Acquisition Client Manager | Remote, Missouri

Lensa; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT services is seeking an Acquisition Client Manager in Missouri. This role involves driving new business sales and managing strategic accounts within the security services sector. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in sales and a proven track record of building relationships with enterprise clients. This position offers the opportunity to work remotely and engage with a cross-functional team to deliver effective security solutions.

Benefits

Work/life balance

Professional training resources

Volunteer Opportunities

Qualifications

• 5-7 years in product or services-based sales, preferably in cyber or SaaS.
• Proven ability to build and execute territory and account plans.
• Experience with cross-functional resources and client engagement.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for new business sales for Optiv security services.
• Develop and execute territory coverage plans.
• Build relationships with prospects and understand their security needs.

Skills

Sales

Negotiation

Relationship Building

Communication

Business Acumen

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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As an Acquisition Client Manager (ACM) you'll be responsible for new business sales for Optiv security services and security technology solutions to new Enterprise accounts within the state of Missouri . You'll be responsible for owning and coordinating all aspects of the sales cycle within your assigned accounts, and leading a cross-functional team to build and execute a multi-year strategic account management plan for your top accounts. Members of this cross-functional team will typically include a Solutions Architect, Client Operations Specialist and services practices personnel as appropriate for your accounts.

Driving new business sales revenue and increasing market share for your defined set of accounts is a core responsibility for the ACM. You'll develop and execute against a territory coverage plan and consistently deliver on quarterly revenue targets. You’re responsible for building relationships with prospects and understanding their security needs and how they correlate to Optiv solutions that mitigate these cybersecurity risks. Based upon this understanding of the client, you'll bring together appropriate Optiv technical, services and leadership personnel to collaborate with your top account client leadership to refine and/or build a security strategy, and subsequently develop and propose solutions to address client security needs.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Build trusted, effective and productive relationships with client executives within assigned accounts.
• Lead creation of multi-year strategic account management plans, for top accounts, based upon identified client business, technology and security goals, coupled with Optiv's understanding of security trends, threats and points of view for each assigned account.
• Build a large sales pipeline, ideally 4 times assigned targets, within assigned accounts and achieve/exceed assigned gross margin target.
• Manage current and multi-quarter forecasts with a high-degree of accuracy, currency and integrity.
• Execute with discipline and in alignment with Force Management principles including MEDDICC and Command of the Message, among others.
• Effectively communicate Optiv’s value proposition as it relates to security services and technologies expertise and capabilities.
• Build strong, collaborative and productive relationships with technology partners and their respective sales personnel to both gain and share leads in support of building qualified pipeline and maximizing mutually beneficial sales opportunities.
• Initiate and/or monitor and mediate all necessary communications between clients, technology partners and members of the extended Optiv team (technical, sales, client operations, etc.) within each assigned account.
• Maintain collaborative and effective internal communications with Optiv team members relative to specific opportunities, associated requirements and client satisfaction.
  
  

What We're Looking For

• Must be able to work remotely and located in the Kansas City Metro or anywhere in the state of Missouri
• Experience in product or services based sales typically gained over 5-7 years in a cyber or SaaS technology company
• Experience working with partners on net new lead generation
• Experience developing relationships with new customers and serving as a consultant
• Proven ability to build and execute territory and account prospecting and expansion plans with a track record of exceeding assigned quotas
• Experience engaging cross-functional resources such as sales, pre-sales technical support, and other support personnel in an effective fashion
• Demonstrated ability to build productive business relationships with key executives and sponsors within assigned accounts
• Effective presentation, verbal and written communication skills
• Negotiation experience
• History of demonstrated achievement exceeding plan and expectations
• Experience building a book of business and territory execution plans
• Strong business acumen and ability to correlate business goals with business and cyber security risk in support of developing complex security technology and services solutions
• Experience building and selling complex and multi-year hardware, software, services and financing solutions to Fortune 1000 clients
• Experience selling management consulting services
  
  

What You Can Expect From Optiv

• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Employee Resource Groups (http://www.optiv.com/company/about-us#dei-group) .
• Work/life balance
• Professional training resources
• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
• Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)
  
  

EEO Statement

Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age 40 and over, marital status, genetic information, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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