Location: Munich or Remote Germany
About the Department
Account Executives, Channel Account Managers, Business Development Representatives, Solution Engineers, Solution Specialists, Customer Success, and Sales Operations - all working together help our customers adopt Cloudflare and create great Internet-enabled experiences. The sales team at Cloudflare helps customers solve real, technical problems while creating the revenue streams that help the company provide free service to millions in our community.
What you'll do
As a SASE Specialist you will be responsible for driving opportunities and revenue from Cloudflare One (CF1), Cloudflare’s SASE offering and Area 1 Cloudflare's Zero Trust email offering, from prospects in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In this role, you will serve as the “go-to” resource on SASE for customers and the account teams working with those customers. The ideal candidate will possess both a hunter mindset and technical background, to drive engagement with decision-makers and influencers within security, networking, IT and operations.
Responsibilities
- Present to customers as an expert of our SASE platform with a focus on secure remote access, network security, zero trust network access, email security and SDP solutions
- Present a compelling business case at all levels in the customer hierarchy, from security professionals to CXOs planning to address transformational events such as cloud migration, remote worker shift, business continuity and the adoption of zero trust security architectures
- Develop a sales plan that is based on regional planning and pipeline focusing on Cloudflare’s SASE platform - Cloudflare One and Area 1
- Foster growth and track the Cloudflare One/Area 1 sales pipeline by engaging with internal account teams, existing customers, net new prospects and key partners
- Prepare and give regular business reviews to the management team highlighting attainment progress and challenges to closing business
- Proactive sales outreach by email and phone where appropriate.
The SASE Specialist Role is an overlay sales excellence role that directly supports sales delivery of carried quota. In order to be successful, you will need to become a thought leader, trusted advisor, and spokesperson for Cloudflare One - Cloudflare’s SASE platform.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience selling or supporting the sales of cyber security, networking, identity management, cloud or SaaS solutions.
- Experience building territory plans, prospecting and bringing in new logos in a competitive market.
- Subject matter expert in areas such as enterprise networking, network security, IT security and zero trust network access (while not a technical solution engineering role, a background in and/or understanding of the technology underlying SASE is important).
- Knowledge of key market players/competitors in the software defined networking, zero trust and cybersecurity solution spaces.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and develop/execute corresponding objectives.
- Strong verbal and written communications, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
- Excellent presentation and public speaking skills.
- College Degree or equivalent work experience
- Fluent in German & English
- 30 %- 40% travel when it is safe
