The Position:

The Account Executive - Department of Defense is a significant driver of Company revenue and growth. This position is a remote position and will be located in a major metropolitan city within the Eastern US area, preferably in the National Capital Region or near major US Federal government customers. Your responsibilities will include the development and implementation of strategic account plans targeting deployments of our MetaDefender and MetaAccess Security platforms. You will leverage existing relationships and build the right relationships inside your target account, know how to leverage your company resources to the fullest, close new business. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in the DoD vertical and a track record of exceeding multi-million-dollar sales quotas. Candidates selling into critical infrastructure aspect of these accounts and cross-domain (e.g., data diode) sales experience are given a preference.

What You Will Be Doing

• Strategically hunt for new business opportunities that leverage high value use cases within the DoD vertical.
• In close partnership with your Solutions Engineer, develop and execute sales strategies to sell OPSWAT products, solutions, and services to exceed your sales targets.
• Communicate value propositions to clients that speak intimately to their needs and requirements.
• Utilize client-centric, solutions-oriented selling strategies and hunter's mentality to identify, qualify, convert enterprise sales.
• Effectively articulate financial ROI/TCO value and build value throughout the negotiation process.
• Maintain extensive and accurate account and opportunity detail in Salesforce CRM, including account win plans, customer touch points, sales inhibitors, etc.
• Leverage all cross-functional resources to achieve your quota: including Executive management, Inside Sales Development, Customer Success, Field and Event Marketing, Sales Operations, and others.
• Forecast and report revenue projections to management and deliver a predictable pipeline to drive forecast accuracy.
• Overachieve on annual quota, measured quarterly.

What We Need from You

• Minimum of 7 years successfully selling technology products and solutions to U.S. Department of Defense and related verticals.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• A successful track record selling complex-solutions directly to government customers and utilizing the federal channel.
• Persuasive and have excellent negotiation and presentation skills. You can effectively communicate with both technology-oriented and senior business executives at the "C" level and are comfortable articulating the technical and business value of the MetaDefender platform.
• A mix of strategic and proactive account activity, and you have a demonstrated ability of uncovering, qualifying, developing, and closing new accounts.
• Ability to set goals, prioritize tasks, and achieve success with minimal oversight in a sometimes-ambiguous work environment.
• Keep your pipeline accurate, and your forecast updated for management.
• Possess, at minimum, a fundamental understanding of security threats, solutions, and security tools.
• Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction.
• Highly competitive, ramp quickly, are extremely adaptive, and pride yourself on exceeding sales goals.
• You are able to travel as necessary to your assigned accounts, and to company meetings.