Qualys
Account Executive, Public Sector
Washington DC · Mid
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About the role
- The Account Executive, US Federal, is responsible for actively driving and managing new direct and channel business within state and local government.
- Secondarily, the Account Executive should be able to articulate the company's technology and product positioning to both business and technical users.
Responsibilities
- Hunt, develop, and close new business opportunities
- Deliver high-level and detailed sales presentations
- Ability to manage a realistic sales funnel, follow up on inbound leads quickly, and cold call state and local government agencies.
Requirements
- Strong track record of hunting, consulting, and closing new business
- Familiarity with compliance benchmarks such as CIS level 1 & 2, FedRamp, NIAP, NIST, etc.
- Must be comfortable interacting at all levels within customer organizations, i.e., from C-level to front-line technical staff
- 4-7 years relevant experience
- The Account Executive must be primarily able to hunt and close new business.
- Ideal candidate must be self-motivated with strong knowledge in security and compliance space: Vulnerability Management, Policy Compliance, Web Application Scanning, Threat Hunting / EDR, File Integrity Monitoring, and other enterprise security solutions.
- Must possess strong presentation skills and be able to communicate professionally in response to emails, RFPs and when submitting reports
- Organized and analytical, able to eliminate sales obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Able to travel throughout sales territory
- Able to comfortably present to prospects and clients using video conferencing solutions in a work-from-home environment
- Qualys is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy.
Nice to have
- Experience with Qualys is a plus, but not required
Company info
- Provide functional and technical support to prospects and customers
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