Commercial Account Executive - Seattle

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About Commvault  

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The company’s unique AI-powered platform combines best-in-class data protection, exceptional data security, advanced data intelligence, and lightning-fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks, improve governance, and do more with data. 

The Opportunity  

The Commercial Account Executive is responsible for achieving quota by selling solutions into a defined territory that includes current Commvault customers and prospects. The position is a field sales account role where the AE will engage in face-to-face sales with customers either directly or through partners. The Account Executive (AE) is responsible for territory planning, new account acquisition and servicing existing clients while working with local resellers and alliance partners. The AE must articulate an in-depth understanding of the prospect’s environment, current challenges/goals and have the ability to align Commvault solutions to those challenges/goals including a financial and strategic value proposition. The candidate must have a history of success in selling complex software platforms (vs. IT component or narrow focused tools) to new logo accounts and have significant experience selling within the local partner ecosystem.

Must be located in Seattle, WA Greater Area to be considered for role

What You'll Do...

Identify and qualify leads, and generate new business opportunities in order to achieve revenue quota on a quarterly and annual basis

Maintain a high level of face-to-face meeting activity with customers, prospects and partners on a weekly basis

Develop a territory plan to best leverage partners, alliances and existing relationships to build and maintain a robust pipeline of new logo opportunities

Identify and build strategic relationships with local partners to aid in pipeline generation

Lead partner relationships, assist in rolling out partner programs and partner sales and technical enablement

Cultivate strategic working relationships with clients, maintaining a high level of contact

Prepare and present sales proposals and presentations to new and existing clients with quantifiable business cases and strategic and technical value propositions

Negotiate and close deals following the company’s practices and processes

Leverage internal sales tools and processes to drive opportunities to a successful close

Ensure orders meet all legal and financial requirements

Plan, attend and coordinate executive briefings

Maintain a high level of relevant industry, Commvault and driven knowledge

Who you are…

Possess a Bachelor's degree

Minimum of five years’ proven success in software sales

Understanding of the storage management industry, products, competitors, history, emerging trends and changing marketplace

Minimum of two years’ success in identifying, building relationships and selling with channel partners

Excellent communication skills, persuasive, listening skills

Background in IT infrastructure

Meet the Hiring Manager:

Pete Massar - Commercial Sales Director

You’ll love working here because:

High income earning opportunities based on self-performance

Opportunity for Presidents Club

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing

Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message

Generous competitive benefits supporting your health, financial security, and work-life balance

Ready to #makeyourmark at Commvault? Apply now!

#LI-JM1 Thank you for your interest in Commvault. Reflected below is the minimum and maximum base salary range for this role. At Commvault we use broad salary ranges in our job postings to reflect the diverse levels of expertise and experience among our candidates and is not reflective of the total compensation and benefits package. The specific salary offered will be determined based on your unique qualifications, including your relevant experience, skills, and the value you bring to the role. While the range provides a general idea of the compensation, it is important to note that placements within the range are not automatic and will be carefully considered to ensure a fair and competitive offer. We are committed to rewarding talent and experience.

Pay Range $93,500 — $182,850 USD

Commvault is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are always committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status and we will not discriminate against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we work.

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