SLED Account Executive - NY at Cohesity

New York, New York, 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
Cybersecurity, Data Management, Public SectorIndustries

Requirements

  • 7+ Years of Experience
  • Proven success in a customer-facing sales role proposing enterprise solutions at all levels of a customer organization
  • Demonstrated selling ability to State and Local Governments and Educational Institutions
  • Bachelor's degree in Business or related field or equivalent experience
  • Experience collaborating with customers and technology partners
  • Proficiency with Salesforce.com CRM, Microsoft Office (mainly Excel), and other CRM tools
  • Comfortable working with multiple decision-makers to drive proposals
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • Self-motivated and a self-starter, comfortable working remotely and autonomously
  • Ability to travel as needed for the role
  • Shown experience negotiating, proposing, and closing contracts with clients

Responsibilities

  • Developing and handling a sales pipeline to move a large number of strategic transactions through the sales process
  • Generating revenue by successfully selling the Cohesity solution and working closely with a network of Channel Partners
  • Consistently penetrating accounts, reaching decision-makers, and closing business
  • Defining and implementing sales plans for the assigned territory to meet and exceed quota through prospecting, qualifying, managing, and closing sales opportunities
  • Developing and presenting proposals to customers that showcase the Cohesity hyper-converged infrastructure solution's ability to meet their business objectives, and establishing its value in the process
  • Driving account strategies and coordinating team selling efforts with partners to close business on a quarterly and annual basis

Skills

Sales Pipeline Development
Prospecting
Qualifying Opportunities
Closing Deals
Channel Partner Management
Territory Planning
Sales Proposals
Revenue Forecasting
Account Penetration
Customer Satisfaction

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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