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Title: Senior Account Executive , Start-ups (Austin or Chicago) Location: Hybrid Job Description: About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. Available Locations: Austin, TX or Chicago, IL About the Department Account Executives, Channel Account Managers, Business Development Representatives, Solution Engineers, Customer Success, and Sales Operations - all working together help our customers adopt Cloudflare and create great Internet-enabled experiences. The sales team at Cloudflare helps customers solve real, technical problems while creating the revenue streams that help the company provide free service to millions in our community. About this Role Digital Native AEs at Cloudflare sell into the most innovative companies in North America. In targeting high-growth, technologically advanced, and venture-backed companies, AEs are positioned to drive in-depth product discussions while communicating and demonstrating value quickly to customers. This role within the digital native segment focuses on both the acquisition of prospective Digital Native accounts, as well as the expansion of existing customer accounts. The ideal candidate will have both a sales and technical background that enables them to drive customer engagement from technical professionals through to senior executive levels, and across Security, Network, Development and Infrastructure teams. Key Responsibilities - Develop, execute, and maintain your territory plan to exceed quarterly sales targets and annual quota assignment. - Be an expert in three unique sales motions; new business acquisition (new customer logos), customer expansion (upsell and cross sell Cloudflare solutions), and renewal within your territory. - Build a robust sales pipeline utilizing the four sourcing funnels: AE led outbound, BDR, Channel, and Marketing Inbound. - Develop and strategically leverage a deep technical understanding of the problems Cloudflare solves in order to drive a consultative sales motion. - Craft and communicate compelling value propositions for Cloudflare services. Drive awareness through regular outbound campaigns on product and feature roadmap updates. - Accurately forecast, build commercial outcomes by running a consistent sales process, including driving next step expectations and contract negotiations. - As a trusted advisor, build long-term strategic relationships with key accounts, to ensure customer adoption, retention and expansion. Regularly evaluate usage trends and articulate value to show Cloudflare impact and provide strategic recommendations during business reviews. - Network across different business units with each of your accounts, and multi-thread to identify and engage new divisional buyers. - Position Cloudflare's platform in each of your target customers, including Cloudflare One and the Connectivity Cloud to realize our full potential in every customer. - Operate internally as a liaison with cross-functional teams to share key customer feedback and insights to improve customer experience and further investments with Cloudflare. Requirements: - 5+ years sales experience selling B2B SaaS - Strong B2B discovery skills - Candidates have a point of view of industry trends and able to customize a client centric why change narrative - Track record of beating annual targets of $1M+ and successfully managing complex six figure deals - Experienced in multithreading into the C-suite and across an organization to manage a complex sales cycle - Self-motivated; entrepreneurial spirit - Bachelor's degree required - Software and system skills are a must (SFDC, Tableau, G-suite, MSFT suite) - Ability to travel up to 25% of the time. Compensation Compensation may be adjusted depending on level and work location. - For Illinois based hires: Estimated annual salary of $212,000 - $292,000 This role is eligible to earn incentive compensation under Cloudflare’s Sales Compensation Plan. The estimated annual salary range includes the on-target incentive compensation that may be attained in this role under the Sales Compensation Plan. Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan. Benefits Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S. Health & Welfare Benefits - Medical/Rx Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Flexible Spending Accounts - Commuter Spending Accounts - Fertility & Family Forming Benefits - On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program - Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits - Short and Long Term Disability Insurance - Life & Accident Insurance - 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan - Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off - Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave - Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave What Makes Cloudflare Special? We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost. Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states. 1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers. Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you! Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process. This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license. Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer. Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.

