Riverbed Technology, Inc.

Major Account Executives - Federal Agencies

Riverbed Technology, Inc. • $125K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Virginia, US
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in federal sales, particularly with enterprise solutions.
  • Proven record of closing multi-million dollar deals with federal agencies.
  • Strong understanding of federal market dynamics and buyer personas.
  • Experience in leading complex sales cycles and managing multiple stakeholders.
  • Disciplined in forecast accuracy, account planning, and opportunity management.

Responsibilities

  • Maximize high-value federal account sales through cross-selling and relationship-building.
  • Position as a trusted advisor, understanding account structures and stakeholder motivations.
  • Lead multi-functional teams through complex sales cycles to ensure alignment and customer satisfaction.
  • Manage multi-month sales processes, breaking them into manageable milestones.
  • Communicate the value of the Riverbed Platform and build strong business cases for decision-makers.
  • Leverage internal/external resources effectively during sales processes.
  • Implement tailored account management strategies based on individual account challenges.

Benefits

  • Flexible workplace policies to accommodate remote work.
  • Access to learning and development resources for career growth.
  • Opportunities for career progression within the company.
  • Engagement in community initiatives and employee resource groups.
  • Wellness programs supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
Full Job Description
Position

Title: Major Account Executives, Federal Agencies (Multiple opportunities supporting various federal agencies)

Location: Remote/Home Office, Reston Federal Team office

Riverbed is looking for strategic sellers to partner with our federal customers. Identifying and understanding their business needs, then configuring an appropriate offering through the Riverbed Platform to meet those needs and allow for continued mission success.

What you will do

  • Maximizing high-value sales into federal accounts. Cross- and up-selling, closing new business, and building long-term relationships.
  • Position oneself as a thought leader and trusted advisor within assigned your accounts. Understanding their structure and hierarchies, while identifying the priorities, objectives, and motivations of multiple key stakeholders.
  • Lead a complex sales cycle, orchestrating and leveraging cross-functional teams (e.g., Sales Engineering, Marketing, Product, Sales & Executive Leadership) ensuring alignment throughout the sales journey, while delivering business value and maximizing customer satisfaction.
  • Successfully manage a multi-month sales process, consisting of multiple stages, evaluations and approvals. Breaking a long sales cycle down into smaller milestones and continuously tracking your progress.
  • Communicate and demonstrate the value of the Riverbed Platform, highlighting the ROI, and building a business case that helps decision-makers understand the long-term benefit of the platform.
  • Expertly orchestrate and leverage internal and external players through complex sales cycles and buying process
  • Implement and execute an effective account management strategy. Understanding each account's unique challenges, then tailoring a solution that aligns to their needs and goals.


What makes you an ideal candidate

  • Track record of success selling high-end enterprise solutions in the Federal marketplace, preferably in one or more of the following technical realms/disciplines: Application Architecture & Performance Management, Cloud Services (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS), Hybrid Cloud, Subscription Model, Virtualization, and/or Infrastructure Management.
  • Multiple years' experience negotiating high end deals with federal agencies, and managing a complex sales-cycle, with proven results closing large multi-million dollar transactions.
  • C-level executives the value proposition of Salesforce platform
  • Leverageable experience with customer knowledge and existing relationships within assigned enterprise accounts
  • Disciplined approach to Close Planning / Opportunity Management (predictably progressing business and identifying / mitigating all risk to closure).
  • Experience closing large, complex deals. Successfully navigating complex buying processes involving multiple decision makers.
  • Disciplined approach to Account Planning / Pipeline Development (maintaining the appropriate funnel coverage and velocity).
  • Demonstrated Forecasting Accuracy and adheres to standardized Account / Opportunity management protocols / cadences.
  • Strong knowledge of the Partner ecosystem and experience establishing and cultivating Partner relationship


What we offer

Our employee benefits including flexible workplace policies, employee resource groups, learning and development resources, career progression pathways, and community engagement initiatives are some of the reasons why we have had great success in bringing in new talent. In addition, our global employee wellness programs are crafted to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of our employees.

Benefits & Perks vary by Country.

Check us out on:
www.riverbed.com
@LifeAtRiverbed

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About Riverbed Technology, Inc.

Riverbed Technology, Inc. is an American information technology company that develops products to improve application performance across wide area networks (WANs), a technique known as WAN optimization. Its products reduce latency and bandwidth constraints in delivering applications via WANs to multiple locations across long distances. Riverbed has its headquarters in San Francisco, California.
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2,700 employees
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Founded
1998

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