cloudflare services.
Additional responsibilities will include:
- Manage contract negotiations
- Maintain a robust sales pipeline
- Develop long-term strategic relationships with key accounts.
Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience selling technical solutions or products to the Public Sector (SLED, Federal Government, Municipalities, etc.)
- Experience managing longer, complex sales cycles`
- Basic understanding of computer networking and "how the internet works"
- Aptitude for learning technical concepts/terms (Technical background in engineering, computer science, or MIS a plus)
- Strong interpersonal communication (verbal and written) and organizational skills.
- Self-motivated; entrepreneurial spirit
- Comfortable working in a fast paced dynamic environment
- Experience selling to SLED customer base in Texas
Top Skills
Internet Technologies
Networking
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