Account Director

Posted 6 Days Ago
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Paris, Île-de-France
Senior level
Information Technology • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Security • Software • Analytics • Cybersecurity
Securing Our World With Intelligence.
The Role
As an Account Director, you will manage key accounts, expand customer relationships, and drive new business acquisition in the cybersecurity sector. Your role involves collaborating with internal teams, executing sales strategies, and utilizing methodologies to close complex deals while ensuring customer satisfaction and alignment with business goals.
Summary Generated by Built In

With 1,000 intelligence professionals, over $300M in sales, and serving over 1,800 clients worldwide, Recorded Future is the world’s most advanced, and largest, intelligence company!

As an Account Director at Recorded Future, you will drive revenue growth by expanding relationships with existing customers and acquiring new business. This role involves managing key accounts, identifying new opportunities, and working closely with internal teams and channel partners to deliver cybersecurity solutions to clients.

What You'll Do:Account Management & Development:

  • Manage and grow existing relationships with customers in your designated territory, ensuring long-term success and expansion.
  • Identify new opportunities within the existing customer base, driving upgrades, cross-sells, and contract renewals at escalated ARR rates.
  • Partner with internal teams (e.g., Customer Success) to ensure customers receive the value they expect.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, establishing trust and influence at all levels of the organization.

New Business Acquisition:

  • Prospect and acquire new clients aligning client’s cybersecurity needs with Recorded Future’s solutions.
  • Drive the full sales cycle from lead generation, solution demos, negotiations, and closing deals with new customers.
  • Leverage market insights to position Recorded Future’s solutions, staying informed about industry trends and competitor offerings.
  • Collaborate with channel partners to expand your pipeline and increase market reach.

Sales Execution & Strategy:

  • Develop and present compelling proposals, ensuring alignment with customer needs and objectives.
  • Utilize sales methodologies such as MEDDIC and Value-Based Selling to influence decision-makers and close complex deals.
  • Create and execute go-to-market strategies in collaboration with internal and external teams, aligning with both customer needs and business goals.
  • Track and update opportunities in Salesforce, providing accurate forecasts and ensuring timely progress toward closing.

What You'll Bring:Experience & Industry Knowledge:

  • Experience in full sales cycle roles, with a focus on new business acquisition in the enterprise cybersecurity, SaaS, or information security sectors.
  • Proven ability to grow revenue through both existing accounts and new business acquisition.
  • Deep understanding of the cybersecurity landscape, including knowledge of threat intelligence and security operations.
  • Experience working with security-focused channel partners, and an understanding of how to leverage these relationships to drive growth.

Skills & Abilities:

  • Consultative sales approach with strong communication skills to engage both technical and executive stakeholders.
  • Analytical and problem-solving abilities to uncover customer needs and present solutions effectively.
  • Negotiation expertise, with the ability to handle objections and close complex deals.
  • Self-motivated and results-driven, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Tools & Requirements:

  • Proficiency in Salesforce, Google Suite, and a Mac environment.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.


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Why should you join Recorded Future?
Recorded Future employees (or “Futurists”), represent over 40 nationalities and embody our core values of having high standards, practicing inclusion, and acting ethically. Our dedication to empowering clients with intelligence to disrupt adversaries has earned us a 4.8-star user rating from Gartner and more than 45 of the Fortune 100 companies as clients.

Want more info? 
Blog & Podcast: Learn everything you want to know (and maybe some things you’d rather not know) about the world of cyber threat intelligence
Instagram & Twitter: What’s happening at Recorded Future
The Record: The Record is a cybersecurity news publication that explores the untold stories in this rapidly changing field
Timeline: History of Recorded Future
Recognition: Check out our awards and announcements

We are committed to maintaining an environment that attracts and retains talent from a diverse range of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles.  By ensuring all feel included and respected for being unique and bringing their whole selves to work, Recorded Future is made a better place every day.
If you need any accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to our recruiting team at [email protected] 

Recorded Future is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Recorded Future does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
Recorded Future will not discharge, discipline or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant.

Recorded Future does not administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. This is in compliance with the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in alignment with our hiring practices across all jurisdictions.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives:
Recorded Future will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Recorded Future, including those sent to our employees or through our website, will become the property of Recorded Future. Recorded Future will not be liable for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Agencies must have a valid written agreement in place with Recorded Future's recruitment team and must receive written authorization before submitting resumes. Submissions made without such agreements and authorization will not be accepted and no fees will be paid.

 

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The Company
HQ: Somerville, MA
1,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

Recorded Future is the world’s largest threat intelligence company. Recorded Future’s Intelligence Cloud provides end-to-end intelligence across adversaries, infrastructure, and targets. Indexing the internet across the open web, dark web, and technical sources, Recorded Future provides real-time visibility into an expanding attack surface and threat landscape, empowering clients to act with speed and confidence to reduce risk and securely drive business forward. Headquartered in Boston with offices and employees around the world, Recorded Future works with over 1,800 businesses and government organizations across more than 75 countries to provide real-time, unbiased and actionable intelligence. Learn more at recordedfuture.com.

Why Work With Us

Recorded Future is dedicated to creating an inclusive and safe environment for all employees. Our Employee Resource Groups (Black Empowerment Support Group, Women@RF, Out@RF, Ohana, Veterans@RF), Culture Team, and D&I committee work very closely to foster an environment where employees can thrive and be themselves.

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