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Account Executive – Federal

Account ExecutiveSalesFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2000H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

Maryland + 1 more

Posted

118 days ago

Salary

Not specified

Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglishCyber Security

Job Description

• Drive net new sales while managing upsell opportunities within your assigned account deck. • Partner cross-functionally with internal teams to drive business opportunities from initial prospecting through negotiation to contract close. • Meet and/or exceed your quota by identifying, qualifying, and closing new business opportunities at Federal prospects while being a collaborative member of the Federal Sales team. • Position Rapid7 FedRAMP Moderate IL2 solutions in U.S. Federal Civilian agencies for upsell, cross-sell, and Net New Logo Adoption. • Creatively source new prospects through your expansive Civilian domain knowledge and existing trusted prospect relationships, while thoughtfully positioning Rapid7's offerings to suit their needs. • Serve as a trusted advisor, market evangelist, and industry expert, communicating Rapid7’s solution value and differentiation across Civilian accounts. • Stay current on competitor offerings and be able to identify their strengths and vulnerabilities. • Turn client feedback into actionable strategies to drive new business and address competitive risks. • Influence client decisions and advocate for client needs to negotiate solutions. • Work closely and communicate effectively with various cross-functional teams, including Sales Engineering, Sales Operations, Product Management, Product Engineering and Customer Success to ensure seamless implementation and effective ongoing customer adoption. • Accurately enter, update, and maintain daily activity, forecast, and opportunity information in Salesforce. • Meet and exceed monthly pipeline targets and progress pipeline through to highly qualified sales stages to ensure business outcomes. • Partner with Rapid7 Distribution & Channel partners to create WIN-WIN outcomes and drive channel contribution as the primary pipeline contribution. • Partner with Rapid7 Public Sector Sales Engineering teams to gain technical win and influence customer confidence in Rapid7 solutions. • Partner with Rapid7 leadership at multiple levels to ensure resource dependencies are aligned to meeting business objectives.

Job Requirements

10+ years of closing experience selling enterprise software to executives in the Federal Civilian domain.
5+ years working within cybersecurity software sales.
U.S. citizenship required; Active security clearance is strongly preferred.
Eligibility for a secret clearance or an active secret clearance is required.
A track record of Quota and Presidents Club attainment, selling both new and existing products and product portfolios.
Ability to drive consensus between multiple buyers within each assigned account and develop champions to target the Economic Buyer – i.e. get “high and wide”.
Understand customer selection criteria for budgeted and unbudgeted needs.
Capacity to learn, absorb, and adapt quickly to ever-changing business priorities.
Ability to have strategic, business-oriented conversations at the VP and CISO level.
Able to convey technical differentiators and link those differentiators to mission/business value.
Command of the forecast and sales process – reliably knows where they are in the sales process and whether/when to move the opportunity into best case or commit for the quarter.
Critical thinking in a variety of situations, demonstrating drive, initiative, energy, and a sense of urgency in acquiring and serving clients.
Ability to travel up to 35% to client meetings as needed.