Available Location: Grand Rapids, MI About the Role We are seeking a highly accomplished and strategic Account Executiveto join our Enterprise/Field Sales team. In this advanced role, you will be pivotal in driving significant growth by leading comprehensive sales cycles within a portfolio of assigned enterprise-level clients, and strategically acquiring new logos. The ideal candidate possesses a deep blend of advanced sales acumen and sophisticated technical understanding, enabling them to lead engagements at all levels, from the C-suite to technical leaders (e.g., Head of/VP of Networking or Security). As an Account Executive, you will consistently demonstrate advanced proficiency in all sales activities, ensuring highly accurate forecasting, proactive and strategic pipeline management, and consistently exceeding attainment targets. You will be a subject matter expert, speaking fluently about Cloudflare's products, features, benefits, and use cases across diverse customer segments. This role demands the ability to deeply understand complex customer IT Architectures, match them with relevant Cloudflare Reference Architectures, and orchestrate successful, large-scale platform sales. You will be a key driver of digital transformation for our customers, understanding their broader market trends and how Cloudflare uniquely enables their strategic initiatives. What You'll Do - Strategic Revenue Generation: Architect and execute advanced territory and account plans to consistently exceed multi-million dollar sales targets and annual quotas, with a strong focus on new business acquisition and expansion within complex enterprise environments. - Expert Pipeline & Forecasting: Lead proactive and strategic pipeline management efforts, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of sales cycles and customer buying processes. Deliver highly accurate forecasts, providing clear insights and strategic guidance to sales leadership. - Deep Customer & IT Architecture Understanding: Develop a profound understanding of customers' IT architectures, including applications and third-party technologies. Architect and align Cloudflare Reference Architectures to customer environments, driving comprehensive platform solutions. - Multi-Engagement Leadership: Orchestrate and manage multiple complex customer engagements simultaneously across various business units within an organization. Strategically connect disparate needs to strengthen Cloudflare's platform sale, actively involving and influencing technical C-level minus one executives. - Virtual Team Leadership: Set clear direction and lead a virtual team of in-GEO specialists, Product Managers, Deal Desk, and Legal to collaboratively manage and close complex customer opportunities. Proactively identify and navigate through situations to address colleague and customer needs, escalating as appropriate to drive urgency and efficient delivery. - Digital Transformation Authority: Act as an authority on digital transformation, understanding key drivers (e.g., new offering development, enhanced customer capabilities) and the broader market trends influencing these decisions. Position Cloudflare as a critical enabler of these transformations. - Compelling Value Creation: Articulate highly compelling, strategic value propositions for Cloudflare's services, directly linking them to customer business outcomes and strategic objectives. Lead with a strong focus on the "why," communicating the whole picture to both internal and external stakeholders. - Advanced Negotiation & Closure: Expertly lead and navigate complex contract negotiations, driving win-win scenarios for all parties. Demonstrate advanced closing skills across new business and expansion opportunities. - Trusted Advisor & Coach: Build long-term, executive-level strategic relationships, ensuring deep customer adoption, retention, and expansion. Consistently provide clear, direct, and constructive feedback to team members, coaching them to improve communication, learn from mistakes, and enhance the quality of work. Share learnings proactively to build trust across the organization. - Organizational Impact & Leadership: Consistently focus on the long-term needs of the team and the business, understanding how decisions impact other teams and openly sharing these insights. Leverage company-wide learnings to improve department and team execution. Serve as a leader within Cloudflare, making significant contributions while elevating the work of others by bringing diverse perspectives and strategic long-term thinking. Examples of Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience - 8+ years of advanced experience selling complex technology solutions in a B2B enterprise model, with a significant track record of consistently exceeding multi-million dollar quota targets. - Deep expertise and fluency in Cloud Networking, Security, and Edge Computing technologies, with an exceptional ability to articulate features, benefits, and use cases across diverse customer segments (e.g., SMBs, enterprise, vertical markets). - Proven ability to deeply understand complex customer IT architectures and effectively map them to Cloudflare Reference Architectures for successful platform sales. - Demonstrated success leading and influencing virtual cross-functional teams (e.g., Solution Engineers, Product Managers, Legal) to drive complex deals to closure. - Exceptional strategic communication and presentation skills, with a focus on articulating the "why" and conveying the whole picture to executive leadership and technical decision-makers (C-level minus one). - Advanced negotiation skills with a track record of closing large, complex, six-figure and multi-million dollar deals. - Expert-level sales acumen: unparalleled proficiency in discovery, positioning, competitive selling, negotiation, closing, and expansion strategies within enterprise accounts. - Authority on digital transformation trends and their impact on enterprise customers, with the ability to position Cloudflare as a key enabler of strategic business outcomes. - Strong coaching and mentorship abilities, with a passion for helping colleagues grow and improve. - Highly self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and resilient, thriving in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a consistent focus on long-term goals. - Proficiency in advanced sales and business intelligence platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Tableau, G-suite, MSFT suite, MEDDPICC framework application). - Bachelor's degree required, with a technical background (e.g., engineering, computer science, MIS) highly preferred. - Ability to travel as required to engage with key customers and internal teams. Compensation Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location. - For Colorado, Illinois, Maryland and Minnesota based hires: Estimated annual salary of $244,000-$330,000. This role is eligible to earn incentive compensation under Cloudflare's Sales Compensation Plan. The estimated annual salary range includes the on-target incentive compensation that may be attained in this role under the Sales Compensation Plan. Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan. Benefits Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S. Health & Welfare Benefits - Medical/Rx Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Flexible Spending Accounts - Commuter Spending Accounts - Fertility & Family Forming Benefits - On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program - Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits - Short and Long Term Disability Insurance - Life & Accident Insurance - 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan - Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off - Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave - Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

Available Locations: Based in Singapore, with focus on Hong Kong enterprise accounts. About the Department Account Executives, Channel Account Managers, Business Development Representatives, Solution Engineers, Customer Success, and Sales Operations - all working together help our customers adopt Cloudflare and create great Internet-enabled experiences. The sales team at Cloudflare helps customers solve real, technical problems while creating the revenue streams that help the company provide free service to millions in our community. About the Role We're looking for a dynamic Enterprise Account Executive to drive growth across Hong Kong enterprise accounts, with a strong preference for candidates who bring experience in the Financial Services Industry (FSI). You'll lead both new customer acquisition and expansion of existing accounts, positioning Cloudflare's platform to deliver maximum impact. What You'll Do - Own and grow a portfolio of enterprise accounts in Hong Kong. - Acquire new logos, expand existing relationships, and manage renewals. - Build a strong pipeline through ongoing engagement with key prospects, especially in FSI. - Partner with customers to align their use cases with Cloudflare's solutions. - Deliver compelling value propositions and lead strategic business reviews. - Collaborate with partners and internal teams to scale success. What We're Looking For - Minimum 5 years of experience in the BFSI sector, with proven enterprise B2B sales success. - Track record in new business acquisition and account management. - Experience with cloud infrastructure, networking, and security solutions. - Mandarin and Cantonese proficiency strongly preferred, as you'll work daily with local Hong Kong clients. - Strong English communication skills for internal collaboration. - Self‑starter with entrepreneurial drive, comfortable in fast‑paced environments. - Willingness to travel frequently to meet customers in Hong Kong. - Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Available Location: Cincinnati, OH About Solutions Engineering at Cloudflare The Pre-Sales Solution Engineering organization owns the technical sale of the Cloudflare solution portfolio, ensuring maximal business value, fit-for-purpose solution design and adoption roadmap for our customers. Solutions Engineering is made up of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds - from Financial Consulting to Product Management, Customer Support to Software Engineering, and we are serious about building a diverse, experienced and curious team. What you'll do as a Solution Strategy Lead Strategic accounts require dedicated focus to scale with Cloudflare. Client Directors manage commercial relationships, negotiations, and quota attainment alongside solution engineers whose main focus is presales. This role extends both their capacity by becoming a trusted advisor dedicated to 1 or tops 5 accounts and taking a consultative approach to understanding the entire customer environment and driving transformation and adoption by coordinating cross-functional resources; this is not a hands on keyboard role but can drive those engagements as needed. Platform Focus Areas Helps accelerate adoption across three platform areas with equal priority: App Modernization - Scope: Migration from legacy application architectures to Cloudflare's edge platform. Includes moving workloads from on-premise or hyperscaler compute to Workers, consolidating storage on R2, and modernizing data layers with D1 and Durable Objects, all while considering security posture. - Stakeholders: VP Engineering, Platform Architects, Infrastructure leads, CISO Developer - Scope: Adoption of Cloudflare's developer platform for new application development. Workers, Workers KV, Pages, Queues, Durable Objects, R2, D1. Positioning Cloudflare as the compute and storage layer for net-new projects. - Stakeholders: VP Engineering, Developer Experience leads, Platform teams AI - Scope: Adoption of Cloudflare's AI infrastructure for inference and orchestration. Workers AI, Vectorize, AI Gateway. Positioning Cloudflare as the AI inference layer at the edge. - Stakeholders: CTO, Head of AI/ML, Data Platform leads Core Accountabilities Accountability Description Platform Adoption Road Mapping Develop account-specific adoption plans across App Modernization, Developer, and AI. Map customer workloads to Cloudflare capabilities. Define sequencing and milestones. Cross-Functional Coordination Coordinate SE, CS, and Product resources against adoption milestones. Run account team operating rhythm. Ensure internal alignment on customer priorities. Technical Executive Relationships Build relationships with CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and Platform Architects. Engage technical decision-makers on platform strategy. CD retains procurement and CFO