Optiv

Sr. Account Manager - Cybersecurity

Optiv$140K — $250K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in product or services sales, preferably in a tech company
  • Strong track record in territory/account expansion and exceeding quotas
  • Ability to engage cross-functional resources effectively
  • Experience building relationships with executive clients
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proven negotiation skills and business acumen
  • History of exceeding performance expectations

Responsibilities

  • Develop strategic account management plans for top accounts
  • Build and maintain sales pipeline targeting 3 times the assigned quota
  • Manage accurate sales forecasts with integrity
  • Communicate effectively Optiv's value propositions to clients
  • Foster relationships with technology partners to enhance sales opportunities
  • Coordinate communication between clients and the Optiv team
  • Focus on enhancing client satisfaction through regular engagement

Benefits

  • Inclusive company culture supported by Employee Resource Groups
  • Work/life balance initiatives
  • Professional training resources available
  • Opportunities for creative problem-solving on unique projects
  • Volunteer opportunities through 'Optiv Chips In'
  • Tools and technology to support remote work setups
Full Job Description
This position is field-based and the ideal candidate will be located in the Greater Cincinnati Area.

As a Sr. Account Manager (or Sr. Client Manager (SCM) as we call it), you'll be responsible for selling Optiv security services and security technology solutions to new and prospective accounts in Ohio. You'll also be responsible for owning and coordinating all aspects of the sales cycle within your assigned accounts, and leading a cross-functional team to build and execute a multi-year strategic account management plan for your top accounts. Members of this cross-functional team will typically include a Solutions Architect, Client Operations Specialist and services practices personnel as appropriate for your accounts. The ideal candidate will be working remotely from anywhere in the Atlantic region.

Development of a multi-year strategic account management plan for your top accounts is a core responsibility for the SCM. You'll identify and understand your client's core security concerns and how they correlate to Optiv solutions that mitigate these cybersecurity risks. Based upon this understanding of the client, you'll bring together appropriate Optiv technical, services and leadership personnel to collaborate with your top account client leadership to refine and/or build a security strategy, and subsequently develop and propose solutions to address client security needs. In many cases this will take the form of security technology and services solutions, and as appropriate for the client, large and complex solutions comprised of security management consulting, hardware and software security technologies, advisory, implementation and support services, and managed security services. An overarching goal is to establish a trusted relationship with the client that results in Optiv being their primary security solution partner and provider.

You'll also engage clients with a heightened focus on ever-enhancing client satisfaction This will include meeting with your top clients early in the year to understand and document their business, technology and security goals, as well as client expectations of Optiv in support of attaining those goals. You'll review these goals, expectations and progress with your top clients quarterly, engaging Optiv leadership and resources as necessary to ensure you and Optiv are on track to achieve or exceed these client-defined goals.

How you'll make an impact
  • Build trusted, effective and productive relationships with client executives within assigned accounts.
  • Lead creation of multi-year strategic account management plans, for top accounts, based upon identified client business, technology and security goals, coupled with Optiv's understanding of security trends, threats and points of view for each assigned account.
  • Build a large sales pipeline, ideally 3 times assigned targets, within assigned accounts and achieve/exceed assigned gross margin target.
  • Manage current and multi-quarter forecasts with a high-degree of accuracy, currency and integrity.
  • Execute with discipline and in alignment with Force Management principles including MEDDICC and Command of the Message, among others.
  • Effectively communicate Optiv's value proposition as it relates to security services and technologies expertise and capabilities.
  • Build strong, collaborative and productive relationships with technology partners and their respective sales personnel to both gain and share leads in support of building qualified pipeline and maximizing mutually beneficial sales opportunities.
  • Initiate and / or monitor and mediate all necessary communications between clients, technology partners and members of the extended Optiv team (technical, sales, client operations, etc.) within each assigned account.
  • Maintain collaborative and effective internal communications with Optiv team members relative to specific opportunities, associated requirements and client satisfaction.


What we're looking for
  • Experience in product or services based sales typically gained over 5-7 years, ideally in a technology company.
  • Proven ability to build and execute territory and account prospecting and expansion plans with a track record of exceeding assigned quotas.
  • Experience engaging cross-functional resources such as sales, pre-sales technical support, and other support personnel in an effective fashion.
  • Demonstrated ability to build productive business relationships with key executives and sponsors within assigned accounts.
  • Effective presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
  • Negotiation experience.
  • History of demonstrated achievement exceeding plan and expectations.
  • Strong business acumen and ability to correlate business goals with business and cyber security risk in support of developing complex security technology and services solutions.
  • Experience in building and selling complex and multi-year hardware, software, services and financing solutions.
  • Experience in and knowledge of the IT Infrastructure, IT Security, and Risk and Compliance markets and competitors.
  • Experience selling management consulting services.


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Total Target Compensation

$140,000 - $250,000+ Annually

The Estimated Total Target Compensation for this role includes base salary and an uncapped bonus plan where you are paid both on new and renewal business. It is informed by (but not limited to) various factors including responsibilities of the position, work experience, education/training, internal peer equity, geography, as well as other market influences when extending an offer. The disclosed range has not been adjusted for these factors. Optiv offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, of which salary is a component.

What you can expect from Optiv
  • A company committed to our inclusive value through our Employee Resource Groups
  • Work/life balance
  • Professional training resources
  • Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
  • Volunteer Opportunities. "Optiv Chips In" encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
  • The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)


About Optiv

Optiv Security is a security solutions integrator that enables clients to reduce risk by taking a strategic approach to cybersecurity. Optiv helps clients plan, build and run successful cybersecurity programs that achieve business objectives through its depth and breadth of cybersecurity offerings, extensive capabilities and proven expertise in cybersecurity, integration and cyber operational services. Optiv maintains premium partnerships with more than 350 of the leading security technology manufacturers. Optiv has offices in the United States, Canada and Europe. Optiv was founded in 2015 as a result of the merger between Accuvant and FishNet Security. Optiv is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
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2,000 employees
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Founded
2015

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