Senior Enterprise Account Executive – North Spain (País Vasco)

Job title:

Senior Enterprise Account Executive – North Spain (País Vasco)

Company:

Sophos

Job description

About UsSophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at .Role SummaryThe Enterprise Account Executive directly sells to and manages relationships with enterprise accounts of 1001+ users, fulfilling through the channel. Is responsible for generating and pursuing leads and opportunities to achieve sales quotas, implementing strategic customer engagement plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments of Sophos products and services. This position will cover the North of Spain and also manage mid-market accounts.What You Will Do

• Generate Enterprise account sales pipeline, qualifying opportunities, and accurately forecasting pipeline from current and net new customers.
• Manage the sales process through closure of the sale, continued development and retention.
• Responsible for achieving agreed quarterly sales goals, developing strong relationships with key buyers and influencers in enterprise accounts and leveraging these during the sales process.
• Execute a planned cadence of engagement with key strategic customers, with monthly or quarterly minimums, and put detailed strategic account plans in place where appropriate.
• Maintain a detailed understanding of strategic customer accounts’ business to align Sophos solutions to the customer’s desired cybersecurity and business outcomes.
• Collaborate with Sales Engineering, MDR for complex MDR opportunities and Customer Success for the most strategic accounts.
• Negotiate terms of business with customers to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction and engagement, and high adoption of Sophos technology.
• Coordinate with appropriate internal groups to generate and deliver winning contract bids, proposals, RFI/RFP responses, and Statements of Work.
• Work with Channel Sales team and partner community to create pipeline through indirect engagements.

What You Will Bring

• Experience in proposing technical products and services in the ICT field, knowledge of cybersecurity products and services is highly preferred;
• Strong background in direct sales and proven track record in developing new clients, with a focus mid and large enterprise customers;
• Ability to partnering with channel network to approach new business opportunities;
• Knowledge of complex sales process and methodologies, including multiple level selling also to senior decision makers (C level) in major accounts;
• A proven sales track record on B2B customers within a field sales role;
• Goal orientated with the ability to exceed targets and KPI’s;
• Excellent communication, negotiation and objection handling skills, with the ability to identify client’s needs and pains and to underline the value of Sophos product line to match the uniqueness of your customers;
• Must be motivated, self-starter, and be able to deal with ambiguity and work in a fast-paced environment;
• Able to work independently as well as part of a team;
• Innovative thinker, able to introduce new ways of looking at problems and solve them;
• Knowledge of CRM tools, Salesforce knowledge is preferred;
• Fluent in Spanish and English.
• The candidate should reside in País Vasco (Basque Region) of Spain

#B2#LI-SK1Ready to Join Us?At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don’t check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don’t let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.What’s Great About Sophos?· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeingOur Commitment To YouWe’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.Data ProtectionIf you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos. If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights. If you have any questions about Sophos’ data protection practices, please contact dataprotection@sophos.com.

Expected salary

Location

España

Job date

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 01:39:30 GMT

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