relationships. Expansion Development Identify and qualify platform expansion opportunities. Hand off to CD when commercial-ready. This individual builds the case; CD closes the deal. Voice of Customer to Product Bring strategic customer requirements into Product roadmap discussions. Provide quarterly briefings on adoption patterns, blockers, and feature needs. Success Metrics Platform Adoption - Products per account: Number of Cloudflare products in production per strategic account - Developer platform adoption: Strategic accounts with Workers, R2, or D1 in production - AI adoption: Strategic accounts with Workers AI or AI Gateway in production Revenue Influence - Expansion pipeline: Dollar value of platform expansion opportunities developed and handed to CD - Net Revenue Retention: NRR on strategic account portfolio (shared metric with CD) Product Feedback - Requirements submitted: Strategic customer requirements brought to Product quarterly - Adoption blockers resolved: Product or engineering issues addressed that were blocking adoption Customer-Facing Positioning - To customer executives, this role helps them realize value from Cloudflare's entire platform: - An expert and trusted advisor; peer to their architects and technical leads - Focused on Platform adoption and business outcomes, not transactions - Turns platform capabilities into production workloads and business value The Profile - Architectural Command: 10+ years of experience in Solution Engineering Leadership, Product Management, Consulting, or Technical Strategy within a global SaaS or infrastructure environment. - Executive Presence: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence C-level executives and internal product leads simultaneously. - Relentless Curiosity: A natural obsession with "How it works" and "How it could be better." You are driven to discover the architectural truth behind every customer challenge. - Bias for Action: You don't just identify problems; you build the "Formation" to solve them. You are comfortable in high-pressure, ambiguous environments. Desirable skills, knowledge and experience - 7+ years of deployment experience in similar role or experience in a technical leadership role - Previous experience as a solution engineer leader, consultant or technical marketing engineer building, architecting or deploying security solutions - Good understanding of AI, security challenges and its applicability to today's enterprise landscape - Proven track record using AI to help drive revenue. - Strong knowledge of Security Architecture, Design and Operations - Working knowledge of the broader threat landscape and the ability to distill technology trends, and explain complex behaviors in simple terms - Proven experience working with customers and partners in successful design and deployment of solutions - Ability to juggle and successfully drive projects with customers, prospects, and partners. - Experience with cloud computing solutions implementations including Microsoft 365, Azure, Google, AWS. Compensation This role is eligible to earn incentive compensation under Cloudflare's Sales Compensation Plan. The estimated annual salary range includes the on-target incentive compensation that may be attained in this role under the Sales Compensation Plan. Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan. Benefits Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S. Health & Welfare Benefits - Medical/Rx Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Flexible Spending Accounts - Commuter Spending Accounts - Fertility & Family Forming Benefits - On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program - Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits - Short and Long Term Disability Insurance - Life & Accident Insurance - 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan - Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off - Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave - Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

This role will be located in either Austin or located in our Central/East regions About the Department Account Executives, Channel Account Managers, Business Development Representatives, Solution Engineers, Product Specialists, Customer Success, and Sales Operations - all working together help our customers adopt Cloudflare and create great Internet-enabled experiences. The sales team at Cloudflare helps customers solve real, technical problems while creating the revenue streams that help the company provide free service to millions in our community. Our Cloudflare One Go-To-Market Specialist team provides deep subject matter expertise on converging Network and Security services in our Cloudflare One (CF1) portfolio, including Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Security Service Edge (SSE), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Remote Browser Isolation (RBI), Data Protection (including DLP), and Email Security (CES). What you'll do As a Senior Cloudflare One GTM Specialist you will be responsible for growing CloudflareOne (CF1) revenue and product adoption. In this role, you will serve as the segment lead for CF1 sales. You will advise the sales leaders on opportunities and programs to grow CF1 revenue, partner with the technical sales teams, enable account executives on product positioning and competitive intelligence, grow partner engagement around CF1, and support strategic deals from discovery to close. The ideal candidate possesses a consultative mindset, strong selling skills, and a deep technical background to drive engagement internally among the sales organization and externally with decision-makers and influencers within security, networking, and IT and operations. - Present to strategic customers as an expert of our SASE, SSE, AI Security, and Email Security solutions. - Align Director and C-Level perceived business value with Cloudflare solutions in the transformational objectives of securing remote work, safe AI adoption, corporate network modernization, adoption of SASE/SSE, and data protection - Develop and advise on sales strategies and pipeline generation in partnership with regional and country sales leaders. - Provide regular business reviews to the management team highlighting pipeline health, attainment progress and challenges to closing business - Generate a succinct feedback loop with