Federal Account Manager- Air Force & Space Force - Hunter

Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of sales experience in the Federal sector.
  • 5+ years of direct sales experience with Air Force and Space Force accounts.
  • Ability to secure or currently possess at least a Secret government issued security clearance.
  • University or Bachelor's degree preferred, or 15 years of overall Federal sales experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Based within the continental US, ideally close to Washington, DC or Boston, MA.

Responsibilities

  • Build growth opportunities through account planning and regular reviews.
  • Leverage partnerships and systems integrators for solution sales.
  • Engage directly with customers at various organizational levels to foster relationships.
  • Develop and present business plans quarterly to management.
  • Utilize consultative-selling to identify and nurture revenue-generating opportunities.
  • Maintain high customer loyalty through trust and integrity-building efforts.
  • Achieve sales quotas and margin targets, providing accurate pipeline updates.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellbeing support for employees and their families.
  • Opportunities for personal and professional development tailored to individual career goals.
  • Commitment to an inclusive work environment that values diverse backgrounds.
  • Flexibility to manage work and personal obligations to promote work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Federal Account Manager- Air Force & Space Force - Hunter

This role has been designated as 'Remote/Teleworker', which means you will primarily work from home.

Job Description:

Serves as the overall account lead (single point of contact) for numerous, large to small named Air Force and Space Force accounts in an assigned country, geographic territory and/or industry; understands the Air Force key business and IT challenges and requirements and is focused on driving value for the programs, while maximizing revenue and margin for the company. Specializes in a value or volume specialty (networks, security, data center, wireless) with focus on growing the base business, complex solutions, and new business opportunities. Accounts may be managed remotely. Is supported primarily by presales account teams, engineers, and the Air Force Regional Manager. This job focuses on selling to customers, typically through work that occurs outside HPE offices.
  • Travel is required, typically averaging around 50%.
  • Preferred locations are within driving distance of Washington, DC or Boston, MA.
  • Role is open to US citizens that are located within the continental US, that have at least a Secret government issued security clearance or the ability to obtain Secret government issued security clearance with HPE support within a reasonable timeframe.
  • Due to the responsibilities and requirements of the role, the position does require US citizenship.


Responsibilities:
• Builds growth opportunities using the account planning process; actively manages planning process through scheduled reviews and updates.
• Extensive time working with and leveraging external partners and systems integrators to deliver solution sales.
• Significant percentage of time spent directly with customer; interfaces with all levels, including highest within customer organization; highly diverse set of functions and buyers; focus in on management level and key decision makers.
• Develops business plan in conjunction with customers in assigned accounts. Brief business plan each quarter to HPEN management.
• Applies consultative-selling techniques to identify and advance opportunities that result in ongoing profitable revenue growth for the company including expansion of existing HPEN accounts and hunting for new account opportunities.
• Maintains high-level of customer loyalty and builds trust and integrity, as indicated in company conducted surveys and reports.
• Responsible for achieving/managing quarterly, half yearly, annual quota and/or margin
• Enters all opportunities in pipeline tool and updates them weekly. Recommends and Implements industry leading Pipeline management practices and accurate quarterly forecasts.
• Ability to implement margin recovery activities/strategies.
• Identifies customer requirements, matches with company capabilities and chooses the respective company supply chain accordingly (Volume Direct or Indirect).

Education and Experience Required:
  • • 10+ years sales experience across Federal
  • • 5+ years of direct sales experience working with Air Force and Space Force
  • Travel is required, typically averaging around 50%.
  • Role is open to US citizens that are located within the continental US, that have at least a Secret government issued security clearance or the ability to obtain Secret government issued security clearance with HPE support within a reasonable timeframe.
  • • Secret Clearance desired, Top Secret preferred
  • Due to the responsibilities and requirements of the role, the position does require US citizenship.
  • • University or Bachelor's degree desired, in lieu of Bachelors degree, 15 years total sales experience in Federal.
  • Preferred locations are within driving distance of Washington, DC or Boston,MA.


Knowledge and Skills:
• Has good leadership skills and cross functional expertise.
• Must have good time management skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple internal and external partners/integrators on multiple levels to deliver appropriate solution sale.
• Hi level customer management relationship building, working at management and decision makers level in lines of business to grow existing accounts, and hunt for new opportunities.
• Advanced sales negotiation, and deal closing skills.
• Identifies and effectively leads the account resources to ensure coordinated, efficient, account management, and accountability for achieving business results with accurate forecasting.
• Expertise in managing end- to-end sales processes in large deals.
• Ability to understand the customer's business issues and translate to the company's solutions.
• Ability to prioritize and drive strategic sales activity on a complex solution basis.
• Excels in competitive selling skills.
• Ability to provide accurate quarterly forecasts

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have - whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:
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Job Level:
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"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
- United States of America: Annual Salary USD 221,000 - 429,000 in Massachusetts // 194,500 - 456,500 in District of Columbia
This range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target-level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan. Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target-level sales compensation is 50%/50%."

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

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