Commercial Account Executive - Mid-Atlantic

Commvault; Virginia; On-site; USD 94,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Presidents Club

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Professional development

Sales MEDDIC training

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Commvault is seeking a Commercial Account Executive to drive revenue in the Mid-Atlantic region. You will manage current customers and new logos, articulate a compelling value proposition, and work with partners to expand the territory.

This field sales role requires strategic planning and a track record of selling complex software platforms. You will engage with local resellers and alliances, build relationships, present quantified business cases, and close deals in alignment with company

Qualifications

• Five+ years of proven success in software sales.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Experience selling through channel partners and alliances.
• Strong IT infrastructure knowledge and storage management understanding.

Responsibilities

• Identify and qualify leads to build opportunities and meet quotas.
• Maintain a high level of face‑to‑face meetings with customers, prospects and partners weekly.
• Develop a territory plan leveraging partners and relationships to build a robust pipeline.
• Identify and build strategic relationships with local partners to aid pipeline generation.
• Lead partner relationships and enable partner sales and technical programs.
• Cultivate strategic client relationships with ongoing contact.
• Prepare and present proposals with quantifiable business value.
• Negotiate and close deals following company practices.
• Use internal tools to drive opportunities to close.

Skills

Software sales

Communication skills

Relationship building

IT infrastructure knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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About Commvault

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) delivers continuous recovery for the AI era. We help organizations stay ready for constant disruption by returning critical data, applications, identities, and AI systems to a clean, trusted state. Our purpose-built recovery solutions span cloud-native and hybrid environments, leveraging AI to enable resilience at enterprise scale.

The Opportunity

The Commercial Account Executive is responsible for achieving quota by selling solutions into a defined territory that includes current Commvault customers and prospects. The position is a field sales account role where the AE will engage in face‑to‑face sales with customers either directly or through partners. The Account Executive (AE) is responsible for territory planning, new account acquisition and servicing existing clients while working with local resellers and alliance partners. The AE must articulate an in-depth understanding of the prospect’s environment, current challenges/goals and have the ability to align Commvault solutions to those challenges/goals including a financial and strategic value proposition. The candidate must have a history of success in selling complex software platforms (vs. IT component or narrow focused tools) to new logo accounts and have significant experience selling within the local partner ecosystem.

• Candidate must live in Maryland, Washington DC, or Northern Virginia to be considered for role.

What You’ll Do…

• Identify and qualify leads, and generate new business opportunities in order to achieve revenue quota on a quarterly and annual basis
• Maintain a high level of face‑to‑face meeting activity with customers, prospects and partners on a weekly basis
• Develop a territory plan to best leverage partners, alliances and existing relationships to build and maintain a robust pipeline of new logo opportunities
• Identify and build strategic relationships with local partners to aid in pipeline generation
• Lead partner relationships, assist in rolling out partner programs and partner sales and technical enablement
• Cultivate strategic working relationships with clients, maintaining a high level of contact
• Prepare and present sales proposals and presentations to new and existing clients with quantifiable business cases and strategic and technical value propositions
• Negotiate and close deals following the company’s practices and processes
• Leverage internal sales tools and processes to drive opportunities to a successful close
• Ensure orders meet all legal and financial requirements
• Plan, attend and coordinate executive briefings
• Maintain a high level of relevant industry, Commvault and driven knowledge

Who You Are…

• Possess a Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of five years’ proven success in software sales
• Understanding of the storage 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 IT infrastructure

Meet The Hiring Manager

Chris Bird, Commercial Sales Director

You’ll Love Working Here Because

• High income earning opportunities based on self-performance
• Opportunity for Presidents Club
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
• Generous competitive benefits supporting your health, financial security, and work-life balance

Thank you for your interest in Commvault. Reflected below is the minimum and maximum base salary range for this role. At Commvault we use broad salary ranges in our job postings to reflect the diverse levels of expertise and experience among our candidates and is not reflective of the total compensation and benefits package. The specific salary offered will be determined based on your unique qualifications, including your relevant experience, skills, and the value you bring to the role. While the range provides a general idea of the compensation, it is important to note that placements within the range are not automatic and will be carefully considered to ensure a fair and competitive offer. We are committed to rewarding talent and experience.

Pay Range

$93,500—$185,150 USD

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