PM, PMM, Demand Generation, Enablement, Programs, and Partner Organization to deliver relevant CF1 anecdotes and data points. The Senior Cloudflare One GTM Specialist Role is a consultative sales excellence role that directly supports sales delivery of regional CF1 quota. In order to be successful, you will need to become a thought leader, trusted advisor, and spokesperson for Cloudflare One - Cloudflare's SASE platform. Requirements - Minimum 4 years of experience selling or supporting the sales of cyber security, networking, identity management, cloud or SaaS solutions. - Technical expertise in SASE, SSE, AI Security, ZTNA, SWG, CASB, DLP, SD-WAN, and Email Security - Experience building territory plans, prospecting and bringing in new logos in a competitive market - Knowledge of key market players/competitors in the software defined networking, zero trust and cybersecurity solution spaces. - Familiarity with AI concepts and terminology, specifically related to MCP servers and Agents - Demonstrated ability to think strategically and develop/execute corresponding objectives. - Strong verbal and written communications, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations. - Excellent presentation and public speaking skills. - Bachelor's Degree - 10-20% travel Compensation Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location. For Colorado based hires: Estimated annual salary of $146,000 - $257,000 For California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated salary of $161,000 - $287,000 For Bay Area-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $168,000 - $303,000 This role is eligible to earn incentive compensation under Cloudflare's Sales Compensation Plan. The estimated annual salary range includes the on-target incentive compensation that may be attained in this role under the Sales Compensation Plan. Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan. Benefits Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S. Health & Welfare Benefits - Medical/Rx Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Flexible Spending Accounts - Commuter Spending Accounts - Fertility & Family Forming Benefits - On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program - Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits - Short and Long Term Disability Insurance - Life & Accident Insurance - 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan - Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off - Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave - Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

Available Location: Salt Lake City, UT About the Role We are seeking a highly accomplished and strategic Account Executiveto join our Enterprise/Field Sales team. In this advanced role, you will be pivotal in driving significant growth by leading comprehensive sales cycles within a portfolio of assigned enterprise-level clients, and strategically acquiring new logos. The ideal candidate possesses a deep blend of advanced sales acumen and sophisticated technical understanding, enabling them to lead engagements at all levels, from the C-suite to technical leaders (e.g., Head of/VP of Networking or Security). As an Account Executive, you will consistently demonstrate advanced proficiency in all sales activities, ensuring highly accurate forecasting, proactive and strategic pipeline management, and consistently exceeding attainment targets. You will be a subject matter expert, speaking fluently about Cloudflare's products, features, benefits, and use cases across diverse customer segments. This role demands the ability to deeply understand complex customer IT Architectures, match them with relevant Cloudflare Reference Architectures, and orchestrate successful, large-scale platform sales. You will be a key driver of digital transformation for our customers, understanding their broader market trends and how Cloudflare uniquely enables their strategic initiatives. What You'll Do - Strategic Revenue Generation: Architect and execute advanced territory and account plans to consistently exceed multi-million dollar sales targets and annual quotas, with a strong focus on new business acquisition and expansion within complex enterprise environments. - Expert Pipeline & Forecasting: Lead proactive and strategic pipeline management efforts, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of sales cycles and customer buying processes. Deliver highly accurate forecasts, providing clear insights and strategic guidance to sales leadership. - Deep Customer & IT Architecture Understanding: Develop a profound understanding of customers' IT architectures, including applications and third-party technologies. Architect and align Cloudflare Reference Architectures to customer environments, driving comprehensive platform solutions. - Multi-Engagement Leadership: Orchestrate and manage multiple complex customer engagements simultaneously across various business units within an organization. Strategically connect disparate needs to strengthen Cloudflare's platform sale, actively involving and influencing technical C-level minus one executives. - Virtual Team Leadership: Set clear direction and lead a virtual team of in-GEO specialists, Product Managers, Deal Desk, and Legal to collaboratively manage and close complex customer opportunities. Proactively identify and navigate through situations to address colleague and customer needs, escalating as appropriate to drive urgency and efficient delivery. - Digital Transformation Authority: Act as an authority on digital transformation, understanding key drivers (e.g., new offering development, enhanced customer capabilities) and the broader market trends influencing these decisions. Position Cloudflare as a critical enabler of these transformations. - Compelling Value Creation: Articulate highly compelling, strategic value propositions for Cloudflare's services, directly linking them to customer business outcomes and strategic objectives. Lead with a strong focus on the "why," communicating the whole picture to both internal and external stakeholders. - Advanced Negotiation & Closure: Expertly lead and navigate complex contract negotiations, driving win-win scenarios for all parties. Demonstrate advanced closing skills across new business and expansion opportunities. - Trusted Advisor & Coach: Build