Sr. Strategic Account Executive - Dallas, TX

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. We make it easy to secure, protect, manage, and derive value from data across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.

The sales team at Cohesity is on a mission to help organizations around the world find limitless value from their data. Our customer-obsessed account executives are focused on building new businesses while expanding the value of Cohesity for existing customers. As a Sr. Strategic Account Executive, you will be an individual contributor focused on showcasing the value of Cohesity’s products/solutions in the Dallas, TX region, reporting to Tim Rooney, servicing some of the largest customers in our ecosystem. We are a passionate team of customer-obsessed sellers with a desire to disrupt the way organizations think about data management in the strategic sector. We are looking to expand our team of sellers who are excited about bringing endless value to their customers by simplifying the world of data management.

Responsibilities

• Efficiently implement sales strategies to drive business growth and exceed revenue targets.
• Develop and lead the sales pipeline, effectively moving a large number of strategic transactions forward.
• Collaborate with channel partners to successfully sell the Cohesity solution and generate revenue.
• Proactively prospect and penetrate accounts, reaching decision-makers, and closing business.
• Develop and implement sales strategies for the assigned region, consistently achieving or surpassing targets.
• Build a compelling case for the Cohesity hyper-converged infrastructure solution, demonstrating its ability to meet customers' business objectives.
• Drive account strategies and coordinate team selling efforts with partners to close business on a quarterly and annual basis.

Requirements

• Years of experience: 5+ years of selling to large-scale clients.
• Proven success in a customer-facing sales role proposing enterprise solutions at all levels of a customer organization.
• Proven track record of successful collaboration with customers and technology partners.
• Proficient in collaborating with multiple decision-makers to drive proposals.
• Comfortable presenting technical and business material to both small and large groups.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Motivated self-starter who is comfortable working remotely and independently.
• Willingness and ability to travel as required for the position.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a related field, or equivalent experience.

Company Information

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design. Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry. Ready to secure the future of data with Cohesity?

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: (Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered.)
• This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants.
• Benefits: Full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.