Who is Forcepoint?
Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint's all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you're in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we're missing is you!
Account Manager- Civilian Government Law Enforcement
Forcepoint is seeking an experienced, high-energy Account Manager with proven track record of selling Network and Data Security solutions to US Civilian Government Law Enforcement Agencies.
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Essential Functions
- Position requires a senior professional with a proven ability to set sales strategies, identify leads, develop and qualify opportunities, and close business in our Network Edge and Data Security portfolio.
- The ideal candidate has sales experience in and around the US Civilian Law Enforcement Community (Department of Justice, Secret Service, Department of the Interior and Department of Energy) with a technical background in security software and hardware.
- Gains knowledge and insight to Customer's business priorities and challenges and propose Forcepoint solutions to address these needs.
- Works closely with Sales Engineering and Product Management to develop quotes/proposals and share market insights.
- Develops relationships with key partners, distributors, resellers, and VARs for growth of our products within Forcepoint's Edge portfolio.
- Leads sales presentations at resellers and end user locations.
- Coordinates sales enablement with field sales representatives and managers.
- Formulates New Business strategies and implements tactical plans to overachieve sales quota.
- Demonstrate the ability to analyze the needs of customers and determine how to position Forcepoint's Network Edge products and professional services to competitively meet those needs.
- Maintain an awareness of competitive offerings and strategies across the space.
- Act as liaison between customers and internal departments to ensure smooth delivery of products and services.
- In conjunction with Sales Engineers and Primary Account Managers, deliver compelling business value product demonstrations of Edge solutions to architectural, administrative and executive customer audiences using a storyboard approach.
- Understand customer's business drivers and network architectures, and promote new and innovative approaches, including improvement areas in network design.
- Organize and lead in region Meetups and User Groups.
- Build a strong pipeline of new business opportunities such that the sales pipeline reflects the capability to meet and exceed sales goals on a quarterly basis.
- The role requires up to 50% travel.
Qualification/Skills
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience with a minimum of 5+ years' experience attaining or exceeding set quotas in the Network and Data Security arenas.
- Experience selling network infrastructure-based security appliances including, but not limited to, Firewalls, DLP and Web Security Proxies.
- Knowledge of routing and switching
- Confident in Public Speaking
- C-Level Presentation Skills and Experience
- Strong professional network with partners and system Integrators
- Creative Sales Thinking and strong commitment to the customer mission
- Experience with creating/building/executing sales plays
- Prior experience as a sales specialist/strategist/sales overlay role
- Excellent white-boarding skills
- Active TS Clearance is preferred but not required
Don't meet every single qualification? Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don't meet all requirements listed in a job posting. Forcepoint is focused on building an inclusive and diverse workplace - so if there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team.
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