Global Account Manager (GAM) - Denver, CO

Cogent Communication; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 40,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO 20 days per year

Short & Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

Holidays

Family Leave

401(k) with employer match

Stock options

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Cogent Communications seeks a results-driven sales professional to identify and close new business opportunities in a targeted regional territory. The role emphasizes direct outreach, meetings, and consultative selling of high-speed Internet, private network services, and data center solutions.

The position is in-office, five days a week, to enable focused mentorship, training, and performance-based growth within a tier-1 network provider.

Qualifications

• 3-8+ years of B2B sales in telecom with collocation, wholesale, data transit experience.
• Proven track record of direct hunting, B2B sales, and quota achievement.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are a must.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment with revenue deadlines.
• CRM knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify new business opportunities within a prescribed Regional Sales Territory via sourcing and hunting to identify new business opportunities within a global sales territory and target market segments.
• Through direct calling, email and contact efforts you will identify, qualify, and generate these new business opportunities by working directly with Key Decision Makers.
• Complement prospecting and selling efforts through onsite customer meetings as needed.
• Use consultative and relationship-building selling techniques to identify current and future connectivity solutions.
• Help Cogent customers and prospects by positioning our services leveraging the global network footprint.

Skills

B2B sales

Telecom industry

Prospecting

CRM

Communication

Education

College degree preferred

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Company

Cogent Communications is a multinational, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP, consistently ranked as one of the top five networks in the world and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the ticker symbol CCOI. Cogent specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access, private network services, IPv4 address leasing, optical transport services and data center colocation services. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network backbone provides IP services in over 228 markets globally. Since its inception, Cogent has unleashed the benefits of IP technology, building one of the largest and highest capacity IP networks in the world. This network enables Cogent to offer large bandwidth connections at highly competitive prices. Cogent also offers superior customer support by virtue of its end-to-end control of service delivery and network monitoring. Structured tenure pay increases and an uncapped commissions plan offers you unlimited earnings potential. Cogent offers a full benefits package including; Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO) (20 days per year), Short and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Holidays, Family Leave (three weeks per year), 401(k) plan with employer match, stock options, and an Employee Assistance Program.

Cogent Communications is a multinational, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP, consistently ranked as one of the top five networks in the world and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the ticker symbol CCOI. Cogent specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access, private network services, IPv4 address leasing, optical transport services and data center colocation services. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network backbone provides IP services in over 228 markets globally. Since its inception, Cogent has unleashed the benefits of IP technology, building one of the largest and highest capacity IP networks in the world. This network enables Cogent to offer large bandwidth connections at highly competitive prices. Cogent also offers superior customer support by virtue of its end-to-end control of service delivery and network monitoring. Structured tenure pay increases and an uncapped commissions plan offers you unlimited earnings potential. Cogent offers a full benefits package including; Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO) (20 days per year), Short and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Holidays, Family Leave (three weeks per year), 401(k) plan with employer match, stock options, and an Employee Assistance Program.

Compensation

[Starting / Initial] Base Salary Pay Range: [$19.23- $43.26 per hour or $40,000-90,000 per year].

• 50% -150% of one month’s MRCs (monthly recurring charges)
• 1/12 of one-time NRCs (non-recurring charges) &
• 1/24 of Burst

[Tenured] Base Salary Pay Range: [$19.23 - $52.88 per hour or $40,000 - $110,000 per year] based on achievement of structured tenure based and performance based pay increases.

Specific offers within the listed pay ranges are determined by a variety of factors such as experience, education, skills, certifications and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Identify new business opportunities within a prescribed Regional Sales Territory via sourcing and Hunting to identify new business opportunities within a global sales territory and target market segments of IP Transit, Content creators/hosters, Carriers/wholesalers and Netcentric companies.
• Through direct calling, email and contact efforts you will identify, qualify, and generate these new business opportunities by working directly with Key Decision Makers.
• Compliment prospecting and selling efforts through onsite customer meetings as needed.
• Use consultative and relationship building selling techniques to identify current and future connectivity solutions.
• Help Cogent customers and prospects by positioning our services for new business by leveraging the global network footprint that includes commercial and retail buildings, carrier neutral hotels, data centers and colocation facilities.

Qualifications

• 3-8+ years of solid, B2B sales experience in a telecom arena with collocation, wholesale experience and data transit and transport.
• Proven experience with a track record of success in a direct hunting, B2B sales role and quota achievement.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, qualify and generate new business through extensive prospecting and research.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are a must.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, team environment with revenue deadlines.
• Working knowledge of computer applications such as Microsoft Office and a CRM are a plus.
• A college degree is preferred but not required.

Work Environment

This is an in-office position five days a week to best support your success, allowing for focused mentorship, training, and personal coaching

Cogent Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer.