Regional Sales Manager

Location: Oregon Remote, United States of America

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Remote- Oregon

Thales is hiring an experience Regional Sales Manager (RSM) professional to join our Sales Team. This position is responsible for selling to new logos, end-users through channel partners, leveraging all routes to market. The Regional Sales Manager will sell our market-leading Cyber Security Products (CSP) Portfolio (Data and Application Security) by understanding of the client’s business and the industry in which they thrive, the corresponding Data Protection initiatives (e.g. PCI, SOX, HIPAA, NERC, etc), identifying how we can match the customer needs, developing compelling business value propositions for our solutions and ultimately closing opportunities.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Works in tandem with Systems Engineers, Customer Service Managers, and Product Management to understand customer needs and current trends with cyber threats to educate customers and prospects on how Imperva capabilities can best protect them

• Drives opportunities at the strategic and tactical level both directly and with Channel Partners

• Develops and maintains strong relationships with key client decision-makers, including maintaining a sales strategy based on customer’s requirements. Directs customer service improvement activities

• Keeps informed on new products, services, and other general information of interest to customers, through successful completion of Imperva Sales Training and self-study

• Stays informed of customer business opportunities and competitive landscape. Regularly briefs Imperva management on status, prospects, and current needs of top customers

• Keeps records and generates reports on all phases of activities, including Account Plans, Win Plans, Opportunity Status, and Forecasts

• Participates in varied sales activities requiring perseverance, preparation, ingenuity, and responsibility

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing or Engineering or another relevant field of study; or equivalent work experience

• 5+ years of solutions sales experience in an enterprise IT environment focused on Application Security, Data Security, Encryption, Key Management, Digital Payments, and/or Cloud Security.

• 3+ years of success meeting and exceeding sales objectives/KPI’s provided by leadership

• Must have the capability to close complicated deals and multi-year deals from discovering sales opportunities to contract completion.

• Must be able to up-sell strategic / custom solution to a strategic account as well as penetrating and closing strategic targets.

• Must have a business and results-oriented mindset, excellent inter-personal skills. You must be customer-oriented and a natural leader.

• Comfortable being an active participant (not necessarily leader) in highly technical discussions, and able to collaboratively work with Sales Engineer to ensure that commercial goals are achieved.

• Previous experience building key customer relationships in the local market

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer at the time of hire. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or for assuming sponsorship of an employment visa now or in the future.

If you’re excited about working with Thales, but not meeting the requirements for this position, we encourage you to join our Talent Community! https://careers.thalesgroup.com/global/en/jointalentcommunity. You can upload your CV and our recruiters can get in touch with any new opportunities that may be of interest to you.

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