Digital Territory Account Manager

Role Overview:

We are searching for a Digital Territory Account Manager (DTAM) to join the growing sales team in India. This position will be responsible for the management of territory business through digital/inside sales of F5 solutions by effectively upselling and cross-selling into existing accounts and hunting for new businesses through F5s direct and Channel Partner resources. The role will be based in Mumbai, India.

What you will do:

• Create and execute territory sales plans in order to exceed sales targets
• Generate sales pipeline through self-sourcing/hunting, managing marketing leads and working closely with channel partner resources by offering F5's application, cloud and security solutions to target territory segment; Develop demand generation strategy with marketing team and channel partners to drive pipeline.
• Manage full sales cycle of sales opportunities including qualifying leads, presenting F5 solutions independently and at times, jointly with F5 and/or channel technical resources, commercial negotiation with prospects, coordinating opportunity management with distributors and channel partners up till sales opportunity closure.
• Work closely with our focus partners / resellers to leverage our partner network and build pipeline through partner-initiated opportunities
• Engage effectively with different buying personas including DevOps, NetOps, SecOps and CXO level executives
• Assume full responsibility for accurate sales forecasting on SFDC by demonstrating in-depth knowledge of sales cycles from initial contact through the procurement process
• Administrative duties include but not limited to booking orders, coordinating the process of reviewing legal agreements and monitoring salesforce reviews
• Responsible for upholding F5s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.
• Communicate F5 value proposition to customers and partners.

What you will bring:

• Minimum of 8+ years proven experience in high tech solution sales (with 2+ years of digital/inside sales experience)
• Experience with full cycle cloud-based subscription sales (SaaS)
• Proficiency in the use of corporate productivity tools (email, chat, web presentation), with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Sales experience with application services and networking solutions architecture (application firewalls, load balancers, DNS, SSL etc) is a plus
• Experience with Sandler, Challenger or SPIN sales methodologies is a plus
• Proficiency with LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo and High Velocity System is a plus
• Independently, resourceful and has a growth mindset.
• Experience with container orchestration solutions (eg: OpenShift, Kubernetes)