Crowdstrike

Counter Adversary Operations Specialist Sales Manager (Remote)

Florida, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Cybersecurity, Biotechnology, SoftwareIndustries

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting the people, processes, and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission has been to stop breaches, and we have redefined modern security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe, and their lives moving forward. We are a mission-driven company that cultivates a culture giving every CrowdStriker the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We are always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation, and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community, and each other. The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

Employment Type: Full time

About the Role

The Counter Adversary Operations is redefining intelligence, threat hunting, and advanced security operations. As a Specialist Sales Manager for the Counter Adversary business, you will have the opportunity to help customers solve tough business and security challenges while driving growth for a business that is core to CrowdStrike’s differentiation. You will engage in business value-oriented conversations directly with CISOs and security leaders to successfully position our industry-leading threat hunting, intelligence, SIEM enrichment, and detection engineering capabilities to our customers.

Your job is to build out your territory and maximize market adoption by any and all means. This position offers uncapped income potential in a market segment that impacts people, processes, and technologies and drives market differentiation for the entire CrowdStrike platform.

What You'll Do

  • Identify, develop, and execute account strategy to close new business opportunities and expand revenue with customers across the assigned region, independently and cooperatively.
  • Scope, negotiate, and bring to closure agreements to exceed booking and revenue quota targets.
  • Target and gain access to decision makers in key prospect accounts in the assigned territory.
  • Establish access and maintain existing relationships with key decision makers (typically at the CIO and CISO, and Director/VP level) in industry, partners, and customer accounts to drive all pertinent issues related to sales strategy and revenue attainment.
  • Collaborate with peers and cross-functional teams (including Field Sales, Channels & Alliances, Marketing, Sales Operations, Sales Engineering, Services, Customer Support, and Product Management) to create visibility with target accounts and drive engagement of prospects at both the individual contributor and executive level.
  • Work cooperatively with partners to leverage their established account presence and relationships.
  • Capture, maintain, and disseminate accurate and relevant prospect information using Salesforce.com.

What You’ll Need

  • 4+ years of high achievement selling enterprise platform solutions into one of the following markets: Cyber threat intelligence, cyber threat hunting, adversary emulation, SIEM, cybersecurity.
  • Ability to adapt, thrive, and excel in a fast-moving, nimble environment.
  • Strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills and ability to skillfully interact with technical stakeholders as well as executive decision makers.
  • Success in owning and running the entire sales cycle from lead generation to close with a disciplined approach / methodology (MEDDPICC, MEDDIC, Challenger, Sandler, etc.).
  • Comfortable selling in a team environment, working in close collaboration with peers in the CrowdStrike sales organization.
  • History and reputable track record of exceeding goals and sales quotas – high achiever!
  • Consultative sales approach – ability to challenge companies/businesses to think differently and provide thought leadership.
  • Hunter’s mindset – ability to proactively uncover and develop new opportunities.

Skills

Cybersecurity
AI-native platform
Threat hunting
Intelligence
SIEM enrichment
Detection engineering
Sales
Account strategy
Business development

Crowdstrike

Cloud-native endpoint security solutions provider

About Crowdstrike

CrowdStrike specializes in cybersecurity, focusing on protecting businesses from cyber threats through cloud-native endpoint security solutions. Their main product, the Falcon platform, includes services like Falcon Pro, which replaces traditional antivirus with next-generation antivirus that integrates threat intelligence, Falcon Insight for endpoint detection and response, and Falcon Device Control to manage connected devices. Unlike many competitors, CrowdStrike's services are subscription-based, allowing clients to choose different levels of protection based on their needs. The company serves a diverse clientele, including many Fortune 100 companies, and is recognized as a leader in the cybersecurity field, known for its effectiveness in threat detection and response.

Austin, TexasHeadquarters
2011Year Founded
$468MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, CybersecurityIndustries
5,001-10,000Employees

Benefits

Competitive Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Remote-friendly culture
Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements
Comprehensive health benefits + 401k plan
Paid Parental Leave, including adoption
Wellness programs
Professional development and mentorship opportunities
Open offices have stocked kitchens, coffee, soda and treats

Risks

Increased competition from companies like Lumos could challenge CrowdStrike's market share.
Recovery from last year's outage may still affect customer trust and future sales.
Pressure to demonstrate ROI by 2025 could challenge CrowdStrike's financial transparency.

Differentiation

CrowdStrike's Falcon platform offers cloud-native endpoint security solutions, a key differentiator.
The company serves 44 of the Fortune 100, showcasing its strong market presence.
CrowdStrike's proactive threat hunting sets it apart in cybersecurity threat detection.

Upsides

Partnership with SonicWall opens new SMB market segment for CrowdStrike.
Recognition as a leader in ransomware prevention boosts CrowdStrike's market credibility.
Gamified learning initiatives help address cybersecurity skills gap, benefiting future talent pipeline.

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