Named Regional Account Manager

Perception Point; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet, a cybersecurity pioneer, is seeking a Regional Named Account Manager to drive direct sales in a defined territory and strengthen relationships with Named Accounts. This role requires travel and active engagement with executives to close large deals.

You will build territory plans, generate robust pipelines, forecast accurately, and position Fortinet as the world leader in Unified Threat Management across commercial and complex organizations.

Qualifications

• Experience selling network security solutions to commercial and complex organizations.
• Proven track record of closing large deals and exceeding targets.
• Strong presentation, influencing and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive direct sales engagements into Regional Accounts within the territory.
• Create and implement territory plans to deploy Fortinet solutions to assigned accounts.
• Generate a robust sales pipeline, qualify opportunities, and provide forecasts.
• Develop executive relationships with key buyers and influencers to achieve quarterly goals.
• Travel regularly to engage customers and support business needs.

Skills

Network security sales

Deal closing

Executive relationship building

Presentation & influencing

Written and verbal communication

Education

BS or equivalent experience

Job description

Join Fortinet, a cybersecurity pioneer with over two decades of excellence, as we continue to shape the future of cybersecurity and redefine the intersection of networking and security. At Fortinet, our mission is to safeguard people, devices, and data everywhere. We are currently seeking a dynamic Regional Named Account Manager to contribute to the success of our rapidly growing business.

As a Regional Named Accounts Manager, you will:

Drive direct sales engagements into a set of Regional Accounts within your assigned territory.

• Create and implement territory plans to achieve deployments of Fortinet solutions to a set of assigned, existing accounts and new logo prospects, within your assigned territory.
• Generate a robust sales pipeline, qualify opportunities, and provide accurate forecasts.
• Develop executive relationships with key buyers and influencers and leverage these relationships to achieve quarterly sales goals.
• The Regional Named Account Manager is required to regularly work outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale and support the needs of the business.
• Build and promote the Company’s position as the worldwide leader in Unified Threat Management.

We Are Looking For:

An insightful and influential collaborator to join our team. We encourage you to apply for this position if you have the following qualities:

• Experience in selling network security solutions and services to commercial and complex organizations
• Ability to move deals through the sales cycle, with a proven record of accomplishment of closing large deals and exceeding targets/quotas.
• Strong presentation, influencing, and cultural fluency skills effective for executive audiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 3+ years of experience selling to Named Accounts within the B2B technology space.

Education:

BS or equivalent experience

Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 615,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone.

Join Fortinet, a cybersecurity pioneer with over two decades of excellence, as we continue to shape the future of cybersecurity and redefine the intersection of networking and security. At Fortinet, our mission is to safeguard people, devices, and data everywhere. We are currently seeking a dynamic Regional Named Account Manager to contribute to the success of our rapidly growing business.