Regional Sales Account Manager

Zhone Technologies, Inc

$90K — $130K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of Telecom Industry sales experience, focusing on regional leadership.
  • Experience selling Fixed Wireline and Wireless products.
  • Knowledge of DWDM transport products and Management & Control cloud-based platforms.
  • Success in managing multi-state sales territories across the U.S.
  • Strong telecommunications or technology-related industry background.
  • Proven track record in complex commercial negotiations and high-value closures.
  • Excellent executive communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

  • Expand executive-level customer relationships to facilitate business growth.
  • Develop and manage the regional sales strategy and pipeline.
  • Collaborate with Product and Marketing to enhance market positioning.
  • Analyze competition and market trends for effective go-to-market strategies.
  • Work with Product and Service Teams to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Conduct frequent meetings to capture client needs and provide timely quotes.
  • Present proposals to key decision-makers and influencers.

Benefits

  • Fully remote position, offering flexibility in work location.
  • Opportunity to lead regional sales strategy and drive revenue growth.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance customer experience.
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Role Summary:

The Regional Sales Account Manager serves in a senior capacity with broad strategic and commercial responsibilities. This role is accountable for defining the regional sales strategy, owning a regional revenue/quota target across a U.S. region/territory, leading revenue growth initiatives, managing key customer relationships, and ensuring alignment with the company's global business objectives.

Location Requirement

This is a fully remote position. At this time, applicants must reside in and be authorized to work in one of the following states: California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington or Wisconsin, due to business and compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities
  • Own and expand executive-level customer relationships to drive business expansion, acting as a trusted advisor from opportunity discovery through close.
  • Develop and manage the regional account/territory sales plan, including pipeline and forecast reviews, quarterly business reviews, and strategic account planning, to maintain pipeline coverage and deliver YoY growth.
  • Collaborate closely with the Product and Marketing team to define, develop and improve corporate positioning within the market.
  • Analyze the competition, market trends, and customer base to formulate a sales & marketing go-to-market strategy.
  • Partner with Product and Service Teams to deliver on-time, in-scope execution and achieve customer satisfaction targets.
  • Conduct onsite and virtual customer/prospect meetings frequently to capture requirements and produce accurate, timely quotations.
  • Present product & service proposals/solutions to the customer's key decision-makers and influencers to win competitive opportunities.
  • Collaborate with peer regional sales account team members, coordinating closely with technical sales/solutions engineering and supply chain delivery teams.
  • Own weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting, with a best-practice focus on forecast accuracy and reporting progress against quota targets.
  • Use Salesforce (CRM) to manage pipeline, customer activity, and forecasting.


Requirements

  • 10+ years of progressive Telecom Industry sales experience, including Service Provider and Enterprise commercial sales regional/territory leadership.
  • Prior sales experience selling both Fixed Wireline (FTTx/xPON access and subscriber products/solutions) and Wireless (fixed and mobile) products/solutions.
  • Prior sales experience selling DWDM transport products/solutions.
  • Prior sales experience selling Management & Control cloud-based software platforms.
  • Proven success managing a multi-state, regional territory or multi-region sales coverage across the United States.
  • Strong background in telecommunications, networking, SaaS, or similar technology-related industries.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead complex commercial negotiations and close high-value opportunities.
  • Strong executive communication skills, presentation skills, including the ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Bachelor's degree as educational requirement.
  • Ability to travel frequently across the U.S. region.


Preferred Skills:
  • Experience working within global, matrixed organizations.
  • Experience with similar, like-OEM product/solution providers.
  • M.B.A. or similar advanced technical engineering degree.

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