Sr Account Executive - Public (tokyo)

F5 F5 · Enterprise · Tokyo, Japan

This is a strategic sales position requiring an in-depth knowledge of how technology is used to enable business goals or overcome business challenges. Position requires strategic thinking/planning coupled with tactical execution of identified business opportunities. Responsible for managing all facets of the relationship with named or large key accounts while ensuring revenue goals are being met.

What you'd actually do

  1. Sell the organization’s products or services to and maintain relationships with existing national named accounts. Responsible for expanding and retaining named accounts while ensuring ongoing customer service.
  2. Responsible for identifying and qualifying long-term and short-term business opportunities and pro-actively identifying and addressing competitive threats
  3. Responsible for significant key partner relationship management and development. Facilitate executive-level relationships between the customer, F5 and its partners.
  4. Determine market strategies and goals for each product and service; understanding the strategies, goals and objectives of named accounts
  5. Assume a leadership role in coordinating account strategy and tactics for sales support team (inside sales, systems engineering, sales management)

Skills

Required

  • At least 7 years of direct sales experience with public customers.
  • Proven track record in a high growth company of medium size from the information technology/security/SaaS industry.
  • Must have maturity in building organizational capability and sales growth whilst managing costs.

Nice to have

  • Should be hands-on and be able to perform the function independently.
  • IT industry experience
  • public customers experience
  • networking security proposal experience
  • web application proposal experience
  • English language skills