Regional Sales Manager, IAM – France & French speaking countries
Job Description:
- Develop and implement a comprehensive sales strategy to (over)achieve yearly revenue targets and maximize market penetration in assigned territory.
- Identify potential customers, create a robust pipeline, and convert leads into successful deals.
- Work with marketing and (channel) partners to create new opportunities.
- Establish and nurture long-term business relationships with key decision-makers and influencers.
- Continuously monitor market trends, competitor activities, and regulatory changes to capitalize on opportunities and address potential threats effectively.
- Proactively drives all aspects of the sales cycle including prospecting, qualifying, presenting, organizing demos and POVs (proof of value), responding to RFPs, negotiating, and closing process.
- Actively contributes to account-based marketing campaigns, events, external communications, and other go to market activities.
- Accurately forecast quarterly and monthly revenue streams.
- Maintain a rigorous, detailed, and up-to-date records on leads and opportunities in SFDC.
- Attend and assist with corporate and field marketing events.
- Regularly visit key existing partners/customers, actively involved in the recruitment of key new partners.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science or any other relevant field of study.
- Significant experience and a proven track record in selling complex cloud services to medium and large accounts.
- Demonstrable knowledge of IAM and/or cybersecurity and/or cloud solutions
- Technical acumen and proficiency with various business productivity sales tools, such as Microsoft O365 and Salesforce.com.
- “Hunter” profile, self-motivated and a team player.
- Comfortable with building and driving pipeline by yourself as well as with partners and marketeers.
- Exceptional sales and communication skills.
- Good writing and presentation skills: Able to articulate complex technical concepts in a clear and concise manner, (co-)write proposals, answering and presenting RFPs and guiding PoC’s.
- Strong ability to structure and manage the deal process with internal and external stakeholders and parties in a timely manner and of the highest quality.
- Proven ability to negotiate complex deals with various buyer personas at mid-to-higher management levels within customers.
- Successful history of working with Resellers, VARs, System Integrators and GSIs.
- Familiar with Enterprise Sales methodologies e.g., MEDDPICC.
- Fluent in French and English.
- Any other European language is a plus.
Benefits:
- private medical insurance
- buying or selling annual leave
- cycle to work schemes
- employee discounts
- paid volunteering day
- stocks and shares
- annual bonus