Cloud Resilience Account Executive - East

Commvault; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 93,500 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High income earning opportunities

New hire stock equity (RSU)

Continuous professional development

Job summary

Commvault is seeking a Cloud Resilience Account Executive to drive sales of their Cloud SaaS solutions in Washington, DC. This dynamic role includes working closely with Enterprise and Commercial Segment Account Executives to develop business opportunities and maintain strong relationships with customers and partners. Candidates should possess a strong background in software sales, excellent communication skills, and understanding of the SaaS landscape. Opportunities for high earnings, professional development, and an inclusive corporate culture are offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years’ demonstrated success in software sales.
• Understanding of the SaaS data management industry.
• Experience with public cloud marketplaces.

Responsibilities

• Qualify leads and help field sellers develop business opportunities.
• Maintain high levels of customer engagement.
• Partner with field sellers on SaaS opportunities.

Skills

Software sales success

Communication skills

Financial selling skills

Understanding of SaaS data management

Relationship building with channel partners

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Sales tools and processes

Public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Job description

The Opportunity

The Cloud Resilience Account Executive is responsible for achieving quota by selling Commvault Cloud SaaS solutions into a defined territory that includes current Commvault customers and prospects. The position is an overlay field sales role where they are responsible for supporting Enterprise and Commercial Segment Account Executives face to face or virtually on sales meetings. This role will align to multiple Sales Leaders, supporting opportunities from their teams and leading specific stages during the sales process (e.g. demos, POCs, TCO discussions, etc).

This person must have the ability to articulate an in-depth discussion, starting from understanding the end user’s environment, current challenges/goals, and align Commvault SaaS solutions to those challenges/goals including a financial and strategic value proposition.

The candidate must have a history of success in selling software platforms (SaaS preferred) and have experience selling within the local partner ecosystem.

Must be located in any East major US City or Chicago, Illinois to be considered for role.

What you’ll do…

• Qualify leads that cover a specific set of SaaS services, and help field sellers in developing business opportunities in order to achieve revenue quota on a quarterly and annual basis
• Maintain a high level of face-to-face and/or virtual meeting activity with customers, prospects and partners in alignment with the guidance and priorities received from the Sales Leaders (AVPs and Sales Directors)
• Partner with Commvault field sellers and pre-sales engineers on specific SaaS opportunities and work jointly to closure
• Be able to coach and share best practices with the broader sales and GTM organization
• Foster strategic working relationships with customers, maintaining a high level of contact
• Prepare and present sales proposals and presentations to prospects and existing customers with quantifiable business cases and strategic and technical value propositions
• Provide support in negotiating and closing deals following the company’s practices and processes
• Leverage internal sales tools and processes to help driving opportunities to a successful close
• Plan, attend, and coordinate executive briefings
• Maintain a high level of relevant industry, SaaS and competitive knowledge
• Be able to take responsibility of the specific SaaS goal for your territory, accurately forecast the business and hold to that commitment
• Be the owner of your business in your territory, ensuring end-to-end management of the identified specific SaaS services (including sales activities, forecast, planning, reporting, QBRs, etc.)

Who you are…

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent working experience
• Minimum of 5+ years’ demonstrated success in software sales
• Understanding of the SaaS data management industry, products, competitors, history, emerging trends and changing marketplace
• Minimum of two years’ success in identifying, building relationships and selling with channel partners
• Excellent communication skills, persuasive, listening skills
• Background in cloud, data center infrastructure, or cyber security
• Strong financial selling skills, specifically building and delivering TCO models
• Working understanding of the public cloud offerings (AWS, Azure and GCP)
• Experience working with RTM partners hyperscalers, alliances and GSI
• MEEDIC knowledge and participation in account planning activities
• Strong working relationship with legal to accelerate agreements required for closure.
• Experience selling solutions through public cloud marketplaces

Benefits

• High income earning opportunities based on self performance
• Opportunity for Presidents Club
• New hire stock equity (RSU) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Sales qualification training in MEDDIC
• An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Community Guilds
• Generous global benefits

Meet the Hiring Manager

Mike Odisho - Area Vice President, Overlay Sales

Salary

Pay Range: $93,500—$207,000 USD

Equal Employment Opportunity

Commvault is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are always committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status and we will not discriminate against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we work.

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