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RVP of Sales, SLED

St. Louis, MOOnsiteFull TimeVice PresidentPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • technology selling
  • Named Enterprise customers
  • network security industry
  • closing large deals
  • Firewall/VPN
  • AV
  • IDS/IDP
  • interpersonal managerial skills
  • business acumen
  • leadership abilities

Role summary

Fortinet is seeking an experienced RVP of Sales, SLED to lead direct sales efforts into Named Enterprise Accounts within the Public Sector (State, Local, and Education). This role involves creating and executing strategic plans to drive enterprise-wide deployments of Fortinet products and services. The RVP will develop executive relationships, coordinate proposal responses, and negotiate contracts to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. Key responsibilities include managing and motivating a team of Sales Directors and Representatives, developing account plans, exceeding quota, and building accurate territory pipelines. Travel within the assigned territory is required.

In this key role, you will manage, direct and drive direct sales into Named Enterprise Accounts. Create and implement strategic plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments of Fortinet products and services. Develop executive relationships with key buyers and influencers in Major Enterprise accounts and leverage these relationships. Coordinate with appropriate internal groups to generate and deliver winning Contract Bids, Proposals, RFI/RFP Responses, and Statements of Work. Negotiate terms of business with clients to achieve win/win results that provide the basis for strong ongoing relationships.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Manage and motivate a team of Sales Directors and Representative focused on Named Enterprise Accounts
  • Develop account plans to achieve goals and exceed quota responsibility 
  • Maximize Fortinet opportunity while providing value added solutions to enterprise institutions
  • Serves as lead contact responsible for the flow of information to/from executive management
  • Works closely together with the account managers in order to maximize the primary business focus and serves as team leader responsible for the quality and success of activities in the territory
  • Develops relationships with key decision makers, influencers and partners 
  • Manages effective working relationships with assigned region NAMs, Technical Sales Engineers, and Consulting Professionals
  • Consistently builds and delivers on an accurate territory pipeline 
  • Travels within assigned territory is required

Required Skills: 

  • 10+ years technology selling experience managing a team
  • Proven ability to sell solutions to Named Enterprise customers
  • Experience in the network security industry
  • A proven track record of significant over-quota achievement and demonstrated career stability 
  • Experience in closing large deals 
  • Selling experience must include one of the following : 1) Firewall/VPN, 2) AV 3) IDS/IDP 
  • Excellent presentation skills to executives & individual contributors 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
  • Goal oriented individual, with vast interpersonal managerial skills, strong business acumen and positive leadership abilities with proven results in mentoring, motivating and developing teams.

Education:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent, MBA preferred.

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@fortinet.com.   Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, military/veteran status or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
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