Account Manager, SLED -Atlanta

Presidio; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exceptional commissions

Top training and support

Recognition for high performers

Job summary

Presidio is seeking an experienced SLED Account Manager in Atlanta to drive sales and maintain customer relationships. Account Managers will engage in business development, meet sales targets, and develop marketing strategies. Ideal candidates will have at least 2 years of outside SLED sales experience, a bachelor's degree, and strong communication skills. This role offers competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for recognition within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 2 or more years of outside SLED sales experience.
• Experience with technology solutions from various vendors.
• Military experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Business development and new account acquisition.
• Achieve sales targets and maintain customer satisfaction.
• Develop and execute marketing and business plans.
• Perform extensive proposal writing.

Skills

Outside information technology SLED sales experience

Customer-facing skills

Relationship building

Sales strategy execution

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Overview

Presidio, Where Teamwork and Innovation Shape the Future

At Presidio, we’re at the forefront of a global technology revolution, transforming industries through cutting‑edge digital solutions and next‑generation AI. We empower businesses—and their customers—to achieve more through innovation, automation, and intelligent insights.

The Role

Presidio is hiring experienced SLED Account Managers to join our growing sales team in Atlanta. Our Account Managers earn a competitive base salary, exceptional commissions and benefit plans — along with top training and support, and recognition for high performers. If you’re coachable, persistent, smart, executive‑savvy, and looking for your next great adventure, Presidio is the place for you.

Account Managers are responsible for business development, new account acquisition, achieving sales targets, and maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction within an assigned territory. Important activities include anticipating customer needs by proactively gauging customer requirements, responding to customer requests, preparing proposals, and developing solutions from available offerings.

Key Responsibilities

Sales Execution

• Execute sales strategy by identifying customer needs and selling the appropriate hardware and company services.
• Develop business through multiple marketing and sales techniques including but not limited to cold calling, conducting in‑person meetings, and partnering with vendors or manufacturers.
• Maintain a targeted understanding of customers’ business showing the ability to establish customer needs, buying cycles, and creating strong relationships to effectively drive sales and repeat business.
• Meet or exceed annual sales top line revenue and margin goals as defined by management.
• Drive profitably and grow revenue for target accounts in partnership with inside sales team.
• Adhere to sales process including but not limited to pipeline development and accurate forecasting via internal tools.
• Perform extensive proposal writing and prepare sales information for customers.

Account Management

• Manage individual sales objectives to include sales orders and billing activities to support quarterly goals.
• Manage on‑going customer account relationship to include updating account information in company systems and resolving customer satisfaction issues.
• Work with inside sales team to ensure that quotes are provided, and order requests are processed accurately and with engineering team to accurately scope projects.
• Manage past due invoice resolution with accounting to ensure proper collections.
• Develop and maintain solid business relationships within the various decision‑makers and influencers at all levels at each target account.
• Understand each target customer’s business model, map their organization and identify their unique technology needs.

Strategic Planning & Presentation

• Perform deep analysis of account base including “heat maps” to determine key areas of opportunities.
• Develop & execute marketing and business plans to drive revenue and profits.
• Work with sales leadership and team to provide feedback, develop specific vendor relationships, advance new company initiatives and mentor new employees to enhance all aspects of the sales strategy.
• Attend monthly/quarterly account planning/penetration sessions with our strategic manufacturing partners’ AMs.
• Present a Quarterly Business Outlook (QBO) to Sales/Ops Manager each quarter which will focus on past performance and expectations of current quarter, analysis of pipeline, key wins, and personal improvement goals.
• Provide in‑depth customer technology roadmap and collaboratively work with inside Account Manager to uncover new sales opportunities.
• Develop partnerships with Vendor Field Sales Representatives and optimize the joint selling opportunities within the territory.
• Use monthly forecasting and pipeline management to manage sales growth.
• Demonstrate ability to overcome obstacles, achieve sales goals, and articulate ideas clearly and concisely in a variety of settings.
• Proven track record in developing relationships with customers and vendors, and ability to translate client business needs into solutions.
• Preferred candidate will have prior experience selling advanced technology solutions from Cisco, EMC, Nimble, Aruba, Palo Alto, IBM, HP, Citrix, Microsoft, etc.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent experience and/or military experience.
• 2 or more years of outside information technology SLED sales experience (customer‑facing) with state and local government and higher education. Experience with infrastructure, storage, network security, professional services or managed services preferred, and cloud strongly preferred.

Ready to innovate? Let’s redefine what’s next—together.

About Presidio

At Presidio, speed and quality meet technology and innovation. Presidio is a trusted ally for organizations across industries with a decades‑long history of building traditional IT foundations and deep expertise in AI and automation, security, networking, digital transformation, and cloud computing. Presidio fills gaps, removes hurdles, optimizes costs, and reduces risk. Presidio’s expert technical team develops custom applications, provides managed services, enables actionable data insights and builds forward‑thinking solutions that drive strategic outcomes for clients globally.

For more information, visit www.presidio.com

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