Senior Named Account Executive, New York

Available Location: Candidates must be currently located and actively working in the New York New York area

About the Role

We are seeking an exceptionally accomplished and visionary Senior Named Account Executive to join our Enterprise/Field Sales this expert-level role you will be the driving force behind Cloudflares most strategic customer engagements leading the charge in securing and expanding critical platform sales within focused accounts. The ideal candidate possesses unparalleled sales leadership a profound grasp of enterprise architecture across all four pillars (business data applications technology) and the ability to articulate how Cloudflare seamlessly integrates into modern cloud operating models.

As a Senior Named Account Executive you will demonstrate the highest level of sales proficiency ensuring highly accurate forecasting strategic pipeline management and consistently exceeding attainment targets. You will be a recognized subject matter expert providing in-depth education to customers and partners alike on Cloudflares extensive product ecosystem and its place within the broader security landscape. This role demands the ability to apply executive sponsorship programs actively engaging with CIOs CISOs and CTOs and leading virtual teams that include VPs and SVPs to navigate and close complex transformative opportunities. You will shape our customers digital transformation journeys identifying opportunities within broader market trends and positioning Cloudflare as their indispensable strategic partner.

What Youll Do

• Executive-Level Strategic Revenue Leadership: Own and execute the most critical territory and account plans consistently exceeding multi-million dollar sales targets and annual quotas by architecting and closing large-scale platform sales within highly focused strategic accounts.
• Precision Forecasting & Pipeline Mastery: Lead with unparalleled accuracy in forecasting and demonstrate complete mastery of proactive pipeline management. Provide visionary insights and strategic guidance that shapes the direction of the sales organization.
• Enterprise Architecture & Business Model Expertise: Exhibit an expert-level understanding of customer Enterprise Architecture across all four pillars (business data applications technology) seamlessly mapping these to customer business models. Articulate precisely how Cloudflare fits into and optimizes a modern cloud operating model.
• C-Suite Engagement & Executive Sponsorship: Lead and orchestrate complex customer engagements across numerous business units simultaneously connecting the dots to solidify platform sales. Actively apply and manage executive sponsorship programs ensuring direct engagement and influence with CIOs CISOs and CTOs.
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence: Drive and lead highly complex virtual teams that include Product Managers VPs and SVPs to manage and close the most strategic customer opportunities. Proactively identify and resolve organizational roadblocks leveraging company-wide learnings to ensure the most efficient delivery.
• Digital Transformation Visionary: Serve as Cloudflares leading voice on digital transformation engaging deeply with customers on their key drivers for change (e.g. new offering development customer capabilities). Expertly spot and seize opportunities for Cloudflare within broader market trends that influence these critical decisions.
• Organizational Communication & Feedback: Connect themes from across departments and global locations to craft critical crystal-clear messaging. Review performance and output across multiple organizations providing feedback and solutions to enhance the entire organizations performance. Deliver challenging news within a constructive learning context.
• Long-Term Strategic Impact: Consistently articulate how decisions will impact Cloudflare years into the future willing to trade short-term gains for significant long-term organizational benefit. Build trust by openly sharing learnings and modeling Cloudflares highest expectations and standards.
• Define Goals & Drive Efficiency: Play a key role in defining team goals and metrics each quarter rigorously reviewing results. Deeply understand interdependencies within and across teams proactively addressing roadblocks to achieve results with maximum efficiency.
• Company-Wide Innovation & Problem Solving: Consistently and proactively address internal and external needs driving urgency across the department and company to offer solutions that optimize efficiency. Constructively and humbly challenge the status quo to drive positive change and innovation company-wide leveraging new insights for continuous iteration.
• Inclusive Leadership & Future-Proofing: Serve as an exemplary leader consistently bringing in diverse perspectives to not only address todays needs but also anticipate and solve future problems contributing significantly to the greater good of Cloudflare.

Examples of Desirable Skills Knowledge and Experience

• 10 years of expert-level experience selling complex multi-million dollar technology solutions in a B2B enterprise model with an irrefutable track record of consistently exceeding quota and closing transformative platform deals.
• Unparalleled in-depth knowledge of Cloudflares entire product suite and the broader security landscape coupled with the ability to educate both customers and partners at an expert level.
• Mastery in understanding Customer Enterprise Architecture (Business Data Applications Technology) and adept at mapping Cloudflare solutions to complex business models and modern cloud operating environments.
• Proven ability to apply and manage executive sponsorship programs with extensive experience engaging directly and influencing CIOs CISOs and CTOs.
• Demonstrated success in leading and orchestrating virtual teams comprising VPs and SVPs to manage and close the most strategic customer opportunities.
• Recognized authority on digital transformation with a deep understanding of market trends and the ability to strategically position Cloudflare as a critical partner in driving customer innovation.
• Exceptional strategic communication negotiation and presentation skills capable of delivering impactful messaging to the highest levels of customer and internal leadership.
• A visionary leader who consistently makes decisions for the long-term benefit of Cloudflare even if it means trading off short-term gains.
• Proven ability to define team goals and metrics drive cross-departmental efficiency and proactively address roadblocks for optimal results.
• A humble yet assertive leader who consistently challenges the status quo and drives positive innovative change across the organization.
• Expert-level proficiency in advanced sales and business intelligence platforms (e.g. Salesforce Tableau G-suite MSFT suite MEDDPICC etc.).
• Bachelors degree required with an MBA or advanced technical degree highly preferred.
• Ability to travel extensively as required to engage with key customers executive leadership and internal teams.

• Compensation

  Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

  • For NY based hires: Estimated annual salary of $266000- $325000.

  This role is eligible to earn incentive compensation under Cloudflares Sales Compensation Plan. The estimated annual salary range includes the on-target incentive compensation that may be attained in this role under the Sales Compensation Plan.

  Equity

  This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflares equity plan.

  Benefits

  Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses support caregiving build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.

  Health & Welfare Benefits

  • Medical/Rx Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Commuter Spending Accounts
  • Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
  • On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
  • Global Travel Medical Insurance

  Financial Benefits

  • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Life & Accident Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • Employee Stock Participation Plan

  Time Off

  • Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
  • Leave programs including parental pregnancy health medical and bereavement leave

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!

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