Responsibilities
- Lead the charge in securing and expanding critical platform sales within focused accounts.
- Demonstrate the highest level of sales proficiency, ensuring highly accurate forecasting, strategic pipeline management, and consistently exceeding attainment targets.
- Provide in-depth education to customers and partners alike on Cloudflare’s extensive product ecosystem and its place within the broader security landscape.
- Shape our customers' digital transformation journeys, identifying opportunities within broader market trends and positioning Cloudflare as their indispensable strategic partner.
Requirements
- 10+ years of expert-level experience selling complex, multi-million dollar technology solutions in a B2B enterprise model, with an irrefutable track record of consistently exceeding quota and closing transformative platform deals.
- Unparalleled in-depth knowledge of Cloudflare's entire product suite and the broader security landscape, coupled with the ability to educate both customers and partners at an expert level.
- Mastery in understanding Customer Enterprise Architecture (Business, Data, Applications, Technology) and adept at mapping Cloudflare solutions to complex business models and modern cloud operating environments.
- Proven ability to apply and manage executive sponsorship programs, with extensive experience engaging directly and influencing CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs.
- Demonstrated success in leading and orchestrating virtual teams comprising VPs and SVPs to manage and close the most strategic customer opportunities.
- Exceptional strategic communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, capable of delivering impactful messaging to the highest levels of customer and internal leadership.
- A visionary leader who consistently makes decisions for the long-term benefit of Cloudflare, even if it means trading off short-term gains.
- Proven ability to define team goals and metrics, drive cross-departmental efficiency, and proactively address roadblocks for optimal results.
- Expert-level proficiency in advanced sales and business intelligence platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Tableau, G-suite, MSFT suite, MEDDPICC, etc.).
- Bachelor's degree required, with an MBA or advanced technical degree highly preferred.
Additional Information
- Ability to travel extensively as required to engage with key customers, executive leadership, and internal teams.
