Account Manager

The Cloud Sales Account Executive – Atlanta, GA is responsible for driving new logo sales and nurturing the growth of existing accounts. In this role, you will wear multiple hats including hands-on sales engagements, identifying target companies, uncover customer’s challenges to create sales opportunities, and introduce CloudHesive’s value proposition. The primary focus of this role is to sell technology services in a defined territory by identifying, qualifying, and closing new opportunities as well as managing the entire sales process from business development prospecting and specifications through contract negotiations, signing, and post-sales support for assigned accounts.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Grow market share in territory by locating, negotiating, and closing sales opportunities, including developing business relationships with 3rd parties.
• Collaborate with technical staff to create, present, and refine detailed proposals with technology solutions that will meet the client’s needs.
• Establish, build, and maintain relationships with AWS and other market partners.
• Maintain communication and reporting cadence with key stakeholders at AWS.
• Track and report on individual leads and opportunities, as well as overall pipeline and business results in your territory.
• Evaluate insights from customer interactions, identify opportunities for further business process improvements, and prepare a compelling business case including pain points, cost justifications, and high impact needs that can be addressed by CloudHesive.
• Assist more junior Account Executives in preparing business cases and prepping for customer calls.
• Ensure customer needs and issues are addressed quickly and delegate to the appropriate team within CloudHesive; track ongoing issues and suggest fixes.
• Consistent communication with new and existing clients to ensure satisfaction with the sales and on-boarding process.
• Partner with the senior leadership and professional services to deliver excellent service, including the on-boarding process, to current and prospective clients.
• Accurately track and forecast opportunities, create, and articulate client specific value proposition, business case and win strategy for all opportunities.
• Deliver assigned sales quotas.
• Collaborate with Business Development (internal demand generation reps) on prospecting campaigns.
• Other duties as assigned or as become evident.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university is preferred.
• Must be comfortable and articulate in client-facing solution selling.
• Prior experience in selling managed services or cloud/hybrid services.
• Strong presentation, oral and written communication skills a must.
• Must be knowledgeable with the following technologies:
• Amazon Web Services and/or other cloud technologies; Contact Center and Unified Communications; Virtualization technologies; Managed Services.

REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work in technology-related sales or business development.
• Ability to work in consultative selling of professional and/or managed services.
• Ability to manage complex sales cycles; strong closing skills.
• Ability to manage contract negotiation and redlining.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate with c-suite executives.

CERTIFICATES

• AWS Cloud Practitioner certification to be achieved within the first 30 days of employment at CloudHesive.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able and willing to manage 40% or more travel.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university is preferred.
• Must be comfortable and articulate in client-facing solution selling.
• Prior experience in selling managed services or cloud/hybrid services.
• Strong presentation, oral and written communication skills a must.
• Must be knowledgeable with the following technologies:
• Amazon Web Services and/or other cloud technologies; Contact Center and Unified Communications; Virtualization technologies; Managed Services.

REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work in technology-related sales or business development.
• Ability to work in consultative selling of professional and/or managed services.
• Ability to manage complex sales cycles; strong closing skills.
• Ability to manage contract negotiation and redlining.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate with c-suite executives.

CERTIFICATES

• AWS Cloud Practitioner certification to be achieved within the first 30 days of employment at CloudHesive.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able and willing to manage 40% or more travel.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.