Major Account Manager

F5; United Arab Emirates; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology service provider is seeking a Major Account Manager based in Abu Dhabi to manage key public sector and enterprise accounts in the UAE. The role involves developing strategic relationships, ensuring revenue goals are met, and maintaining high-level executive contact. Candidates should have strong negotiation skills and knowledge of networking products. This is a full-time position offering a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Significant direct work experience in a relevant customer set.
• Being Abu Dhabi based is highly preferable.
• Requires specialized knowledge in networking products, preferably those of F5.

Responsibilities

• Primary point-of-contact for major accounts in the UAE.
• Maintaining high-level contact with executives.
• Preparing formal proposals and presentations to close deals successfully.

Skills

Excellent negotiation and closing skills

Excellent solution selling

Client interfacing

Understanding of Public Sector and Enterprise tender processes

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

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At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Our Employees

Are valued and empowered, collaborative and team oriented, innovative in their approach and passionate about their work. They are reliable, trustworthy and open with a high level of integrity. They value diversity, are inclusive and are committed to a global mindset.

Position Summary

We are looking for a strategic sales professional based in Abu Dhabi, who has in-depth knowledge of how technology is used to enable business goals or overcome business challenges. Position requires strategic thinking / planning coupled with tactical execution of identified business opportunities. Responsible for managing all facets of the relationship with large key accounts (of significant strategic importance to the organization) while ensuring revenue goals are being met. Maintains contact at relevant levels in the accounts focusing on strategic nature of the relationship. Must be able to build and maintain relationships effectively and communicate at all levels. Develops opportunities across the F5 solution portfolio while effectively selling solutions and services using technical, organizational and customer knowledge to influence and build trusting relationships. Able to partner effectively, and tactically, with Systems Integrators, large Service Providers and regional VARs based on need or required value. This is an individual contributor role and is a quota carrying role.

Responsibilities

• The role will be focused on Public Sector and Enterprise customers across the UAE but primarily, Abu Dhabi
• You will be primary point-of-contact for these major accounts.
• Maintaining contact with account at a high, executive level, focusing on the strategic nature of the relationship.
• Sells the organization’s products or services to and maintains relationships with existing accounts. Responsible for expanding and retaining named accounts while ensuring ongoing customer service.
• Responsible for identifying and qualifying long-term and short-term business opportunities and pro-actively identifying and addressing competitive threats
• Prepares formal proposals and presentations, presents to all levels of the organization including executives, leads negotiations, coordinates complex decision making processes and overcomes objectives to closure, and closes sales in a professional and effective manner
• Responsible for significant key partner relationship management and development. Facilitate executive-level relationships between the customer, F5 and its partners including; facilitating communication on strategic and tactical issues and maintaining continuity
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, technical developments and government regulations that effect target markets
• Must understand organization’s business needs, develop application of products and services and communicate how F5’s technical value added solutions will address those needs
• Research and develop lists of potential customers within an organization; regularly follow-up on leads and developing leads, and act to close deals
• Determine market strategies and goals for each product and service; understanding the strategies, goals and objectives of named accounts
• Assume a leadership role in coordinating account strategy and tactics for sales support team (inside sales, systems engineering, sales management)
• Assume full responsibility for accurate sales forecasting by demonstrating in depth knowledge of sales cycles from initial contact through the procurement process, ensure Salesforce is utilized appropriately and maintained on a regular basis
• Develop and maintain detailed account profiles including organizational charts for all accounts to be reviewed by management on a quarterly basis
• Develops strategy for sustained management and success of business and coordinates resources to ensure goals are met
• Provides regular updates to senior sales and operations staff concerning account issues, financial status
• Meet and exceed sales quotas and revenue goals
• Considered a trusted resource by customer base and an expert in the field
• Has credibility to influence at senior levels within named account e.g. Senior Executive / Board / Chair
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Significant direct work experience in a relevant customer set

Being Abu Dhabi based is highly preferable

Good understanding of Public Sector and Enterprise tender processes

Bachelors degree preferred

Requires specialized knowledge in networking products, preferably those of F5

Experience with Internet related software or systems

Excellent negotiation and closing skills

Excellent solution selling and presentation abilities

Excellent client interfacing and customer-focused approach

Ability to provide and work from a home office located within the territory

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Job may be performed on-site at a customer facility or data center, or in an office environment sitting at a desk or computer table. Duties require the ability to utilize a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material. Duties require the ability to travel up to 60% via automobile and airplane, and may require being on call periodically and working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends)

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com) .

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [e-mail].

Seniority level

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Sales and Business Development

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

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