Regional Account Manager, SLED at Fortinet
United States
$130k - $160k
<p style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Regional Account Manager (RAM) is an exciting role within the Fortinet sales organization that is focused on an important subset of the SLED (State, Local Government and Education) segment. RAM is a field sales position. This role will be responsible for working with CA State Agencies. RAM will execute a Go-To Market Strategy derived from prospecting and collaborating with SLED Focused Partners to build and maintain a constant revenue pipeline. Fortinet will provide initial onboarding education to continue your selling career. You will be assigned an individual territory and quota and given ongoing enablement and coaching to achieve the highest levels of success. Success in the RAM role provides many options in the overall field sales career path at Fortinet and State experience would be a plus.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Meet or exceed all assigned quotas and targets while forecasting weekly, monthly, and quarterly revenues for the assigned account set and overall territory.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Meet or exceed the required number of face-to-face meetings each month with customers and partners in the territory to identify new opportunities and grow existing opportunities.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Full participation in all team activities for enablement, forecasting, partner updates, partner sales efforts, and recognition.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Create and track sales opportunities (leads, renewals, deal registrations, and quotes in Salesforce.com).</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Address any customer satisfaction issues and/or requests in a timely manner.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Drive sales cycles to close while establishing relationships and credibility, and provide necessary presales support for prospects & customers.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Work closely with your local Channel Account Manager (CAM) and our reseller partner network to drive deals, increase revenue, and enable channel partners’ success in the Mid-Market segment.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Follow up on inbound, web, and corporate event leads.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Accept inbound and perform outbound prospecting activities to identify new sales opportunities.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Meet and exceed the sales activity metrics designed to make you productive and successful.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Lead customer presentations and demos via online tools (GO TO MEETING).</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Perform ongoing analysis and report on opportunities that are supported.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Act as a liaison between partners, customers, and appropriate Fortinet team members.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Perform other duties and projects, as assigned to support the growth of our business.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Execute the role with the utmost professionalism and in a way that aligns to Fortinet’s core values.</span></li></ul><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Required Qualifications:</strong></span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bachelor’s degree.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Coachable and flexible.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">1+ years of field sales experience in the B2B technology space, with a preference for experience selling to SLED accounts.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Working knowledge of the businesses, procurement processes, and partners in the local territory, especially within the SLED sector.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ability to run productive customer-facing and partner-facing meetings while providing timely and relevant written follow-up.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales quotas and targets.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Understanding of the sales cycle in conjunction with business processes internally and externally.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ability to manage and drive sales cycles from start to finish, which includes experience with managing and forecasting individual quota.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Self-driven and able to manage a diverse, high-volume workload.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ability to quickly build productive relationships in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Be computer savvy.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Well organized with effective time and activity management skills.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ability to apply entrepreneurial strengths in a driven, forward-thinking manner.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ability to close business while achieving a high level of customer and partner satisfaction.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Execute the role with the utmost professionalism and in a way that aligns to Fortinet’s core values.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Regional Account Manager is required to spend more than 50% of their time outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale.</span></li></ul><p> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Prior experience selling cybersecurity or technology solutions to State, Local Government, and Education (SLED) accounts.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Familiarity with government procurement processes, cooperative purchasing agreements, and budget cycles in the SLED sector.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Public/private cloud experience is a plus.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Experience with multi-tier distribution is a plus.</span></li><li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Experience in networking, security, and/or public/private cloud is a plus.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Fortinet offers employees a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time, and sick time as well as a comprehensive leave program. Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. On target earnings for this position is expected to be $130,000 - $160,000 per year. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location. All roles are eligible to participate in the Fortinet equity program, and this position is also eligible for commissions based on the terms of the Sales Compensation Plan</span></span></p> <br><b>Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 615,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone.</b>
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