Pre-Sales Technical Account Executive

Qualys

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The Account Executive is responsible for actively driving and managing new direct and channel business with large enterprise prospects 5,000 employees and up. We are looking for a candidate, who combines a sales background with the technical skills of an engineer. Strong sales skills are a must, and the ability to lead the prospects through the sales cycle without additional technical assistance. The ideal candidate should have a strong technical background.

Responsibilities:

• Hunt, develop, and close new business opportunities
• Delivery high-level and detailed sales presentations
• Respond to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs
• Provide functional and technical support to prospects and customers
• Responsible for attending conferences, seminars virtually, in-region and nationally
• Ability to manage a realistic sales funnel, follow up on inbound leads quickly, and cold call into large Fortune 500 / S&P 500 size organizations
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Ideal candidate must be self-motivated with strong knowledge in security and compliance space: Vulnerability Management, Policy Compliance, Web Application Scanning, Threat Hunting / EDR, File Integrity Monitoring, and other enterprise security solutions. Strong track record of hunting, consulting, and closing new business
• Experience with Qualys is a plus, but not required
• Familiarity with compliance benchmarks such as CIS level 1 & 2, PCI, HIPAA, HITRUST, NERC, CIP, NIST, etc.
• Must possess strong presentation skills and be able to communicate professionally in response to emails, RFPs and when submitting reports
• 5-7 years relevant experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Able to travel throughout sales territory
• Able to comfortably present to prospects and clients using video conferencing solutions in a work-from-home environment
  
  
  

Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience

5 years in sales & presales relevant experience.

Solid technical background with hands on experience

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Fluent in English and Arabia

Able to travel throughout sales territories