Public Sector Account Executive

Posted 20 Days Ago
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England
Senior level
Database
The Role
Cohesity seeks a Public Sector Account Executive to drive sales through customer interactions, manage a sales pipeline, and develop sales strategies to exceed revenue targets.
Summary Generated by Built In

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.

Want to help us simplify the world of data management? Come, join us!

Are you driven, high-reaching, and thrive in a collaborative environment? If so, Cohesity is looking for you! As an Account Executive at Cohesity, you will have the outstanding opportunity to work with an extraordinary team and compete in a fast-paced, multifaceted industry. In this role, you will play a key role in driving our business forward by efficiently implementing sales strategies and exceeding revenue targets. You will drive customer satisfaction while maintaining an accurate forecast and collaborating with several channel partners.

HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:

  • Developing and handling a sales pipeline to move many 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 establish its value in the process.
  • Driving account strategies and coordinating team selling efforts with partners to close business quarterly and annually.

WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

  • 7+ years of proven success in a customer-facing sales role proposing enterprise solutions at all levels of a customer organization.
  • 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.
  • Proven experience negotiating, proposing, and closing contracts with clients.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOE)

Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law. 

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at 1-855-9COHESITY or [email protected] for assistance.

In-Office Expectations

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.

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The Company
San Jose, CA
1,529 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

We believe that simplicity is the foundation of modern data management. Our mission is to radically simplify how organizations manage their data and unlock limitless value.

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