long-term, executive-level strategic relationships, ensuring deep customer adoption, retention, and expansion. Consistently provide clear, direct, and constructive feedback to team members, coaching them to improve communication, learn from mistakes, and enhance the quality of work. Share learnings proactively to build trust across the organization. - Organizational Impact & Leadership: Consistently focus on the long-term needs of the team and the business, understanding how decisions impact other teams and openly sharing these insights. Leverage company-wide learnings to improve department and team execution. Serve as a leader within Cloudflare, making significant contributions while elevating the work of others by bringing diverse perspectives and strategic long-term thinking. Examples of Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience - 8+ years of advanced experience selling complex technology solutions in a B2B enterprise model, with a significant track record of consistently exceeding multi-million dollar quota targets. - Deep expertise and fluency in Cloud Networking, Security, and Edge Computing technologies, with an exceptional ability to articulate features, benefits, and use cases across diverse customer segments (e.g., SMBs, enterprise, vertical markets). - Proven ability to deeply understand complex customer IT architectures and effectively map them to Cloudflare Reference Architectures for successful platform sales. - Demonstrated success leading and influencing virtual cross-functional teams (e.g., Solution Engineers, Product Managers, Legal) to drive complex deals to closure. - Exceptional strategic communication and presentation skills, with a focus on articulating the "why" and conveying the whole picture to executive leadership and technical decision-makers (C-level minus one). - Advanced negotiation skills with a track record of closing large, complex, six-figure and multi-million dollar deals. - Expert-level sales acumen: unparalleled proficiency in discovery, positioning, competitive selling, negotiation, closing, and expansion strategies within enterprise accounts. - Authority on digital transformation trends and their impact on enterprise customers, with the ability to position Cloudflare as a key enabler of strategic business outcomes. - Strong coaching and mentorship abilities, with a passion for helping colleagues grow and improve. - Highly self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and resilient, thriving in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a consistent focus on long-term goals. - Proficiency in advanced sales and business intelligence platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Tableau, G-suite, MSFT suite, MEDDPICC framework application). - Bachelor's degree required, with a technical background (e.g., engineering, computer science, MIS) highly preferred. - Ability to travel as required to engage with key customers and internal teams. Compensation Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location. - For Colorado, Illinois, Maryland and Minnesota based hires: Estimated annual salary of $232,000-$370,000 This role is eligible to earn incentive compensation under Cloudflare's Sales Compensation Plan. The estimated annual salary range includes the on-target incentive compensation that may be attained in this role under the Sales Compensation Plan. Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan. Benefits Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S. Health & Welfare Benefits - Medical/Rx Insurance - Dental Insurance - Flexible Spending Accounts - Commuter Spending Accounts - Fertility & Family Forming Benefits - On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program - Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits - Short and Long Term Disability Insurance - Life & Accident Insurance - 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan - Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off - Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave - Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

Title: Business Development Representative (BDR) Location: Hybrid Job Description: About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. Available Location: Austin TX Work Schedule: This is a hybrid position that requires working from our Austin office three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday) from 9 AM to 4 PM. What you get from this role: In this role, you will contribute to Cloudflare's revenue generation engine by delivering pipeline at scale to the Sales counterparts. You will do this through a maniacal focus on people, process, and tools. The Business Development organization is anchored in a culture focused on the development & training of its employees, incubating talent across the company, teamwork, and celebrating success. With flawless execution, we believe the Business Development organization will be a competitive differentiator for Cloudflare. Day in the Life of Outbound Business Development Representative (BDR) at Cloudflare: In this role, your primary responsibility is driving business growth and expanding the customer base of Cloudflare by identifying and nurturing potential opportunities through proactive outreach and effective lead qualification. Your day-to-day responsibilities include: - Prospect and research potential leads or target accounts - Initiate outbound calls to introduce Cloudflare products/services - Qualify leads based on interest, budget, authority, and fit - Build relationships and rapport with potential customers - Develop in-depth knowledge of Cloudflare offerings - Manage and update CRM with accurate information - Collaborate with the sales team to hand off qualified opportunities - Meet or exceed set targets and KPIs - Stay updated on industry trends and market conditions - Provide regular reports and insights to managers and fellow team members Preferred qualifications and experience: - Minimum 6mos-1 year of professional working experience, coupled with an interest in transitioning to a role in outbound sales - Minimum 6 mos1 year of proven experience in a sales or business development role, with a focus on outbound prospecting or lead generation - Previous Public Sector, Federal, or SLED Segment experience is a PLUS - Ability to meet and exceed achievable targets - Foundational knowledge