SLED Account Executive | Gulf Coast

Louisiana, Missouri, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Data Management, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, SoftwareIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should have over 10 years of experience and proven success in a customer-facing sales role proposing enterprise solutions. Demonstrated selling ability to State and Local Governments and Educational Institutions is required. A Bachelor's degree in Business or related field, or equivalent experience, is necessary. Proficiency with Salesforce.com CRM, Microsoft Office (mainly Excel), and other CRM tools is expected. Candidates must possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills, be self-motivated and a self-starter comfortable working remotely and autonomously, and have shown experience negotiating, proposing, and closing contracts with clients. Ability to travel as needed for the role is also a requirement.

Responsibilities

The Account Executive will implement sales strategies to drive business growth and exceed revenue targets. They will develop and lead the sales pipeline, moving strategic transactions forward and collaborating with channel partners to sell the Cohesity solution and generate revenue. Responsibilities include proactively prospecting and penetrating accounts, reaching decision-makers, closing business, and developing sales strategies for the assigned region. The role involves building a compelling case for the Cohesity hyper-converged infrastructure solution, driving account strategies, and coordinating team selling efforts with partners to close business.

Skills

Sales Strategy

Pipeline Management

Channel Partner Collaboration

Account Penetration

Closing Business

Hyper-converged Infrastructure

Data Management

Cybersecurity

Data Security

Data Protection

Cloud

Customer Relationship Management

Cohesity

Data management solutions for enterprises

About Cohesity

Cohesity specializes in data management solutions for data centers and cloud environments. Its main products, the Cohesity DataPlatform and Cohesity DataProtect, help businesses consolidate tasks like backup, recovery, and data storage into one platform, making it easier to manage large amounts of data while reducing complexity and costs. Unlike many competitors, Cohesity focuses on simplifying data management for medium to large enterprises across various industries, including finance and healthcare. The company's goal is to help businesses manage, protect, and gain insights from their data more efficiently.

San Jose, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2013Year Founded

$642MTotal Funding

SECONDARYCompany Stage

Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries

1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Health & Wellness - Managing emotional and physical health are key to living happier lives. Cohesity employees enjoy access to exercise and meditation apps, e-Learning resources, Scribd, and more.

Parental Leave - Cohesity offers salary continuation in coordination with other benefits up to 20 weeks for maternity leaves. Up to four weeks of child bonding leave is offered to non-birth parents.

Personal Time - Our unlimited PTO policy ensures that you have work-life wellbeing and flexibility when you need it.

Financial - Cohesity offers a competitive salary, pay-for-performance bonus plan, retirement savings plan, flexible spending accounts, commuter checks, and more.

Risks

Emerging competition from startups like Eon challenges Cohesity's market position.

Integration challenges from Veritas acquisition could disrupt operations.

New leadership roles may lead to transitional challenges in company culture.

Differentiation

Cohesity integrates AI to enhance data insights and protection, setting it apart.

Their hyper-converged secondary storage simplifies data management for enterprises.

Cohesity's recognition as AWS Global Storage Partner of the Year boosts its credibility.

Upsides

Strategic partnership with NVIDIA enhances AI-driven data management solutions.

Acquisition of Veritas Technologies expands Cohesity's market share in data protection.

Deepening partnership with CrowdStrike strengthens cybersecurity offerings against data breaches.

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