Sophos

Senior Territory Account Executive (Bilingual English-French)

Sophos$81K — $135K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Fully bilingual (English/French) in spoken and written language.
  • 3+ years in a sales role with proven track record of exceeding sales quotas.
  • Strategic ownership mindset with accountability for territory performance.
  • Strong prospecting skills and a 'hunter' mentality for new business development.
  • In-depth understanding of the mid-market business sales cycle and decision-making processes.
  • Exceptional skills in opportunity discovery, deal qualification, and closing.
  • Solid technical acumen, particularly in cybersecurity, with experience selling through partners.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute strategic territory plan for new logo acquisition and customer expansion.
  • Generate sales pipeline by qualifying Mid-Market accounts and forecasting accurately.
  • Meet quarterly sales goals through effective management of the sales process.
  • Drive new business prospecting within assigned territory.
  • Collaborate with the Renewals team to ensure positive customer experiences and reduce churn.
  • Engage with customers to align Sophos solutions with their business needs.
  • Work with the Channel Sales team to build pipeline through indirect partnerships.
  • Maintain accurate CRM for effective reporting and pipeline management.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package.
Full Job Description
Role Summary

As a Bilingual Territory Account Executive for the Mid-Market (Quebec, Eastern Ontario, and Maritimes), you will own the full business strategy, customer relationships, and revenue outcomes within the Mid-Market space. You will create and manage sales opportunities with Sophos prospects and existing customers to meet and exceed your individual contributor sales quota. You will work closely with presales security engineering resources, product teams, marketing, overlay sales representatives, the Renewals team, and our network of channel partner resellers to maximize Sophos' business in your territory.

What You Will Do

  • Own your territory like a business: develop and execute a strategic territory plan that drives new logo acquisition, customer expansion, and long-term revenue growth.


  • Generate Mid-Market accounts sales pipeline, qualifying opportunities, and accurately forecasting pipeline with a balanced view of new logo and expand business.


  • Achieve agreed quarterly sales goals through management of the sales process to closure, while driving high renewal rates and identifying cross-sell and upsell opportunities across your customer base.


  • Drive New business and prospect for your given territory.


  • Partner closely with the Renewals team to ensure a seamless customer experience at contract renewal, reduce churn risk, and identify expansion opportunities ahead of renewal cycles.


  • Engage with prospects and customers to understand their business pain points, priorities, and drivers, aligning Sophos solutions to customers' desired outcomes.


  • Work with the Channel Sales team and partner community to build pipeline through indirect engagements.


  • Collaborate with sales engineering and channel partners throughout the sales cycle to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction and strong adoption of Sophos technology.


  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date CRM hygiene to support forecasting, pipeline management, and territory reporting.


What You Will Bring

  • Fully bilingual (English/French) capabilities in spoken and written French language are a requirement of this role.
  • 3+ years in a sales role working with end users or channel partners, with a track record of achieving and exceeding sales quotas.


  • A strategic, ownership mindset, you think and act like a business owner, taking full accountability for territory performance.


  • A hunter mentality: you are energized by prospecting, opening new doors, and winning competitive deals in accounts where Sophos has no existing footprint.


  • Understanding of the mid-market business sales cycle, buyer personas, and decision-making processes, and how to successfully navigate them.


  • Exceptional opportunity discovery and deal qualification skills, value proposition presentation, negotiation, and closing skills.


  • Experience collaborating across internal teams including renewals, sales engineering, and inside sales to drive coordinated, customer-first outcomes.


  • Customer-centric orientation with the ability to build trusted relationships via email, telephone, and in person.


  • Solid technical acumen with the ability to articulate the value of different technologies; strong cybersecurity knowledge is a strong advantage.


  • Experience selling through and with channel partners, and the ability to thrive in a team-selling environment.


  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple opportunities simultaneously.


In Canada, the base salary for this role ranges from $81,500 to $135,500. In addition to the base salary, there's a component for target sales commissions alongside a comprehensive benefits package. A candidate's specific pay within this range will depend on a variety of factors, including job-related skills, training, location, experience, relevant education, certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

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About Sophos

Sophos Group plc is a British based security software and hardware company. Sophos develops products for communication endpoint, encryption, network security, email security, mobile security and unified threat management. Sophos is primarily focused on providing security software to 100- to 5,000-seat organizations. While not a primary focus, Sophos also protects home users, through free and paid antivirus solutions intended to demonstrate product functionality. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Thoma Bravo in February 2020.
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