Who you are:
This person will need to be passionate about the extraordinary value Abnormal is providing to our customers and conduct themselves with exceptional professionalism, honesty, and integrity.
What you'll do:
* Recruit and hire a world-class team of sellers, on time and on budget
* Clearly articulate, manage and enable sellers to hit all key productivity metrics and milestones of growth
* Instill a disciplined approach to pipeline generation leveraging all available resources including field sales, marketing, channel partners, and sales development to accelerate new business.
* Develop an overall account strategy for the region resulting in strong execution and collaborative team selling.
* Partner closely with Sales Engineering to deliver outstanding product demonstrations and a repeatable technology validation / proof-of-concept program.
* Build a strong partnership with existing customers that focuses on value realization and customer retention delivered through high renewal rates, rapid upsell expansion, and customer referrals.
* Effectively forecast monthly/ quarterly revenue to executive leadership through disciplined deal inspection and forecast methodology
* Develop strategic relationships with existing channel partners and the development of new channel partners.
* Facilitate Quarterly Business Reviews to measure sales productivity, plan execution, and progress against strategic objectives.
* Identify, cultivate, and close new business at executive levels (CISO/CIO/CTO) in accounts within the designated territory.
Experience you'll need:
* Minimum 2+ years sales experience with a demonstrated track record of success exceeding sales quotas selling security, networking and/or software solutions.
* Minimum of 2+ years leading a sales team focused on growing new business and new logos.
* Strong hunter mentality: direct experience managing teams responsible for creating new demand,new customer acquisition, and sourcing new pipeline.
* A winner, someone who holds themselves accountable to consistent over-achievement.
* Successful experience closing complex sales with multiple buying influences in new or emerging solution categories.
* Experience closing deals of all sizes. From smaller transactional deals to deals of $50K - $100K
* Experience establishing and fostering strong relationships with potential partners and customers at executive levels.
* Strong presentation and communications skills, competent translating technical features into business value.
* Familiarity and experience using consultative, value-based sales methodologies (Force Management, Challenger Sale, etc.) is a plus.
* Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation skills.
* Comfortable working in a highly fast-paced environment
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