of computer networking and “how the internet works” - Motivation, drive and a self-starting attitude - Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, such as sales and marketing - Experience with CRM systems like Salesforce.com, proficiency in LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and familiarity with tools like Outreach.io or Salesloft would be advantageous - Effective communicator with strong follow-up skills - Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment - Adaptability, resilience, and the ability to handle rejection or objections in a positive manner - Resolute desire to move up in other sales functions at Cloudflare - Demonstrated ability to quickly grasp technical concepts and terminology - Ability to travel within and outside the United States and/or Canada as required Key metrics for success in this role include: - Making a minimum of 50 outbound calls per day - Sending a minimum of 30 targeted emails per day using Salesloft - Generating a minimum of 2 qualified opportunities per week through calls, email and social outreach - Actively managing and progressing sales cadences (Salesloft) - Ensuring timely follow-up on all leads or inquiries within 24 hours - Meeting or exceeding assigned sales targets and KPIs - Keeping CRM data accurate and up-to-date at all times - Receiving positive feedback from team members or manager What Makes Cloudflare Special? We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost. Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states. 1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers. Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you! Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process. This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license. Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer. 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Senior Solutions Engineer, Raleigh, NC What you'll do as a Senior Solutions Engineer The Pre-Sales Solution Engineering organization owns the technical sales of the Cloudflare solution portfolio, ensuring maximal business value, fit-for-purpose solution design and adoption roadmap for our customers. Solution Engineering is made up of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds including but not limited to Sales Consultants, Technical Consultants, Technical Support and Program Managers. You are a customer facing technologist within the Cloudflare Solutions Engineering team. You have experience in working in a pre-sales or other technical customer facing role supporting large enterprise accounts or acquiring new enterprise customers, as well as excellent verbal and written communication skills suited to explain the benefits of CloudFlare products and services to existing and potential customers. In this role you will be responsible for partnering with the sales team to understand customer requirements and provide sales support, prepare and deliver technical presentations and demos explaining the benefits of Cloudflare products to existing and potential customers, and run proof of concept trials for customers. Specifically, we are looking for you to: - Identify and map customer initiatives and business problems to Cloudflare solutions - Build relationships and technical champions within customer accounts - Develop and present customer presentations at every Enterprise Customer's organization level - Lead demo and proof-of-concept activities for Cloudflare prospects and customers - Demonstrate your expertise of Cloudflare with your peers through the creation of professional content, including white papers, blog posts and other knowledge sharing activities - Represent and evangelize Cloudflare externally at Developer, Community, Technology, Cybersecurity and Industry focused events with thought leadership and expertise. - Apply in-depth vertical knowledge or domain expertise. Advise on best practices. Basic Requirements - Previous experience as a Solutions Engineer or other customer facing technical role with CDN, Security, Networking or SaaS - Solid communication, written and presentation skills - Ability to work on several projects and activities concurrently - Highly driven individuals that are curious, team players and work with a sense of urgency - Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in relevant work experience - The role requires up to 50% travel to attend meetings with prospects or customers, attend conferences and other industry events, and to collaborate with your Cloudflare teammates. Examples of one or more desirable skills, knowledge and experience - Fundamental understanding of customer network and/or application architectures. - Detailed understanding of workflow from user to application including hybrid architectures with Azure, AWS, GCP. - Understanding, knowledge or experience of application and/or network security - Understanding, knowledge or experiences with SaaS application environments - Understanding, knowledge or experience with VPN and remote access challenges - Understanding, knowledge or experience with SIEM and log analytics platforms - Client OS fundamentals and software distribution Other desirable skills areas include: - - Experience interacting with senior level/executives to communicate a message of network and security transformation - Routing, subnetting, split tunnels. SD-WAN, local internet breakout - End user and application security risks - DDoS, malware, phishing, viruses - Knowledge of competitive market around CDN providers and internet security technologies

