ACCOUNT MANAGER, SLED

Company: Check Point Software Technologies
Location: Jackson
Posted on: November 16, 2024

Job Description:

Why Join Us?
As the world's leading vendor of Cyber Security, facing the most sophisticated threats and attacks, we've assembled a global team of the most driven, creative, and innovative people. At Check Point, our employees are redefining the security landscape by meeting our customers' real-time needs and providing our cutting-edge technologies and services to an ever-growing customer base. Check Point Software Technologies has been honored by Time Magazine as one of the World's Best Companies for 2024. We've also earned a spot on the Forbes list of the World's Best Places to Work for five consecutive years (2020-2024) and recognized as one of the World's Top Female-Friendly Companies. If you're passionate about making the world a safer place and want to be part of an award-winning company culture, we invite you to join usKey Responsibilities

• Responsible for selling Check Point's products and solutions through Channel Partners and interacting directly with customers in State and Local Government accounts as well as Education accounts in a designated territory. You will also be working closely with a Sales Engineer in the territory
• Essential to success in this role is a keen ability to develop new accounts and to penetrate new divisions and organizations within assigned existing accounts
• Use relationship management techniques to develop selling opportunities within partner organizations; penetrate new divisions and organizations within assigned existing accounts; develop net new customer opportunities
• Schedule and attend sales call appointments with net new prospects and existing accounts. Check Point Channel Partner Representatives may also participate in the sales call to help qualify the opportunity
• Respond to RFP's and follow up with prospects. Develop an account plan to sell to existing customers based on their business needs. Build and strengthen the business relationship with current accounts and new prospects
• 50% of regional travel
  Qualifications
  • 5 years of sales experience working with State / Local Government and Education accounts
  • An aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems as well as the competitive landscape
  • Experience that demonstrates a strong level of expertise in technical specifications required to sell Check Point products and services is required
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Track record of exceeding assigned sales quotas in contiguous, multiple years
  • Must be eligible to to work in the US without sponsorship from an employer now or in the future
    EOE M/F/Veterans/Disabled

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