Major Account Manager, SLED

Check Point Software Technologies

• $110K — $130K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of direct sales experience in enterprise technology, preferably in cybersecurity, SaaS, networking, or infrastructure
  • Proven success selling into State, Local Government, and/or Education accounts
  • Strong understanding of North Carolina procurement, budgeting cycles, and funding mechanisms
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex sales cycles and strategic accounts
  • Self-starter with excellent communication, organization, and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to travel regionally as needed (estimated 50%)
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Drive new, expansion, and renewal opportunities across all accounts
  • Acquire new strategic logos while farming and expanding existing accounts
  • Build executive relationships and secure senior-level access
  • Develop and execute major account plans with a multi-year view
  • Lead complex, multi-stakeholder deal orchestration
  • Lead contract and pricing negotiations
  • Prioritize effectively across a large book of business
  • Use Check Point tools to manage accounts, pipelines, and forecasts
  • Coordinate a virtual account team (specialists, SE, etc.)

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape bold, multi-year account strategies
  • Work with leading organizations in digital and AI transformation
  • Build trusted executive relationships
  • Engage in a channel-friendly environment
  • Ownership of a critical territory
Full Job Description
Job Description

What We Are Looking For

Check Point is looking for a high-impact Major Account Manager ready to win new strategic logos and unlock growth across a focused portfolio of approximately 20 existing customers and prospects. In this role, you will shape bold, multi-year account strategies, lead complex deals with senior decision-makers, and bring together a virtual account team to deliver meaningful outcomes for customers in a channel-friendly environment. This is an opportunity to own a critical territory, build trusted executive relationships, and help some of the world's leading organizations stay secure as they accelerate their digital and AI transformation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Drive new, expansion and renewal opportunities across all accounts
  • Acquire new strategic logos while farming and expanding existing accounts
  • Build executive relationships and secure senior-level access
  • Develop and execute major account plans with multi-year view
  • Lead complex, multi-stakeholder deal orchestration
  • Lead contract and pricing negotiations
  • Prioritize effectively across a large book of business
  • Use Check Point tools to manage accounts, pipelines and forecast
  • Coordinate a virtual account team (specialists, SE, etc)


Qualifications
  • 5+ years of direct sales experience in enterprise technology, preferably in cybersecurity, SaaS, networking, or infrastructure
  • Proven success selling into State, Local Government, and/or Education accounts
  • Strong understanding of State of North Carolina procurement, budgeting cycles, and funding mechanisms
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex sales cycles and strategic accounts
  • Self-starter with excellent communication, organization, and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to travel regionally as needed (estimated 50%)
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Existing relationships within North Carolina SLED customer base and state agencies and Higher Education Institutions
  • Experience working with or through public sector channels and distributors
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and compliance requirements in SLED
  • Experience using Salesforce or similar CRM


Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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