Corporate Account Executive (remote, Zaf)

CrowdStrike CrowdStrike · Enterprise · South Africa · Remote

This role is for a Corporate Account Executive at CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company that uses an AI-native platform. The role involves a full sales cycle, prospecting, closing net new business, and partnering with sales development, sales engineering, and marketing teams. The focus is on selling SaaS, Cloud, and/or Security solutions within the SMB segment in South Africa.

What you'd actually do

  1. Run a full sales process from prospecting to close.
  2. Strategize with our channel partners to drive net-new business.
  3. Forecast and report updates to management team through Clari.
  4. Become an insider within the cyber security industry and become an expert of CrowdStrike’s platform.
  5. Stay well educated and informed about CrowdStrike’s competitive landscape and how to sell the value of our solutions and services when compared to the relevant competitors in the Next-Generation Endpoint Protection Platform marketspace.

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years of full sales cycle experience, generating net new business for a SaaS, Cloud, and/or Security solution within the South Africa and the SADC region.
  • 2+ years of experience carrying a dedicated sales quota, with responsibility for full sales cycle from sourcing to closing.
  • Experience with a consultative sales process with proven ability to sell a broad, multi-module solution to mid/enterprise organisations.
  • Confidence to sell into C-level Executives and/or Evaluator-level Security and IT Leadership.
  • Ability to execute a go-to-market strategy and prospect into accounts using SFDC, Outreach, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, cold calling, emailing, and more.
  • Previous experience strategising with Channel Partners which may include, but not be limited to, Value-Added-Resellers and Managed Service Providers
  • Track record of exceeding expectations in an individually focused, quota carrying role.
  • Technical aptitude and ability to learn new business and technical concepts quickly.
  • Competitive nature, but also a collaborative team player.
  • Strong presentation skills, both in person and via virtual channels.

What the JD emphasized

  • full sales cycle experience
  • dedicated sales quota
  • full sales cycle from sourcing to closing
  • sell into C-level Executives
  • Security and IT Leadership
  • exceeding expectations
  • quota carrying role