Senior Territory Account Executive, Levant

Available Location: Dubai
About the Department:
Account Executives, Business Development Representatives, Solution Engineers, and Customer Success - all working together to help our customers adopt Cloudflare and build great Internet-enabled experiences. The sales team at Cloudflare helps customers take on real, technical problems while building the revenue streams that help the company provide free service to millions in our community.
About the Role:
Based out of the Dubai office, you will drive sales into a territory of mid-market accounts in the Levant region.
The ideal candidate will possess both a strong new business sales experience combined with a solid technical understanding that enables them to drive engagement at all levels with technical and non-technical buyers. Background preferably in a related field such as SASE, ZT, FAAS, CASB, WAF, SWG, RBI, DDOS.
As a Senior Territory Account Executive, you'll be responsible for developing new customer acquisition and executing against a comprehensive account/territory plan as well as driving sales in a defined territory and/or account list to achieve revenue targets. The person in this role will also assist in creating and articulating compelling value propositions for Cloudflare services.
Additional Responsibilities:

• Manage sales cycles and contract negotiations in a matrix organization
• Maintain a High level of out-bound new account activities
• Develop and Maintain a robust sales pipeline
• Develop long term strategic relationships with key accounts
• Work with the channel and alliances relevant to the accounts whenever appropriate

Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience selling Cloud Security and/or Network security solutions to the enterprises in the Levant marketplace.
• Fluent in both English and Arabic (French is a plus)
• Proven direct touch selling experience with relevant decision makers across the assigned territory
• 8+ years of related technology selling experience with at least 5 years of selling to similar accounts
• Manage all milestones of a sales cycle, uncovering the opportunities, qualifying, developing and closing
• 5 years direct experience selling similar technologies such as SASE, ZT, FAAS, CASB, WAF, SWG, RBI, DDOS is required (preferably cloud based)
• Understanding of computer networking and "how the internet works"
• Computer engineering or computer science or equivalent background with ability to sell highly technical solutions, ability to scale up with evolving technologies and an always learn aptitude for new technical concepts & solutions
• Strong interpersonal communication (verbal and written) and organizational skills
• Self-motivated; entrepreneurial spirit
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Experience working with Salesforce, knowledge of accurate reporting and forecasting and importance of pipeline generation
• Understanding of the competition landscape, market trends and ability to do competitive displacement selling within the assigned territory