Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Veeam Software is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient. They are seeking a Strategic Account Manager to drive large deals within their Inside Sales organization, focusing on increasing deal sizes and effective solution selling.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement strategies to increase the average deal size through initial needs assessment, identifying opportunities for upselling and cross-selling to maximize revenue
- Build and maintain strong relationships during the customer lifecycle with C-suite contacts
- Conduct face-to-face meetings with clients to understand their needs and present solutions
- Focus on selling VEEAM software solutions and have working knowledge of our Alliance Partner solutions and ecosystem
- Travel: Willing to travel 50% of the time for customer and partner meetings
- Develop a deep comprehension of customer's business and competitive landscape
- Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value, TCO, and ROI
- Demonstrate resourcefulness when faced with challenges that defy an easy solution
- Have intuitive sense of necessary steps to close business and gain customer validation
- Maintain exceptional working relationships with channel partners to identify potential new sales opportunities
- Provide insight and position Veeam into meaningful customer relationships
- Ensure robust forecasting accuracy and consistency of pipeline build
- Develop and manage specific key account relationship maps for your territory including existing customers and aspirational targets
- Function as Veeam’s advocate within the enterprise organization, while advocating for the customer within Veeam
- Possess in-depth Veeam product knowledge
- Prepare concise and accurate reports, proposals, and other required documentation for executive-level presentations
- Assess market needs, competitive landscape, and follow a defined selling process
Skills
- Minimum of 3-4 years of experience in sales, with a proven track record of driving mid-market and large commercial accounts within the software, security and storage industry with relationships through C-level
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field
- Able to demonstrate methodology to prospect and build pipeline on your own
- Experience introducing new product solutions and services
- Creative problem solver with outstanding prospect environment awareness
- Business acumen, combined with the ability to translate prospect challenges into solid new business opportunities
- Strong interpersonal skills coupled with a highly competitive will to win
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
- High energy, a sense of urgency, and the ability to foster this attitude with others
- Ability to use data intelligence tools for account relationship and tree building
- Deep understanding of Salesforce.com
- Ability to work cohesively in a fast-paced environment
- Unassailable ethical and moral standards
- Knowledge of channel partner ecosystem is highly desired
Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off, 12 paid holidays including 4 global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
- Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on your first day
- Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools via our Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions
- Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support through Maven, plus paid volunteer time
- AirVet: 24/7 virtual veterinary care at no cost
- Legal services, identity protection, and supplemental health insurance options
- Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting
- Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops, and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning
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