Qualys

Account Executive, Public Sector

Qualys$80K — $120K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Self-motivated with strong knowledge in security and compliance areas such as vulnerability management and threat hunting.
  • Proven track record in hunting, consulting, and closing new business deals.
  • Relevant experience in state and local government sectors is preferred.
  • Familiarity with compliance standards like CIS, FedRamp, and NIST is essential.
  • Strong presentation and communication skills are required for various professional interactions.
  • Organized and analytical mindset to navigate sales obstacles effectively.
  • Ability to accommodate travel throughout the sales territory.

Responsibilities

  • Hunt, develop, and close new business opportunities in state and local government.
  • Provide both functional and technical support to prospects and existing customers.
  • Address customer inquiries regarding technical and business-related issues.
  • Deliver both high-level and detailed sales presentations effectively.
  • Attend conferences and seminars regionally and nationally to promote company offerings.
  • Manage a realistic sales funnel while prioritizing quick follow-up on inbound leads and cold calls.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work primarily in the public sector with a focus on state and local government.
  • Flexibility to present in remote environments using video conferencing.
  • Engagement with a variety of customers at different organizational levels.
  • Exposure to the latest technologies in the security and compliance space.
  • A role that contributes significantly to technological advancements in public sectors.
Full Job Description
The Account Executive, US Federal, is responsible for actively driving and managing new direct and channel business within state and local government. The Account Executive must be primarily able to hunt and close new business. Secondarily, the Account Executive should be able to articulate the company's technology and product positioning to both business and technical users.

Responsibilities:
  • Hunt, develop, and close new business opportunities
  • Provide functional and technical support to prospects and customers
  • Respond to customer questions on technical and business related issues
  • Deliver high-level and detailed sales presentations
  • Responsible for attending conferences, seminars both in-region and nationally
  • Ability to manage a realistic sales funnel, follow up on inbound leads quickly, and cold call state and local government agencies.

Qualifications:
  • Ideal candidate must be self-motivated with strong knowledge in security and compliance space: Vulnerability Management, Policy Compliance, Web Application Scanning, Threat Hunting / EDR, File Integrity Monitoring, and other enterprise security solutions.
  • Strong track record of hunting, consulting, and closing new business
  • Experience with Qualys is a plus, but not required
  • Familiarity with compliance benchmarks such as CIS level 1 & 2, FedRamp, NIAP, NIST, etc.
  • Must possess strong presentation skills and be able to communicate professionally in response to emails, RFPs and when submitting reports
  • Must be comfortable interacting at all levels within customer organizations, i.e., from C-level to front-line technical staff
  • Organized and analytical, able to eliminate sales obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches
  • 4-7 years relevant experience
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Able to travel throughout sales territory
  • Able to comfortably present to prospects and clients using video conferencing solutions in a work-from-home environment


About Qualys

Qualys, Inc. provides cloud security, compliance and related services and is based in Foster City, California. The company was founded in 1999 by Philippe Courtot who served as CEO until 2021. Qualys has over 19,000 customers in more than 130 countries, including a majority of the Forbes Global 100. The company's cloud platform and integrated suite of solutions help organizations simplify security operations and lower the cost of compliance by delivering critical security intelligence on demand and automating the full spectrum of auditing, compliance and protection for IT systems and web applications.
Learn more about Qualys
Size
1,876 employees
Market Cap
$4.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$91.5 million
5 Year Trend
+15.7%
Revenue
$362.9 million
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