Major Account Manager, SLED

Check Point Software Technologies

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

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

  • Drive new, expansion, and renewal opportunities across all accounts.
  • Acquire new strategic logos while expanding existing accounts.
  • Build executive relationships and secure access to senior-level decision-makers.
  • Develop and execute major account plans with a long-term perspective.
  • Lead complex, multi-stakeholder deal orchestration.
  • Negotiate contracts and pricing effectively.
  • Prioritize tasks across a large portfolio of business.
  • Utilize Check Point tools for account management, pipeline tracking, and forecasting.
  • Coordinate a virtual account team, including specialists and sales engineers.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape bold, multi-year account strategies.
  • Work with leading organizations in their digital and AI transformation.
  • Build trusted executive relationships in a channel-friendly environment.
  • Ownership of a critical territory with significant growth potential.
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

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