Account Executive, Public Sector - Splunk

505 Cisco Systems France SARL; Paris; Sur place; EUR 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cisco Systems France SARL is seeking a results-driven Enterprise Software Sales professional to join our regional sales team in France. You will drive license, support, and service revenue growth across Public Sector accounts, building comprehensive account plans to manage multi-stakeholder opportunities.

Based in Paris or the southeast region, you will operate with MEDDPICC, defend renewals in competitive installations, negotiate pricing, and collaborate with partners, MSSPs, and internal

Qualifications

• 5+ years of quota-carrying enterprise software sales experience in France, with a proven record of quota attainment within the Public Sector.
• Proven track record defending renewals in a competitive installed base, not only driving new logo acquisition.
• Experience selling cybersecurity, observability, data platform, or infrastructure software; SIEM, SOC, or observability experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with complex enterprise sales involving formal procurement processes, including public sector tenders.
• Proficiency in a structured sales methodology such as MEDDPICC.
• Proficiency in French and English, with professional proficiency in English.
• Based in Paris or in the southeastern region of France.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time for customer engagements and internal meetings.

Responsabilités

• Drive license, support, and service revenue growth across Public Sector accounts in France.
• Build comprehensive account plans to manage complex, multi-stakeholder opportunities.
• Defend renewals within competitive installed bases while identifying opportunities for expansion and growth.
• Negotiate pricing and business terms for large enterprises by articulating value propositions and ROI.
• Collaborate with partners, MSSPs, sales engineering, and internal teams to increase deal effectiveness.

Connaissances

Enterprise software sales

Quota carrying

MEDDPICC

French language

English language

Public Sector sales

Negotiation

Description du poste

Meet the Team

Join our regional sales team dedicated to driving success within France. We empower organizations to master their infrastructure by delivering innovative data management solutions across the security and observability landscape. Our collaborative approach unites sales engineering, internal teams, strategic partners, and MSSPs to deliver exceptional value to our customers. This is an incredible opportunity to play a pivotal role in a fast-growing business while building your career in a fast-paced software environment.

Your Impact Drive license, support, and service revenue growth across Public Sector accounts in France . Build comprehensive account plans to manage complex, multi-stakeholder opportunities that increase customer value and market penetration. Defend renewals within competitive installed bases while simultaneously identifying opportunities for expansion and growth. Negotiate pricing and business terms for large enterprises by clearly articulating value propositions and return on investment. Collaborate with partners, MSSPs, sales engineering, and internal teams to increase deal effectiveness and expand total deal size.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of quota-carrying enterprise software sales experience in France, with a proven record of quota attainment within the Public Sector.
• Proven track record defending renewals in a competitive installed base, not only driving new logo acquisition.
• Experience selling cybersecurity, observability, data platform, or infrastructure software; SIEM, SOC, or observability experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with complex enterprise sales involving formal procurement processes, including public sector tenders.
• Proficiency in a structured sales methodology such as MEDDPICC.
• Proficiency in French and English, with professional proficiency in English.
• Based in Paris or in the southeastern region of France.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time for customer engagements and internal meetings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to thrive and scale operations within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• qualified to work on Large Public sector entities such as Ministries and Agencies with diverse and varied activities
• Existing CISO and CIO relationships in France.
• Experience co-selling with partners and MSSPs and global systems integrators.
• Executive presence with the ability to influence and engage CxO's stakeholders.
• Exceptional forecasting accuracy with a consistent track record of meeting commitments.
• Outstanding written communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills to drive collaborative outcomes.
• Proven self-starter with the ability to work effectively across internal teams, partners, and customer stakeholders.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. Cisconians power the future. We make impact as a team, innovating fast and fearlessly to create meaningful solutions on a large scale. The depth and breadth of our technology doesn't just benefit our customers – it also means limitless opportunities for us to experiment and learn. We understand the power each of our unique backgrounds bring when we work together. Because of that, we have a global network of thinkers, doers, experts, and curious creators who help one another do their life’s best work.