Account Executive - Velocity (Virginia)

Role and Responsibilities

• 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 company's 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.

Position Requirements

• Minimum 5 years outside sales experience, preferably in cybersecurity or infrastructure and services.
• 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.
• Demonstrates a willingness to learn and use AI-enabled tools.