Our mission is simple: End cyber risk. We’re looking for an Account Executive in the UK to cover the Southern region to help make this happen.
As an Account Executive, you’ll play a key role in Arctic Wolf’s continued growth and success in the region by driving new business within the small to medium enterprise market. You’ll work closely with a dedicated senior pre-sales engineer and collaborate with colleagues across channel, field events, customer success, and sales development teams. In this role, you’ll own the responsibility for hitting new‑business targets and growing our presence across your defined territory.
Primary Responsibilities and Duties
- Consistently achieve quarterly and annual sales quotas through a solid, measurable sales process while conducting detailed and professional sales campaign suited to the greater complexity of Enterprise opportunities.
- Identify net new Enterprise prospects in assigned territory through discovery calls, regular partner meetings, events, partner registrations and personal prospecting.
- Manage multiple sales cycles and customer priorities with 15-25 Enterprise sales opportunities each quarter while also navigating long-term strategic opportunities.
- Master competitive offerings and differentiation to focus on customer requirements and outcomes ensuring effective opportunity qualification and tactical positioning on sales campaigns, particularly focused on how AWN best serves the Enterprise customer.
- Collaborate with internal lead generation resources to establish pipeline of business and expand opportunities within the territory.
- Be the key person to build solid rapport with prospects while acting as the team quarterback to keep the sales process moving forward. This requires being the leading voice for internal collaboration.
- Lead weekly territory calls and establish strong lines of communication between pre-sales engineering, marketing, channel, inside sales and other business development resources.
Key Skills
- Skilled in selling techniques within a proven sales process framework (MEDDPICC preferred)
- Passion for new business sales pursuits across small and medium sized enterprises
- Ability to communicate effectively, in writing and verbally, with both customers and colleagues at all levels
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Solid level of technology, spreadsheet and CRM utilisation (Slack, Salesforce, Clari, Microsoft 365, CoPilot)
- Experience of successfully translating and communicating key technical concepts and financially based ‘business value’ reports to both technical and non-technical audiences, including C-Suite
- Strong reputation and partner contacts across the security & infrastructure reseller channel community
- Ability to develop and retain currency in rapidly developing technological, competitive, and product environments
- Collaboration and leadership skills within sales team, in cross-functional setting, with customers and resellers
Key Competencies
- Communication
- Drive for Results
- Peer Relationships
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 2-5+ years direct or channel sales experience with strong prospecting ability
- Experience working in a collaborative team environment
- A proven track record of consistent sales quota overachievement
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience selling SaaS, Security, Services in technology.
- An understanding of the security technology & services landscape