Experience in sales, particularly in financial services or identity-centric security solutions
Ability to lead sales processes, including prospecting, qualifying, developing opportunities, proposing, negotiating, and closing deals
Key account management skills, including defining sales plans, acting as trusted advisor at C-level and other levels, and creating demand based on business cases
Strong new account generation (hunting) capabilities, including aggressive prospecting in assigned countries
Proficiency in building and managing sales pipelines
Experience managing and supporting distribution partners
Ability to deliver monthly/quarterly revenue against commits and yearly quotas
Deep understanding of Financial Services product portfolios, value propositions, competitive offerings, customer business issues, and technology trends
Proficiency in Salesforce.com for managing accounts, opportunities, pipelines, and forecasts
Strong team collaboration skills with Business Solution Consultants, Technical Sales Consultants, Marketing, and other teams
Ability to provide competitive intelligence, voice of the customer, and market requirements to product marketing
Responsibilities
Lead the sales process for the Financial Services product, solution, and service portfolio in assigned Middle East countries (70% customer-facing)
Identify and manage key and new accounts for the Financial Services portfolio
Determine key accounts, define and manage key account sales plans, act as trusted advisor, create demand, propose, negotiate, and close deals
Actively prospect new sales opportunities, qualify and develop them, define and execute sales strategies, create demand, propose, negotiate, and close deals
Build a strong overall sales pipeline for the Financial Services portfolio
Manage and support distribution partners to qualify, propose, negotiate, and close opportunities
Identify sales opportunities for other Lines of Business and hand over to respective Sales Managers
Deliver monthly/quarterly revenue against sales commits and yearly revenue against sales quotas
Engage as a team member in the Financial Services Sales Team (10% organizational engagement)
Work cooperatively with Business Solution Consultants to identify and develop business case approaches
Work cooperatively with Technical Sales Consultants to generate cost sheets, technical, and commercial proposals
Develop and maintain deep understanding of Financial Services portfolio, competitive offerings, customer issues, and map to Entrust solutions
Provide competitive account/market intelligence, voice of the customer, and market requirements to product marketing for roadmapping
Participate with Marketing to create product/service awareness
Promote business plans internally and influence development of market solutions (10% internal management)
Manage direct/indirect accounts, opportunities, and sales pipeline in Salesforce.com through full sales cycle and forecast stages
Enter all leads and opportunities into Salesforce.com