Commercial Account Executive – North Central

🔥 18 hours ago

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Account Executive

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Upwind Security

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51 - 200 employees

🔐 Security

☁️ SaaS

Security • SaaS • Cloud Security

Upwind Security is a next-generation cloud security company that specializes in providing comprehensive protection for multi-cloud infrastructures. Their platform consolidates various security tools, offering cloud security posture management (CSPM), runtime vulnerability management, and API security, among other features. Upwind Security focuses on delivering real-time threat detection and vulnerability prioritization to enhance team efficiency and reduce organizational risks. With a strong emphasis on empowering DevOps and Security teams, Upwind Security simplifies cloud security management, offering solutions that address critical infrastructure and application security needs.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute a comprehensive sales strategy to identify and generate new business pipeline, exceed revenue targets, and win new enterprise logos • Demonstrate a thorough understanding of customer needs, challenges, and business objectives to effectively position Upwind’s solution with C-level executives and technical stakeholders • Partner closely with technical teams to ensure seamless integration and implementation to accelerate the time-to-value realization for clients • Lead and execute end-to-end sales cycles from pipeline generation and opportunity qualification to creation and delivery of a quantifiable business case / ROI justification • Collaborate and build trusted relationships with Upwind channel partners and ecosystem to expand and optimize market reach • Lead contract negotiations to completion and successful closure

🎯 Requirements

• Proven track record of driving and closing commercial deals • Ability to effectively sell to both C-level executives and technical stakeholders in Cloud / Security / DevOps • Consistent achievement of quota and revenue targets with strong W2 history • Familiarity and experience utilizing proven qualification methodologies (e.g. MEDDPICC) and a disciplined sales process • Maintain accurate forecasting and reporting of the business to leadership and embrace a data-driven approach to SFDC hygiene • Excellent communication and presentation skills • Self-motivated, results-driven, collaborative, and adaptable to keep up in a very fast-paced, rapidly changing startup environment • Strong understanding of cloud security concepts, technologies, and trends preferred