Account Exec - Enterprise (Houston Texas)

At Arctic Wolf, we're not just navigating the cybersecurity landscape - we're redefining it. Our global team of dedicated Pack members is driving innovation and setting new industry standards every day. Our impact speaks for itself: we've earned recognition on the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, Fortune Future 50, and Fortune Cyber 60 lists, and we recently took home the 2024 CRN Products of the Year award. We’re proud to be named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Services and earning a Customers' Choice distinction from Gartner Peer Insights. Our Aurora Platform also received CRN’s Products of the Year award in the inaugural Security Operations Platform category. Join a company that’s not only leading, but also shaping, the future of security operations.

Location: This role is remote but you must be located in the Houston Texas Area.

About the Role:

Arctic Wolf is searching for a highly motivated, flexible, proven technology sales leader and professional to join our enterprise sales team. Account Executives are major contributors to Arctic Wolf fast-growth success as they drive and quarterback new account acquisition in the small to medium enterprise market. Working with your SE, channel, field events, customer success and sales development teams, Enterprise Account Executives hold responsibility and accountability for achieving sales goals in the area.  As the face for Arctic Wolf in Texas, this executive sales role will represent our team, culture, and services with integrity, energy, collaboration and intelligence to partners, prospects and customers on a daily basis.

Responsibilities:

• Consistently achieve quarterly and annual sales quotas through a solid, measurable sales process while conducting detailed and professional sales campaigns

• Identify net new prospects in assigned territory through discovery calls, regular partner meetings, events, partner registrations and personal prospecting

• Understand the Arctic Wolf Networks CyberSoc capabilities, benefits, outcomes, and industry context to best position our service and navigate an intelligent sales campaign

• Use internal security, communication and CRM tools to increase your personal efficiency and productivity while delivering accurate business and customer information to the business

• Manage multiple business, sales cycles and customer priorities with 10-20 sales opportunities each quarter while also navigating long-term strategic opportunities  

• Master competitive offerings and differentiation to focus on customer requirements and outcomes ensuring effective opportunity qualification and tactical positioning on sales campaigns

• Collaborate with internal lead generation resources to establish pipeline of business and expand opportunities within the territory

• Be the key person to build solid rapport with prospects while acting as the team quarterback to keep the sales process moving forward 

• Assist in finding, building, managing and growing new business partnerships within the reseller and ecosystem community to build pipeline and leverage relationships for competitive advantage

• Leverage personal networks and business partnerships to generate net new leads for the territory

• Frequent attendance (8-10 each quarter) at events and trade shows

• Significant in-territory travel to engage onsite with prospective customers

• Collaborate with the management team to develop near-term and long-term strategic territory plans

• Lead weekly territory calls and establish strong lines of communication between pre-sales engineering, marketing, channel, inside sales and other business development resources

• Constantly improve communication and relationship with pre-sales engineering counterparts to create a cohesive selling process and customer experience

• Work in conjunction with channel resources to ensure success of strategic partners and strengthen channel relationships

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree (business administration, finance, economics, computer science, computer information systems) or equivalent combination of education and experience.  MBA is a plus.

• Skilled in selling techniques within a proven sales process framework and a minimum of 5 years’ experience selling to the mid-market (not Fortune 500)

• A proven track record of consistent sales quota achievement

• Security, storage, SaaS or related sales experience required

• Ability to communicate effectively, in writing and verbally, with both customers and colleagues at all levels

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team