Territory Account Executive

CrowdStrike CrowdStrike · Enterprise · United States · Remote

This role is for a Territory Account Executive at CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company that uses an AI-native platform. The role involves managing the full sales cycle to acquire new accounts, collaborating with sales engineers and channel partners, and forecasting sales. It requires experience in cold calling, setting appointments, and presenting technical concepts. The company emphasizes its AI-native platform and its mission to stop breaches.

What you'd actually do

  1. Run a full sales process from prospecting to close.
  2. Collaborate with our Inside Sales Engineers (ISE’s) to close business.
  3. Partner with our channel partners to drive net-new business.
  4. Forecast and report updates to management team.
  5. Become an insider within the cyber security industry and become an expert of CrowdStrike products.

Skills

Required

  • 1+ years cold calling into greenfield accounts particularly in Tech, SaaS, or Security.
  • Proven experience setting appointments and speaking to C-level Executives to technical teams such as engineers, software developers, security/SOC.
  • Track record of exceeding expectations and goals
  • Technical aptitude with the ability to learn new business and technical concepts
  • Strong presentation skills, both in-person and virtually.

Nice to have

  • Passion and eyes set on learning a new sales methodology and running opportunities from discovery to close
  • Competitive attitude with positive sportsmanship to be able to collaborate with peers

What the JD emphasized

  • full sales cycle
  • new accounts
  • sales quota
  • cybersecurity space
  • strong sales acumen
  • tenacious attitude
  • cold calling
  • greenfield accounts
  • Tech, SaaS, or Security
  • sales methodology
  • discovery to close
  • setting appointments
  • C-level Executives
  • engineers, software developers, security/SOC
  • Track record of exceeding expectations and goals
  • Technical aptitude
  • learn new business and technical concepts
  • Competitive attitude
  • positive sportsmanship
  • collaborate with peers
  • Strong presentation skills