Position Location: Bengaluru India What you'll do as a Senior Strategic Solutions Engineer The Pre-Sales Solution Engineering organisation is responsible for the technical sale of the Cloudflare solution portfolio, ensuring maximal business value, fit-for-purpose solution design and adoption roadmap for our customers. Solution Engineering is made up of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds - from Financial Consulting to Product Management, Customer Support to Software Engineering, and we are serious about building a diverse, experienced and curious team. As a Senior Strategic Solutions Engineer, you are a customer facing hands-on technologist with credibility built on domain expertise across the region. You should have solid experience in influencing enterprise architecture design across various senior buyer personas both at customers and partner organizations. Your role will be to convince these decision makers of the long term value of thinking of Cloudflare as a strategic technology partner. You will work as a part of a highly visible structured pursuit team attached to designated strategic accounts, working to understand their unique business challenges and priorities with a goal of defining short and long term solution architecture with Cloudflare as a centrepiece. An equally important component of this role is the expectation that you scale your expertise and knowledge across the wider Pre Sales Solution Engineering organization. Specifically, we are looking for you to: - Build and maintain the long term technical relationship of key accounts, ensuring the successful design, proof and adoption of Cloudflare as a part of the customers critical infrastructure. - Identify and drive strategic conversations with key stakeholders with the purpose of increasing our reputation and authority within the business, and further establishing our footprint within the customers landscape. - Be the voice of the customer, engaging and influencing Product Management and Product Roadmap to serve their needs. - Demonstrate your expertise of Cloudflare within your field through the creation of professional content, including white papers, reference architectures, blog posts & demo proof of concept labs. - Represent and Evangelise Cloudflare externally at Developer, Community, Technology, Cybersecurity and Industry focused events with thought leadership and expertise. - Apply in-depth vertical knowledge or domain expertise. Advise on best practices. Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience - 10+ years of relevant experience - Experience interacting with senior level/executives to communicate a message of network and security transformation - Fundamental understanding of customer network and application architectures. - Detailed understanding of workflow from user to application including hybrid architectures with Azure, AWS, GCP. - Secure Web Gateway, CASB, DLP, DNS, DNS over HTTPS - IdP/authentication, SAML, OTP - SaaS application integration and tenant controls - VPN and remote access challenges - SIEM and log analytics platforms - Client OS fundamentals and software distribution - Ability to jump in with hands-on configuration when needed Other desirable skills areas include: - Routing, subnetting, split tunnels. SD-WAN, local internet breakout - End user and application security risks - DDoS, malware, phishing, viruses - Knowledge of competitive market around CDN providers, Web application Firewall, Remote access solutions, Next generation Firewalls, CASB solutions , DDOS mitigations solutions, SD-WAN solutions, Secure Gateway solutions - Ideally knowledge of Cloudflare ZTNA solutions such as Teams, Access, Gateway, and Browser Isolation

Available Work Location: Singapore What you'll do You are the technical keystone through the entire sales cycle - pre and post sales. You will work closely with our Enterprise prospects and customers in the region to educate, empower, and ensure their success on the Cloudflare platform. You will leverage your technical expertise in Cloudflare's global distributed network and technology to find best-fit solutions for prospects, to train and onboard new customers via video-conference, in person, or through documentation, and to support the long-term success of the customer. As an expert on web/mobile security and performance, you are a trusted source for developing new firewall rules from log files, crafting performance caching and delivery strategies, and creating or repurposing internal tools and scripts for customers. As a Solutions Engineer, you are the technical customer advocate within Cloudflare. To aid your customers, you will work closely with every team at Cloudflare, from Sales and Product to Engineering and Customer Support. Your goal of customer success should drive you through the entire organization as you seek out and create scalable solutions for your customer's needs. What we're looking for Our Solutions Engineers come from a wide range of backgrounds: financial consulting, engineering, software development, product management, customer support & project delivery. We're serious about building a diverse team. When hiring we look for diversity of experience combined with genuine curiosity for our technology. Ultimately, you are passionate about technology and have the ability to explain complex technical concepts in easy-to-understand terms. You are naturally curious, and an avid builder who is not afraid to get your hands dirty. You appreciate the diversity of challenges in working with customers, and look forward to helping them realize the full promise of Cloudflare. On the Solutions Engineering team, you will find a collaborative environment where everyone brings different strengths and jumps in to help each other. Additional experience might include a combination of the skills below: - Ability to manage a project, work to deadlines, and prioritize between competing demands; - Minimum of 5+ years pre-sales experience in Cloud or Cybersecurity companies, ideally with exposure to regulated industries (iGaming & Web3). - Hands on technically. - Understanding of "how the internet works". For example: - Know the differences between TCP & UDP, and understand what kinds of applications may favor one over the other; - Can explain the difference between authoritative DNS & recursive DNS; - You understand the role of a firewall, why TLS (SSL) plays an increasingly important role on today's Internet, a solid understanding of HTTP and a willingness to dive deeper into the quirks of clients & servers alike; Bonus Points - Previous experience in a sales or consulting role covering iGaming and Web3 industries; - Fluency in English and Mandarin to support regional and Chinese customers; - Demonstrated experience with a scripting language (e.g. Python, JavaScript, Bash) and a desire to expand those skills; - You've built a web application before, or contributed to an existing application in a meaningful way; - You can describe the differences between CSRF, XSS and SQLi in detail, and Cloudflare's role in defending against them; - Understanding of, or experience with, regulatory requirements such a PCI DSS, HIPAA, and SOC-2;