Senior Named Account Executive, Bengaluru

About Us

At Cloudflare we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware installing software or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network which gets smarter with every request. As a result they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazines Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the Worlds Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!

Please note: This role will require you to be based in Bengaluru

About theDepartment

Account Executives Channel Account Managers Business Development Representatives Solution Engineers Customer Success and Sales Operations - all working together help our customers adopt Cloudflare and create great Internet-enabled experiences. The sales team at Cloudflare helps customers solve real technical problems while creating the revenue streams that help the company provide free service to millions in our community.

Based in India you will drive sales into BFSI focussed enterprise accounts across the Western India region for Cloudflares solutions. Your strategic selling activities will include hunter type activities to proactively penetrate target named accounts detailed account planning focused relationship building and leading effective sales campaigns to successful closure.

The ideal candidate will possess both a major account sales background in technology solutions primarily software based that enables them to drive engagement with senior level decision makers within Cloudflares target experience selling into Finance Retail Manufacturing and other Enterprise verticals along with Service Provider and exposure to application and network security and zero trust is desired in this role.

As an Account Executive youll be responsible for developing and executing against a Sales strategy/plan for assigned vertical or accounts as well as driving large account sales into India markets to achieve revenue targets. Therefore you must have a strong network of contacts with decision makers in enterprise accounts across the region and have experience selling complex solutions to these accounts. You will have an intuitive understanding and experience with the key business and technical needs of these and large accounts and will create and deliver compelling value propositions to them for Cloudflare solutions.

Additional responsibilities will include

• Manage contract negotiations
• Maintain a robust sales pipeline
• Develop long-term strategic relationships with key accounts
• < 50% travel

Examples of desirable skills knowledge and experience

• Bachelors degree required
• Fluent in English
• Relevant direct experience track record and relationships within largest corporate enterprise accounts in India market
• 8 years of direct B2B selling experience preferably managing internet accounts
• Direct experience selling network security and/or CDN solutions and services preferred
• Prior experience being part of an early sales team helping drive traction in India market for a US-based SaaS company highly preferred
• Experience managing longer complex sales cycles
• Basic understanding of computer networking and how the internet works
• Aptitude for learning technical concepts/terms (Technical background in engineering computer science or MIS a plus)
• Strong interpersonal communication (verbal and written) and organisational skills
• Self-motivated; entrepreneurial spirit
• Comfortable working in a fast paced dynamic environment

What Makes Cloudflare Special

Were not just a highly ambitious large-scale technology company. Were a highly ambitious large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo : Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project : In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1 : We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal - we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC