Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, GuidePoint Security furnishes commercial and federal organizations with customized information security
Account Executive, Northwest
Location
United States
Posted
86 days ago
Salary
$50K - $150K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Account Executive, Northwest
GuidePoint Security
• Consistently meet sales and profitability goals. • Position, configure and quote product and service solutions to clients. • Participate in industry organizations such as ISSA, ISACA, OWASP etc. • Manage leads and opportunities through the companies Salesforce and other CRM tools. • Accurately and consistently report sales forecasts and opportunity funnels • Participate in creation, editing and closure of services proposals. • Work with GuidePoint Security vendors to understand and position their technologies, understand and articulate their value proposition to clients. • Participate in field marketing to generate interest and provide information to the client prospect community to include driving attendance to such events and activities • Represent GuidePoint Consultants to clients and be able to articulate our areas of expertise • Set proper expectations and maintain open communication with clients and vendors through the lifecycle of the sales process. • Effectively leverage supporting resources in the sales process with the spirit of teamwork and cooperation. • Professionally develop and present sales presentations to large groups and executive level clients.
Job Requirements
- Minimum 5 years outside sales experience in the IT space required (preference for experience in Information Security)
- Current enterprise security space experience preferred
- Strong, established relationships with key accounts in the territory required
- Requires experience with Salesforce.com
- Strong group presentation skills a must
- Verifiable history of exceeding sales goals and generating leads
- Demonstrated ability of lead generation and opening new accounts
- Experience selling professional services, security audits and assessments a plus
- Bachelors degree preferred
- Network security vendor related certifications strongly preferred
Benefits
- Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family). If you choose the High Deductible / HSA plan, GPS will contribute in 4 equal quarterly installments: ($850 per EE annually / $1750 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options)
- Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans
- 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
- Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
- Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
- Pet Benefit Option
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